About Our MP, Dave MacKenzie

Dave MacKenzie, Critic for the Associate Minister of Defence

Dave MacKenzie was re-elected to the House of Commons on January 23, 2006. On February 7, 2006 he was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety.

Mr. MacKenzie was first elected to the 38th Parliament on June 28, 2004. He was also a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in the 1997 and 2000 federal elections.

Mr. MacKenzie served as Critic for the Associate Minister of National Defence for the Conservative Party of Canada and he also served as a member of the House of Commons Standing Committee of National Defence and Veterans Affairs.

Prior to his involvement in politics Mr. MacKenzie was a distinguished police officer for the Woodstock City Police from 1967 to 1997. During this time he served his community as a Constable, Detective, Inspector, Deputy Chief of Police, and finally as Chief of Police.

Mr. MacKenzie retired from the police force in 1997 and was named General Manager for Roetin Industries Canada.

Mr. MacKenzie is also extensively involved with volunteer activities in his community, including the Woodstock General Hospital Foundation, the Woodstock Rotary Club, the United Way of Oxford, and as the fundraising chair for the Woodstock Seniors Centre and served as the initial chair for the "Building The Vision" campaign for the construction of a new hospital in Woodstock.

He and his wife Lynda reside in Woodstock, Ontario and have three adult children.

Family Married to Lynda with three adult children:
  • Lynne, husband Kevin Cotton (3 children)
  • Deb, husband Peter Tait (2 children)
  • Donald, wife Anne (3 children)
Experience

1967-1997 Woodstock City Police, Woodstock, Ontario·

  • Police Constable 1967-1973·
  • Police Detective 1974-1985·
  • Inspector 1985-1986·
  • Deputy Chief of Police 1986-1987·
  • Chief of Police 1987-1997

    1997 to 2004 – General Manager Roetin Industries Canada.
    Division of Roetin Industries, Victor, N.Y.

Education
  • 1958-1963 Medway High School, Arva, Ontario
  • Numerous police courses, including Executive Development Course, Canadian Police College, Ottawa, Ontario

Community Boards and Involvement:


  • Woodstock General Hospital Foundation;
  • Woodstock General Hospital, funding chair;
  • United Way of Oxford; Children’s Aid Society of Oxford;
  • Women’s Emergency Centre;
  • Past President Woodstock Rotary Club, 1996 - 97;
  • Family and Children's Services
  • Oxford Child and Youth;
  • Junior Achievement;
  • Oxford County Housing Authority;
  • Woodstock District Community Complex, member founding board;
  • Fund-Raising Chair for Woodstock Seniors Centre, Capital Campaign;
  • Salvation Army, Chair of Red Shield Campaign 1998;
  • Fund-Raising Chair for Building the Vision, a new hospital in Woodstock;
  • Woodstock Oxford Rotary Club, Charter member;
  • Big Brothers, inaugural member and Booster member;
  • United Way of Oxford, Co-chair of the 1998 fundrasing campaign;
   
Political Interests
  • 1997 P.C. Candidate for Federal Government Member of Parliament
  • 2000 P.C. Candidate for Federal Government Member of Parliament
  • 2002 Bosnia-Hercegovina trainer for National Democratic Institute, Washington, D.C.,