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♂ D. David MacDonald
aliasD. David MacDonald
Record
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Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 60%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 2 5
Birth 13 March 1862 → 162 years + 1 month ago
Lived ± 77 years
First mandate 15 September 1915 → 108 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 53 years + 6 months
Death c. June 1939 → 84 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death ± 7 years + 9 months after 5 August 1931
Special notes
None
 

D. David MacDonald (1862–c.1939)
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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
Prince Edward Island 11 11 16 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 41
LIB
 1 Speaker 65–68 25 Jun 1927 — 14 Jan 1931 3 6 20

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Henry F. Feehan  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ James A. MacDonald  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,042 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
37		 Prince Edward Island
3 January 1912
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25369(F) — 7 Dec 2023 18:23 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
49
LIB
 2/2 402 38.58% -238 Winner:
CONS
 640 61.42% Henry F. Feehan
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,070 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
38		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1915
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25399(F) — 7 Dec 2023 18:23 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 558 52.15% +46 Loser:
CONS
 512 47.85% Henry F. Feehan

Service: 3 years 10 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,226 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1919
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25433(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/2 678 55.30% +130 Loser:
CONS
 548 44.70% John J. McDonald

Service: 3 years 11 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,248 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
40		 Prince Edward Island
24 July 1923
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25472(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
LIB
 2/2 586 46.96% -76 Winner:
CONS
 662 53.04% James A. MacDonald
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,111 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25508(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
65
LIB
 1/2 1,121 53.10% +131 Loser:
CONS
 990 46.90% James A. MacDonald

Service: 4 years 1 month 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,206 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25543(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
69		 Successor:
CONS
 1,136 51.50% James A. MacDonald

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
MacDonald, Donald David		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Donald David MacDonald		 27 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
David McDonald (Prince Edward Island politician)		 27 Dec 2023

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