Donald David MacDonald

MACDONALD, DONALD DAVID, farmer; b. 13 March 1862 in Glenfinnan, son of Donald A. and Isabel MacDonald; m. 13 November 1894 MaryJ. McIntyre, and there were no children; Roman Catholic; d. June 1939, in Glenfinnan. MacDonald, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1915 for 3rd Queens. He was re-elected in the general election of 1919. He was defeated in the general elections of 1912 and 1923. On 9 September 1919, MacDonald was sworn in as a Minister without Portfolio in the government of Albert C. Saunders*. Donald MacDonald was educated at the Glenfinnan school. He then became a farmer. From 1901 to 1911, he served as the Census Commissioner for the province and was also a Justice of the Peace. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and was president of the Glenfinnan Branch of the St. Andrew's Society. David MacDonald died 7 March 1939. Mary MacDonald, the daughter of Hugh McIntyre of Clermont, was born 13 April 1873.