John Alexander MacDonald

MACDONALD, JOHN ALEXANDER farmer and justice of the peace; b. 21 October 1838, son of Angus MacDonald of North Bedeque, and nephew of Bishop Bernard Donald MacDonald of Charlottetown: m. June 1874, Annie C. McKelvie, and there was at least one child, Bernice (died in 1935): Roman Catholic; d. 1905. MacDonald, a Conservative, was first elected to the House of Assembly in the general election of 1867 for 1st Prince. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1870, 1872, 1873, 1876, 1879, 1883, 1882, and 1886. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1893 for 3,d Prince. He was re-elected in the general election of 1897. MacDonald was defeated in the general election of 1900. From 1879 to 1887, he held the position of Speaker of the House of Assembly. His nephew Bernard McLellan* served as Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1891 to 1893. MacDonald was educated in North Bedeque. He was a farmer and, for a time, a justice of the peace. He served as chairman of the Board of Railway Appraisers from 1873 until 1876. He was also a governor and trustee of Prince of Wales College. John MacDonald died in 1905. Annie MacDonald oflndian River was born in 1844 and died in 1925. Her parents were Robert McKelvie of lndian River and Johanna McIntyre, who emigrated from Sutherlandshire, Scotland. Bernice MacDonald, the daughter of John Alexander MacDonald, was the first wife of Adrien F. Arsenault*.