Famous People with Name Mcrae

Colin John McRae            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Colin John McRae: was a prominent Confederate politician. He was born in Anson County, North Carolina and later moved to Mississippi where he served in the state legislature in 1838. Afterwards he moved to Alabama and was elected to serve the state in the Provisional Confe

Thomas Chipman McRae            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas Chipman McRae: was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and was the 26th Governor of Arkansas from 1921 to 1925. In 1874, McRae was appointed to the post of Election Commissioner. From 1877 to 1879, he served in the Arkansas House of Represe

Alexander Duncan McRae            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alexander Duncan McRae: was a successful businessman, a Major General in the Canadian Army in First World War, a Member of Parliament, a Canadian Senator and a farmer. In 1923 McRae organized a group of British Columbia Conservative Party dissidents he called the Committee of 100 which became the Provincial Party of British Columbia. The party sought freight rate equalization, cooperation with the federal government in the development of a northern railway, the elimination of Oriental labour, abolition of patronage, hiring of veterans and the elimination of income tax which had been introduced as a temporary measure during the war. McRae ran federally for the Conservatives winning a seat in Parliament the 1926 election representing the Vancouver North district. He organized the first modern leadership convention of the Conservative party in 1927. At the same time, he organized the bid of R.B. Bennett for the leadership. He went on to run Bennett's campaign in the 1930 election leading to his election as the 11th Prime Minister of Canada however McRae was defeated in his own constituency in that election. After a few months, Bennett appointed McRae to the Senate where he served until his death, at age 71 in 1946. He was active with his duties in the Senate until immediately before his last, brief, illness. He was interred at Ocean View Memorial Park in Burnaby, British Columbia.

Paul Edmund McRae            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Paul Edmund McRae: was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Toronto, Ontario and became a school principal by career. He represented Ontario's Fort William electoral district since winning that seat in the 1972 federal election. He was re-elected in 1974, 1979 and 1980. Due to riding boundary changes, McRae represented Thunder Bay—Atikokan since 1976.

Murdoch McRae            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Murdoch McRae: was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Richmond County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1871 to 1878 and from 1882 to 1886 as a Liberal-Conservative member. In 1872, he married Mary Euphemia McDougall. McRae served as a member of the county council. He supported the development of a railroad for Cape Breton Island from Canso to Louisbourg. In 1886, he was employed by the federal Post Office Department. He died in St. Peter's, Nova Scotia.