Famous People with Name Mckenzie

Peter H. McKenzie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Peter H. McKenzie: was a Canadian politician. A farmer, McKenzie was a Liberal candidate for Bruce West in 1896, but he was defeated. He was a township and County Councillor in Bruce County. He was President of the Lucknow Agricultural Society and the South Bruce Farmers Institute. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for Bruce South at the general elections of 1904. He was defeated in 1908.

Colin Campbell McKenzie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Colin Campbell McKenzie: was an educator, real estate and insurance agent and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Nanaimo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1890 to 1894. McKenzie was endorsed by the Miners' and Mine Labourers' Protective Association as a farmers' candidate in 1890.

William Alexander McKenzie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Alexander McKenzie: was a builder and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Similkameen in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1918 to 1933 as a Conservative. He was a resident of Penticton from 1906 and served as reeve in 1917. McKenzie was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 1918 by-election held after Lytton Wilmot Shatford was named to the Canadian senate. He was a member of provincial cabinet, serving as Minister of Mines and Minister of Labour. He moved to Victoria after being named to cabinet. McKenzie was defeated by Charles Herbert Percy Tupper when he ran for reelection in 1933.

Daniel George McKenzie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Daniel George McKenzie: was a farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1920 to 1933 as a United Farmers and then Liberal-Conservative member. McKenzie served as Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1929 to 1933. He was party leader for the United Farmers of Nova Scotia and leader of the opposition in 1920. McKenzie died in Malagash at the age of 79.

Daniel Duncan McKenzie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Daniel Duncan McKenzie: was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician. He served was Commissioner of Schools for Cape Breton and was elected ten times to the Municipal Council of North Sydney, serving as Mayor for five years. He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1900 as a Liberal, and again at the general elections of 1901. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district of North Cape Breton and Victoria in the 1904 federal election. A Liberal, he resigned in 1906 when he was appointed a Judge of District No. 7, County Court of Nova Scotia. He retired in 1908 and was re-elected in the 1908 federal election. He was re-elected in 1911, 1917, and 1921.