 Turcotte would note that MacKay "derived a direct improper advantage through his position as mayor".MacKay would run for re-election as mayor following the scandal in the October 14, 1959 election, losing a close contest against Harry Hays.Mackay made two unsuccessful bids in Federal politics as a member of the Liberal Party, first in the 1949 Canadian federal election in Calgary East losing to Douglas Harkness, and again in the 1957 in Calgary South losing to Arthur Ryan Smith.