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♂ Donald MacDonald
aliasDonald MacDonald
Record
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Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 12 September 1909 → 114 years + 7 months ago
Lived 77 years
First mandate 28 October 1941 → 82 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 1 month
Death 25 September 1986 → 37 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 40 years + 11 months after 22 October 1945
Special notes
None
 

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
Nova Scotia 3 11 24 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 42
CCF
 1 Party leader 32–36 29 Oct 1941 — 23 Oct 1945 3 11 24

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John S. McIvor  m 
 		 ⊖ George M. Morrison  m 
 
Eligible: 15,595 Votes: 11,076 Participation: 71.02% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 Nova Scotia
28 October 1941
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18186(F) — 16 Sep 2021 22:05 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
32
CCF
 1/3 4,008 36.53% +62 Loser:
LIB
 3,946 35.96% George M. Morrison

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 17,636 Votes: 11,169 Participation: 63.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
43		 Nova Scotia
23 October 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18214(F) — 16 Sep 2021 22:06 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
36
CCF
 2/3 4,448 40.12% -330 Winner:
LIB
 4,778 43.10% John S. McIvor

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
MacDonald, Donald (p. 125)		 26 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Donald MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician)		 26 Aug 2023

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