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♂ Walter Clifton McDonald
aliasWalter McDonald
Record
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Protestant     
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 3 1 4
Birth 16 March 1903 → 121 years + 2 months ago
Lived 96 years + 7 months
First mandate 10 November 1949 → 74 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 7 months
Death 7 November 1999 → 24 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 40 years + 5 months after 13 May 1959
Special notes
None
 
Walter Clifton McDonald (1903–1999)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

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Canadian Senate ✗
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Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 9 5 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Earl Collins  m 
⊖ George Muir  m 
 		 ⊖ Homer Hamilton  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 6,038 Votes: 3,328 Participation: 55.12% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
23		 Manitoba
10 November 1949
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37540(F) — 17 Sep 2022 20:06 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
LIBP
 1/2 1,697 51.53% +101 Loser:
ACPC
 1,596 48.47% George R. Muir
After his election:
19 Aug 1950 47
LIBP
 →
LIBP
 Changed allegiance ()
Service: 3 years 6 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,806 Votes: 4,236 Participation: 72.96% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24		 Manitoba
8 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37590(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIBP
 1/3 1,833 45.00% +504 Loser:
SC
 1,329 32.63% George Loeppky

Service: 5 years 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,331 Votes: 4,146 Participation: 65.49% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Manitoba
16 June 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 37644(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIBP
 1/3 1,822 44.27% +73 Loser:
PC
 1,749 42.49% W. Homer Hamilton

Service: 10 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,337 Votes: 4,199 Participation: 66.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Manitoba
14 May 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 37701(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
LIBP
 2/3 1,923 46.15% -154 Winner:
PC
 2,077 49.84% W. Homer Hamilton

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
McDonald, Walter C.		 17 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
McDonald, Walter C.		 17 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Walter Clifton McDonald (1903-1999)		 17 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Walter McDonald (politician)		 17 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 May 2024 21:29 (but data presented dynamically)

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