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Newton LeGayet Mackay (1832 – May 20, 1886) was a Canadian lawyer and political figure. He represented Cape Breton in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1878 as a Conservative and then Liberal member.

He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of William McKay, and was educated there. Mackay was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1859 and named a Queen's Counsel in 1872. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Nova Scotia assembly in 1867 and 1871 before he was elected to the House of Commons. Mackay became a Liberal following the Pacific Scandal. After his defeat by Hugh McLeod in 1878, he was an unsuccessful candidate in each subsequent federal election until his death in 1886 in Sydney. In 1879, he married Kate Bown. Mackay served as treasurer for Cape Breton County.

Electoral record

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election: Cape Breton
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Conservative	William McDonald	1,297	–	Y
	Conservative	Murray Dodd	1,237	–	Y
	Liberal–Conservative	William Mackenzie McLeod	1,124
	Liberal	Newton LeGayet Mackay	1,013
	Liberal–Conservative	Hector Francis McDougall	934

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election: Cape Breton
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal–Conservative	Hugh McLeod	2,056	–	Y
	Conservative	William McDonald	2,051	–	Y
	Liberal	Newton LeGayet Mackay	1,153
	Unknown	Walter Young	696

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election: Cape Breton
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Conservative	William McDonald	1,251	–	Y
	Liberal	Newton LeGayet Mackay	1,136	–	Y
	Liberal–Conservative	Hugh McLeod	1,108	–
Source: Canadian Elections Database

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election: Cape Breton
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Conservative	Newton LeGayet MacKay	1,240	–	Y
	Conservative	William McDonald	1,038	–	Y
	Liberal–Conservative	Hugh McLeod	932
	Liberal–Conservative	James McKeagney	882
Source: Canadian Elections Database

References

1. ^
   • Newton LeGayet Mackay – Parliament of Canada biography
2. The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1877, Charles Herbert Mackintosh
3. Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
4. Sayers, Anthony M. "1874 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
5. Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

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