Peter Gordon MacKay is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2015 and has served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General (2013–2015), Minister of National Defence (2007–2013), and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2006–2007) in the Cabinet of Canada under Prime Minister Stephen Harper. MacKay was the final leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, and he agreed to merge the party with Stephen Harper's Canadian Alliance in 2003, forming the Conservative Party of Canada and making MacKay one of the co-founders of the current conservative wing of Canadian politics.
MacKay in 2014
MacKay arrives at Rideau Hall for the swearing in of the new government after the 2006 Canadian election
MacKay as Minister of Foreign Affairs, speaking with his Brazilian counterpart, Celso Amorim, February 2007
MacKay inspects a new Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone with members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, May 2011.
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
The minister of justice and attorney general of Canada is a dual-role portfolio in the Canadian Cabinet.
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada