Editing Lewis MacKenzie (section)

===Politics===
In the [[1997 Canadian federal election|1997 federal election]], MacKenzie was [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] candidate for [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]] for the central [[Ontario]] [[electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[Parry Sound—Muskoka (federal electoral district)|Parry Sound-Muskoka]].<ref name="EdmontonJournal1">{{citation|title=Poll-happy Tories taunt doomsayers' forecasts|newspaper=[[Edmonton Journal]]|date=1997-05-20|access-date=2024-02-20|publisher=[[Hollinger International]]|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/475528144/|quote='If you had to choose a Canadian deputy prime minister, who would you prefer and who do you think the people of Canada would prefer [Liberal]<!--Editorial comment in original article.--> Sheila Copps or Lewis MacKenzie?' Charest shouted to a gathering of supporters in Huntsville, while MacKenzie stood at his side. Charest later said he only suggested MacKenzie for the deputy prime minister's post 'as an example. But he'll play a role. He deserves to play a role.'}}</ref> Visiting the riding, [[Tory]] leader [[Jean Charest]] rhetorically asked a crowd of supporters whether MacKenzie or [[Sheila Copps]] would be a better Deputy Prime Minister, but later explained that this was an example rather than his party's selection.<ref name="EdmontonJournal1" /> The Tories improved their standing and regained official party status, though MacKenzie finished second to [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] incumbent [[Andy Mitchell (politician)|Andy Mitchell]].

Around 2011, MacKenzie unsuccessfully advocated for a plan to revive and modernize the [[Avro Canada Arrow]] [[interceptor aircraft]] as an alternative to the [[Lockheed Martin Lightning II]] [[multirole fighter]] then being [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Canadian procurement|considered for Canadian service]].<ref name="CBC1">{{citation|author1-last=Harris|author1-first=Kathleen|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-accused-of-axing-avro-arrow-revival-too-soon-1.1233462|date=2012-09-10|access-date=2024-02-20|title=Ottawa accused of axing Avro Arrow revival too soon|website=[[CBC News]] website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211174656/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-accused-of-axing-avro-arrow-revival-too-soon-1.1233462|archive-date=2015-02-11|quote=In an interview on CBC News Network's Power & Politics, MacKenzie said he first approached officials about a year ago about the plan by Bourdeau Industries, which has offices in Canada and the U.K., to redesign the Avro Arrow CF-105 as an alternative to the F-35 stealth fighter jet.}}</ref> MacKenzie said he was not working for [[Bourdeau Industries]], the private proposer of the plan, but governmental accountability advocate Duff Conacher, interviewed by the CBC, questioned MacKenzie's activity as a possible conflict of interest and expressed concern that it was possible for him to deliver a company's proposal to the government without being a registered lobbyist.<ref name="CBC1" />

====Electoral record====
{{1997 Canadian federal election/Parry Sound—Muskoka}}