Daniel Alexander MacRae

MACRAE, DANIEL ALEXANDER, business person; b. in 1876 in Heatherdale; son of Angus MacRae and Annie Campbell; m. 1916 Alice May Gordon, and they had three children, Gordon, Jean, and Earl; d. 30 July 1964 in Charlottetown. MacRae, a Liberal, was elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election held 4 July 1949 for 4th Kings. MacRae was a businessperson who owned and operated a grist mill in Heatherdale. In the early 1940s, he operated an animal feed service in association with Shur Gain. The mills are no longer in service but his son, Gordon, continues to operate the family farm. Daniel MacRae died 30 July 1964 at the Prince Edward Island Hospital.