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♀ Flora I. MacDonald
aliasFlora I. MacDonald
Record
37527 · 1304

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 1 6
Birth 3 June 1926 → 97 years + 10 months ago
Lived 89 years + 1 month
First mandate 30 October 1972 → 51 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 4 months
Death 26 July 2015 → 8 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 8 months after 20 November 1988
Special notes
None
 
Flora I. MacDonald (1926–2015)
© Photo 1984 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
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 16 0 17

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 31
PC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 53 04 Jun 1979 — 02 Mar 1980 0 8 27
2. CA 33
PC
 1 Minister 58–60 17 Sep 1984 — 29 Jun 1986 1 9 12
3. CA 33
PC
 1 Minister 60–62 30 Jun 1986 — 07 Dec 1988 2 5 7
 1. External Affairs
 2. Employment and Immigration
 3. Communications

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Peter A.S. Milliken  m 
 
 
Eligible: 54,189 Votes: 42,710 Participation: 78.82% Candidacies: 3
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10240(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
46
PC
 1/3 22,824 53.44% +8,745 Loser:
LIB
 14,079 32.96% John Hazlett

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 53,642 Votes: 38,820 Participation: 72.37% Candidacies: 3
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10504(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
PC
 1/3 17,839 46.15% +3,896 Loser:
LIB
 13,943 36.07% Peter Watson

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 68,686 Votes: 44,615 Participation: 64.96% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4446(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/3 21,277 47.69% +6,411 Loser:
LIB
 14,866 33.32% Peter Beeman

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 68,686 Votes: 43,542 Participation: 63.39% Candidacies: 4
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4164(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/4 18,146 41.82% +1,107 Loser:
LIB
 17,039 39.27% John Coleman

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 64,622 Votes: 47,556 Participation: 73.59% Candidacies: 6
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3879(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/6 25,997 55.10% +12,910 Loser:
LIB
 13,087 27.74% George N. Speal

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 56,919 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3584(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
62
PC
 2/5 20,409 35.86% -2,712 Winner:
LIB
 23,121 40.62% Peter A.S. Milliken

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Flora Isabel MacDonald		 28 Jan 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Flora Isabel MacDonald		 28 Jan 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Flora Isabel MacDonald, P.C., C.C., O.C., O.Ont., M.P.		 28 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Flora Isabel MacDonald, C.P., C.C., O.C., O.Ont., députée		 28 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Flora MacDonald (politician)		 28 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Flora MacDonald (femme politique)		 28 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 28 Jan 2024 09:50 (but data presented dynamically)

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