Dave MacKenzie (politician)

For other people with this name, see David MacKenzie (disambiguation).
David MacKenzie
MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Oxford
Assumed office
June 28, 2004
Preceded by John Baird Finlay
Chair of the Standing Committee on
Justice
In office
June 21, 2011 – February 3, 2013
Minister Rob Nicholson
Preceded by Ed Fast
Succeeded by Mike Wallace
Personal details
Born (1946-06-12) June 12, 1946
London, Ontario, Canada
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Lynda MacKenzie
Residence Woodstock, Ontario
Profession police officer

David "Dave" MacKenzie (born June 12, 1946) is a Canadian politician. He is a current member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Oxford, Ontario as a Conservative.

Born in London, Ontario, MacKenzie served with the Woodstock City Police from 1967 to 1997, and was Chief of Police from 1987 to 1997. In 1997, he became the General Manager of Roetin Industries Canada.

He first ran for parliament in the federal election of 1997 as a Progressive Conservative, losing to Liberal John Finlay by 1,575 votes. He ran again in the election of 2000, and lost to Finlay by roughly the same margin. It may be noted that the national Progressive Conservative Party had a weak organization in Ontario during this period, and that Mackenzie's vote totals were well above the party's provincial average and that in both 1997 and 2000, the right wing vote was split between the Progressive Conservatives and Reform who later became the Canadian Alliance.

In 2002, MacKenzie was the Bosnia and Herzegovina trainer for the National Democratic Institute in Washington, D.C.

The Progressive Conservatives merged with the Canadian Alliance as the Conservative Party of Canada in early 2004, and Mackenzie joined the new party. Finlay did not run in the 2004 election, and MacKenzie defeated new Liberal candidate Murray Coulter by about 6,500 votes. After the election, he was named as his party's associate critic for National Defense. In the 2006 federal election, MacKenzie was re-elected to his Oxford seat, beating Liberal candidate Greig Mordue by a wide margin. With the Conservative Party of Canada forming a minority government, MacKenzie was selected as parliamentary secretary for the Ministry of Public Safety.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeDave MacKenzie 25,966 45.7 -13.27 –
LiberalDon McKay 18,299 32.2 +22.66 –
New DemocraticZoe Kunschner 9,406 16.5 -8.95 –
GreenMike Farlow 2,004 3.5 -0.83 –
Christian HeritageMelody Ann Aldred 1,175 2.1 +0.49 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 56,850100.0   $220,268.26
Total rejected ballots 241––
Turnout 57,04168.36+6.16
Eligible voters 83,431
Conservative hold Swing -17.96
Source: Elections Canada[1][2]
Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeDave MacKenzie 27,973 58.90 +6.23 $56,267
New DemocraticPaul Arsenault 12,164 25.61 +7.59 $14,065
LiberalTim Lobzun 4,521 9.52 -9.86 $13,495
GreenMike Farlow 2,058 4.33 -3.24 $12,611
Christian HeritageJohn Markus 776 1.63 -0.70 $1,478
Total valid votes/Expense limit 47,492100.00 $85,881.86
Total rejected ballots 1790.38-0.05
Turnout 47,671 62.60+3.58
Eligible voters 76,149 ––
Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeDave MacKenzie 23,330 52.67 +6.13 $57,473
Liberal Martha Dennis 8,586 19.38 -8.70 $50,017
New Democratic Diane Abbott 7,982 18.02 +0.65 $9,242
Green Cathy Mott 3,355 7.57 +4.43 $2,819
Christian Heritage Shaun MacDonald 1,036 2.33 -0.55 $14,229
Total valid votes/Expense limit 44,289 100.00$82,866
Total rejected ballots 1450.33 -
Turnout 44,434 59.02
Conservative hold Swing +7.4
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
ConservativeDave MacKenzie 23,140 46.54 +1.6
LiberalGreig Mordue 13,961 28.08 -2.4
New DemocraticZoé Dorcas Kunschner 8,639 17.37 +2.9
GreenRonnee Sykes 1,566 3.14 -1.2
Christian HeritageJohn Markus 1,434 2.88 -0.4
MarijuanaJames Bender 771 1.55 -0.1
LibertarianKaye Sargent 204 0.41 -0.1
Total valid votes 49,715 100.00
Total rejected ballots 164 0.33
Turnout 49,879 67.14
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
ConservativeDave MacKenzie 20,606 44.9 -12.5
LiberalMurray Coulter 14,011 30.5 -5.0
New DemocraticZoé Dorcas Kunschner 6,673 14.5 -5.3
GreenIrene Tietz 1,951 4.3
Christian HeritageLeslie Bartley 1,534 3.3
MarijuanaJames Bender 794 1.7
LibertarianKaye Sargent 226 0.5
Canadian ActionAlex Kreider 108 0.2 -0.3
Total valid votes 45,903100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalJohn Baird Finlay 15,181 35.6 -0.4
Progressive ConservativeDave MacKenzie 13,050 30.6 -1.9
AlliancePatricia Smith 11,455 26.8 +5.8
New DemocraticShawn Rouse 2,254 5.3 -2.2
IndependentJohn Thomas Markus 536 1.3
Canadian ActionAlex Kreider 227 0.5 +0.1
Total valid votes 42,703100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalJohn Baird Finlay 16,281 36.0 -4.9
Progressive ConservativeDave MacKenzie 14,706 32.5 +10.1
ReformBill Irvine 9,533 21.1 -5.7
New DemocraticMartin Donlevy 3,406 7.5 +2.5
Christian HeritageJohn Zekveld 956 2.1 +0.1
Canadian ActionAlex Kreider 192 0.4
Natural LawJim Morris 181 0.4 -0.1
Total valid votes 45,255100.0

References

  1. ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Oxford, 30 September 2015
  2. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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