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Sheila McKay
Sheila Helen McKay (born June 7, 1936) is a retired Canadian politician who served on the Edmonton City Council from 1989 to 1995.[1] Early lifeMcKay was born in Edmonton, Alberta. After graduating from Westglen High School, she went on to become a nurse, after attending the Misercordia Hospital School of Nursing.[1] She has worked at the Misercordia Hospital in Edmonton in the emergency and intensive care wards.[1] Political careerAfter unsuccessful elections in 1974, 1977, 1980, and 1986, she was elected to Edmonton City Council in the 1989 Edmonton municipal election and re-elected again in the 1992 Edmonton municipal election.[1] She would sit in a seat for Ward 6 until 1995, when she lost re-election. During her term, she became known for notoriously dumping a pitcher of water over the head of alderman Brian Mason during one heated dispute. She later blamed her actions in part on Mayor Jan Reimer's failure to censure Mason for telling her to "shut up".[2] McKay was shortly thereafter ejected from the chamber.[3] She also ran again, unsuccessfully in the 1998, 2007 and 2010 elections. She is married to Murray McKay and has four children.[1] Man On The Moon Poem, Written 1986Man on the moon has conquered outer space Typically dumped garbage to mark his place When will Man "The Intelligent One" learn to take and replace as Nature has done? Look at the junk in the gulliest kitchen Broken glass, crumpled cans, paper and plastic litter our lands Pristine lakes and rivers are fewer Many just a polluted sewer Auschwitz/Hiroshima/Vietnam Atrocities done in the name of Man How can humanity survive I only hope God is alive White Man/Black Man/Yellow Man/Red The Brotherhood of Man is dead How can Humanity survive? I only hope God is alive A baby is born - rain falls, birds sing We have survived for another spring Only God must have the solution To solve this Man made mess pollution References
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