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♂ Donald MacDonald
aliasDon MacDonald
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 33%
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Alberta 1 2 3
Birth Unknown
   
First mandate 26 October 1992 → 31 years + 6 months ago
 
Mandate ended 30 years + 11 months ago (14 June 1993)
Special notes
None
 
Donald MacDonald (? – )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
At seven and a half months, MacDonald, an Alberta Liberal (and later SoCred), holds the record for the shortest time served in the Alberta legislature between election and defeat.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 0 7 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Carol Haley  f 
 		 ⊕ Richard Marz  m 
 
Eligible: 17,736 Votes: 10,371 Participation: 58.47% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
22		 Alberta
26 October 1992
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 28247(F) — 29 Oct 2022 16:52 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
?
LIB
 1/8 4,790 46.34% +2,476 Loser:
PC
 2,314 22.39% Brad Oneil

Service: 7 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 17,929 Votes: 11,091 Participation: 61.86% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
23		 Alberta
15 June 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12575(F) — 29 Oct 2022 16:59 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
?
LIB
 2/6 3,783 34.20% -1,883 Winner:
PC
 5,666 51.23% Carol L. Haley
Eligible: 19,830 Votes: 12,218 Participation: 61.61% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Alberta
11 March 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 11056(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
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 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
?
SC
 2/4 3,422 28.07% -3,536 Winner:
PC
 6,958 57.08% Richard A. Marz

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Donald MacDonald		  6 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Don MacDonald		  6 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 May 2024 07:24 (but data presented dynamically)

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