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♂ Wilfred Kennedy McDonald
aliasBucko McDonald
Record
41070 · 12236

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Ontario 0 1 1
Total 3 1 4
Birth 31 October 1911 → 112 years + 6 months ago
Lived 79 years + 8 months
First mandate 11 June 1945 → 78 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 7 months
Death 22 July 1991 → 32 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 34 years + 1 month after 9 June 1957
Special notes
None
 
Wilfred Kennedy (Bucko) McDonald (1911–1991)
© Photo 1949 Arthur Roy — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 11 11 26

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Stan Darling  m 
⊖ James MacKerras Macdonnell  m 
 		 ⊖ Allister Johnston  m 
 
Eligible: 16,577 Votes: 12,161 Participation: 73.36% Candidacies: 3
Federal
20		 Ontario
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23245(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
33
LIB
 1/3 5,301 43.59% +392 Loser:
PC
 4,909 40.37% A. Coulter McLean

Service: 4 years 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 31,674 Votes: 24,182 Participation: 76.35% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Ontario
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23506(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/3 11,636 48.51% +1,820 Loser:
PC
 9,816 40.92% James M. Macdonnell

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 31,680 Votes: 22,207 Participation: 70.10% Candidacies: 3
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23806(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 10,940 49.77% +1,250 Loser:
PC
 9,690 44.08% Stan Darling

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 30,762 Votes: 24,394 Participation: 79.30% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Ontario
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24088(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
45		 Successor:
PC
 14,014 57.97% Gordon H. Aiken
Eligible: 16,440 Votes: 12,011 Participation: 73.06% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Ontario
25 September 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35471(F) — 24 Dec 2022 16:10 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
51
LIB
 2/3 4,718 39.58% -1,696 Winner:
PC
 6,414 53.81% Allister Johnston

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Wilfred Kennedy "Bucko" McDonald		 27 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Wilfred Kennedy "Bucko" McDonald		 27 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Wilfred McDonald		 27 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Wilfred McDonald		 27 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 27 Apr 2024 11:35 (but data presented dynamically)

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