Hugh Lord MacDonald

MACDONALD, HUGH LORD. contractor, trader, merchant, and farmer; b. ca. 25 March 1841 in Cardigan River, son of Angus McDonald and Jenny McDonald; m. 20 July 1875 Anna Louise Owen, and they had four children, Clarence, Jenevive, Edith G., and Hugh A.; Roman Catholic; d. 27 January 1891. MacDonald, a Conservative, was first elected to the House of Assembly in the general election of 1886 for 3rd Kings. He was re-elected in the general election of 1890. He served as Commissioner of Public Works. MacDonald worked as a farmer, contractor, and trader. He was also a merchant and owned a general store. He exported produce to a number of destinations, principally Halifax and Cape Breton, but also Newfoundland and St. Pierre Island. Hugh Lord MacDonald died 27 January 1891, while a member of the House of Assembly. Anna Louise MacDonald, born ca. 1852, was the daughter of Thomas Owen, Postmaster- General of Prince Edward Island, and a sister of Lemuel Cambridge Owen, Sr.*, premier from 1873 to 1876. MacDonald's father was a native of the island of Uist, Scotland.