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Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

♂ Donald A. Macdonald
aliasDonald A. Macdonald

Record
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Roman Catholic

Roman Catholic ∞3

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate

Deceased

Performance: 100%

	✓	✗	∑
Canada	4	0	4

Birth	17 February 1817 → 207 years + 2 months ago
Lived	79 years + 3 months
First mandate	7 August 1867 → 156 years + 8 months ago ↳ at age 50 years + 5 months
Death	10 June 1896 → 127 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death	21 years + 23 days after 18 May 1875

Special notes
None
Donald A. Macdonald (1817–1896) © Photo — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ William H. Hingston (1829–1907)	Son-in-law
⊖ Alexander F. Macdonald (c. 1818–1913)	Brother
⊖ J. Sandfield Macdonald (1812–1872)	Brother

Length of service in elected office

Legislature	years	months	days	years	months	days	years	months	days
Legislature	Total			Government			Opposition
Canada	7	8	19

Leadership role

									Duration
#	Legislature		Party	M	Int	Role	Age	Dates	y	m	d
1.	CA	2–3	LIB	1		Minister	56–58	07 Nov 1873 — 17 May 1875	1	6	10
1. Post Office

Electoral history

Races	4
Path points	6

1 documented challenger
⊖ Alexander J. Grant m

Details: Glengarry

Eligible:

n/a

Votes:

0

Participation:

n/a

Candidacy:

1

Federal 1	Ontario 7 August 1867 General First-past-the-post
Gov't	CONS
ID: 17638(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET

✓	→ New to Parliament
Age 50	LIB	1/1	By acclamation
Service: 4 years 11 months 12 days (Oppo.)

Details: Glengarry

Eligible:

2,453

Votes:

2,026

Participation:

82.59%

Candidacies:

2

Provincial 1	Ontario 3 September 1867 General First-past-the-post
Gov't	LC
ID: 32619(F) — 3 Aug 2023 10:15 ET

—	Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age 50						Successor:	LC	1,149	56.71%	James Craig

Details: Glengarry

Eligible:

inc.

Votes:

1,482

Participation:

inc.

Candidacies:

2

Federal 2	Ontario 20 July 1872 General First-past-the-post
Gov't	CONS LIB 5 Nov 1873
ID: 18530(F) — 25 Jun 2023 16:00 ET

✓

Re-elected incumbent

Age
55

LIB

1/2

1,289

86.98%

+1,096

Loser:

IND

193

13.02%

R.H. MacDonald

After his election:

5 Nov 1873	56	CONS	→	LIB	Change of government (became part of government)
7 Nov 1873	56	LIB	→	Vac.	Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election

Service: 1 year 3 months 18 days (Oppo. & Gov't)

Details: Glengarry

Eligible:

n/a

Votes:

0

Participation:

n/a

Candidacy:

1

Federal 2	Ontario 26 November 1873 By-Election First-past-the-post
Gov't	LIB
ID: 18690(F) — 11 Oct 2022 15:16 ET

✓	Re-elected incumbent
Age 56	LIB	1/1	By acclamation
Service: 1 month 26 days (Gov't)

Details: Glengarry

Eligible:

2,763

Votes:

1,900

Participation:

68.77%

Candidacies:

2

Federal 3	Ontario 22 January 1874 General First-past-the-post
Gov't	LIB
ID: 18762(F) — 20 Jan 2022 22:38 ET

✓

Re-elected incumbent

Age
56

LIB

1/2

1,288

67.79%

+676

Loser:

IND

612

32.21%

Alexander J. Grant

After his election:

18 May 1875

58

LIB

→

Vac.

To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)

Service: 1 year 3 months 26 days (Gov't)

Details: Glengarry

Eligible:

2,763

Votes:

2,172

Participation:

78.61%

Candidacies:

2

Federal 3	Ontario 7 July 1875 By-Election First-past-the-post
Gov't	LIB
ID: 18959(F) — 21 Jan 2022 07:55 ET

—	Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age 58						Successor:	LIB	1,227	56.49%	Archibald McNab

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.		Retrieved on
EN	Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo) The Hon. Donald Alexander Macdonald, P.C., M.P.	06 Mar 2024
FR	Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo) L'hon. Donald Alexander Macdonald, C.P., d�put�	06 Mar 2024
EN	Wikipedia Donald Alexander Macdonald	06 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01

Rev.:  6 Mar 2024 22:37 (but data presented dynamically)

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