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♂ Hugh J. Macdonald
aliasHugh J. Macdonald
Record
37557 · 8326

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 0 1
Birth 11 November 1898 → 125 years + 5 months ago
Lived 66 years + 3 months
First mandate 21 March 1940 → 84 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 41 years + 4 months
Death 2 March 1965 → 59 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 6 months after 7 August 1944
Special notes
None
 

Hugh J. Macdonald (1898–1965)
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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
Alberta 4 4 17 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Samuel A.G. Barnes  m 
⊖ Norman B. James  m 
⊖ C. Gerald O'Connor  m 
⊖ Elmer E. Roper  m 
 		 ⊖ David M. Duggan  m 
⊖ Ernest C. Manning  m 
⊖ J. Percy Page  m 
 
Eligible: 59,685 Votes: 42,665 Participation: 75.30% Candidacies: 17
Provincial
9		 Alberta
21 March 1940
General
Single trans. vote (5)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27852(F) — 6 Mar 2022 15:10 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
INDM
 5/17 4,128 9.44% +156 Loser:
INDM
 3,972 9.08% C. Gerald O'Connor

Service: 4 years 4 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 65,651 Votes: 40,047 Participation: 61.00% Candidacies: 20
Provincial
10		 Alberta
8 August 1944
General
Single trans. vote (5)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 27909(F) — 6 Mar 2022 16:56 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
45		 Successor:
SC
 781 2.06% Norman B. James

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Hugh John MacDonald		 19 Mar 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Hugh J. Macdonald KC		 19 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Hugh John Macdonald (Edmonton politician)		 19 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 19 Mar 2024 19:17 (but data presented dynamically)

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