Merger talks ‘not a priority, nor a fixation’: Peter MacKay says Tory brand is best for uniting conservatives across the country/Merging with Alliance would be ‘kiss of death’: Orchard/Prentice: Canada’s sovereignty is no.1 priority/’There is a latent desire for change in Canada’: Brison/Chandler: ‘We need to get our party together with the Alliance’

BY Francoli, Paco

May 26, 2003

Tory MP Peter MacKay, 37, is his party's former House leader and represents the Nova Scotia riding of Pictou- Antigonish-Guysborough. Mr. MacKay has 1,166 delegates or 41.8 per cent of the vote. Son of former Brian Mulroney Cabinet minister Elmer MacKay.

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