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♂ Malcolm A. MacDonald
aliasMalcolm A. MacDonald
Record
37642 · 13747

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
British Columbia 4 1 5
Total 4 2 6
Birth 20 June 1875 → 148 years + 10 months ago
Lived 66 years + 3 months
First mandate 26 February 1916 → 108 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 8 months
Death 13 October 1941 → 82 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 19 years + 11 months after 1 November 1921
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Alexander B. Macdonald (1918–2014) Son  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 5 7 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
16 documented challengers
⊖ William J. Bowser  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John A. Clark  m 
⊖ John W.D. Farris  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Alexander H.B. MacGowan  m 
⊖ Joseph Martin  m 
⊖ John W. McIntosh  m 
⊖ Mary Ellen S. Smith  f 
⊖ Charles E. Tisdall  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Thomas D. Caven  m 
⊖ John S. Cowper  m 
⊖ Samuel L. Howe  m 
⊖ Ian A. Mackenzie  m 
⊖ George A. McGuire  m 
⊖ James Ramsay  m 
⊖ Ralph Smith  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ James S. (J.S.) Woodsworth  m 
 
Eligible: 2,056 Votes: 1,405 Participation: 68.34% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
12		 British Columbia
25 November 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28926(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
34
LIB
 2/3 501 35.66% -260 Winner:
LC
 761 54.16% Thomas D. Caven
Eligible: 20,393 Votes: 15,262 Participation: 74.84% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
13		 British Columbia
26 February 1916
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28991(F) — 23 Jul 2023 20:23 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 1/3 9,592 62.85% +4,116 Loser:
LC
 5,476 35.88% Charles E. Tisdall

Service: 6 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 27,578 Votes: 95,705 Participation: 57.84% Candidacies: 19
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
14 September 1916
General
Plurality-at-large (6)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29023(F) — 3 Mar 2022 08:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/19 9,119 57.17% +2,114 Loser:
LIB
 7,005 43.92% Patrick Donnelly
After his election:
29 Nov 1916 41
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,578 Votes: 16,375 Participation: 29.69% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
21 December 1916
By-Election
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29033(F) — 14 Oct 2022 19:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 2/3 5,061 61.81% +1,153 Loser:
ILIB
 3,908 47.73% Donald E. McTaggart

Service: 3 years 11 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,768 Votes: 202,205 Participation: 63.87% Candidacies: 28
Provincial
15		 British Columbia
1 December 1920
General
Plurality-at-large (6)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29239(F) — 19 Sep 2022 23:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 5/28 12,222 36.27% +1,834 Loser:
LIB
 10,388 30.82% John P. Dougherty
After his election:
1 Nov 1921 46
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 11 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 21,899 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 British Columbia
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21536(F) — 5 Jul 2023 17:05 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
46
LIB
 2/3 6,960 31.78% -5,280 Winner:
NLCP
 12,240 55.89% John A. Clark
Eligible: 57,512 Votes: 189,728 Participation: 54.98% Candidacies: 27
Provincial
16		 British Columbia
20 June 1924
General
Plurality-at-large (6)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29283(F) — 12 Feb 2023 11:18 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
49		 Successor:
PROV
 9,071 28.69% Andrew M. Creery

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Malcolm Archibald Macdonald		 26 Aug 2023
FR Wikipédia
Malcolm Archibald Macdonald		 26 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Aug 2023 14:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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