William James MacDougall

MACDOUGALL, PH.D., REVEREND WILLIAM JAMES, clergyman and professor; b. 8 May 1944 in Kentville, Nova Scotia, son of James Lorn MacDougall and Gertrude Isabel MacLean; m. 22 July 1966 Patricia Ann Campbell, and they had three children, Shane William Lorn, Christiana Kate, and Charity Jill. MacDougall, a Conservative, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1978 for 4th Prince. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1979 and 1982. He was appointed Deputy Speaker on 18 May 1983. In1985 MacDougall resigned and left the province, with his family, in order to become minister at a United Church pastoral charge in Middleton, Nova Scotia. "Bill" MacDougall received his secondary education at the Summerside High School and later attended Prince ofWales College in Charlottetown, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts. He then attended the Pine Hill Divinity Hall — now the Atlantic School of Theology — in Halifax where he earned a Master of Divinity. MacDougall did further study at New College, University of Edinburgh, where he earned a Doctor of Philosophy. While in Scotland, he served a congregation for one year. In1973 MacDougall returned to the province, where he was a minister in Freetown, Lot 16, and North Bedeque. He also taught a course at the University of Prince Edward Island in the Department of Religious Studies. Bill MacDougall was a member of the Summerside Christian Council and several community groups. Rev. Dr. William MacDougall and his wife Patricia live in Middleton, Nova Scotia.