MacKay leadership camp touts strength in numbers

Former MP Alex Nuttall is Peter MacKay’s campaign manager, with ex-Ford aide Michael Diamond as his deputy, and veteran staffer William Stairs acting as a key adviser.

Conservative leaderhip candidate Peter MacKay and his wife, Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay, pictured at an event with former minister Rob Nicholson in 2015. Mr. Nicholson is among the 100-plus current and former politicians who have endorsed Mr. MacKay to date. The Hill Times file photograph

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

May 27, 2020

Former Progressive Conservative leader Peter MacKay is fighting to lead the party he once helped found, and his team, led by former MP Alex Nuttall, is touting strength in numbers, claiming a lead in membership sales to go with a lead in notable endorsements and funds raised to date.

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