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♂ Donald Stovel Macdonald
aliasDonald Macdonald
Record
37504 · 144

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 0 6
Birth 1 March 1932 → 92 years + 2 months ago
Lived 86 years + 7 months
First mandate 18 June 1962 → 61 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 3 months
Death 14 October 2018 → 5 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 40 years + 7 months after 28 February 1978
Special notes
None
 
Donald Stovel Macdonald (1932–2018)
© Photo 1974 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Maria M. (Sally) Merchant (1919–2007) Mother-in-law
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 15 8 6

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 27
LIB
 1 Minister 36 20 Apr 1968 — 05 Jul 1968 0 2 15
2. CA 28
LIB
 1 Minister 38–39 24 Sep 1970 — 27 Jan 1972 1 4 3
3. CA 28–30
LIB
 1 Minister 39–43 28 Jan 1972 — 25 Sep 1975 3 7 28
4. CA 30
LIB
 1 Minister 43–45 26 Sep 1975 — 15 Sep 1977 1 11 20
 1. Without portfolio
 2. National Defence
 3. Energy, Mines and Resources
 4. Finance

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Frederick Nelson Clarke  m 
⊖ David James Walker  m 
 		 ⊕ Danny Goldstick  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 23,806 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24639(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
30
LIB
 1/4 10,191 42.81% +594 Loser:
PC
 9,597 40.31% David J. Walker

Service: 9 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 23,437 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24903(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
31
LIB
 1/4 12,860 54.87% +6,057 Loser:
PC
 6,803 29.03% Hal Jackman

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 30,835 Votes: 22,117 Participation: 71.73% Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25172(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
LIB
 1/3 9,757 44.84% +2,270 Loser:
PC
 7,487 34.41% Hal Jackman

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 33,108 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10016(F) — 26 Mar 2024 22:02 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
LIB
 1/5 19,011 57.42% +9,328 Loser:
PC
 9,683 29.25% Bob Bradley

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 50,169 Votes: 36,514 Participation: 72.78% Candidacies: 5
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10271(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/5 16,073 44.02% +1,217 Loser:
PC
 14,856 40.69% Warren Beamish

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 47,645 Votes: 35,273 Participation: 74.03% Candidacies: 6
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10534(F) — 28 Nov 2022 05:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/6 17,227 49.13% +3,108 Loser:
PC
 14,119 40.27% Hal Jackman
After his election:
28 Feb 1978 45
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left federal politics
Service: 3 years 7 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 47,645 Votes: 32,325 Participation: 67.85% Candidacies: 6
Federal
30		 Ontario
16 October 1978
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10902(F) — 28 Nov 2022 05:18 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
46		 Successor:
PC
 18,732 57.95% David E. Crombie

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Donald Stovel Macdonald		  9 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Donald Stovel Macdonald		  9 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Donald Stovel Macdonald, P.C., C.C., M.P.		  9 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Donald Stovel Macdonald, C.P., C.C., député		  9 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Donald Stovel Macdonald		  9 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Donald Stovel Macdonald		  9 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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