Send this page to someone via emailLongtime Nova Scotia MP Elmer MacKay, who held several cabinet portfolios under prime ministers Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney, has died at 89. Elmer MacKay became MP for the riding of Central Nova in 1971 after winning a byelection. Story continues below advertisementMacKay ran in the 1984 election, where the PCs formed a majority government, and won the Central Nova seat again. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories. Poilievre said he recently called MacKay after hearing he had fallen and hurt his hip.