Donald Macmaster
Sir Donald Macmaster Ontario MPP | |
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| In office 1879–1882 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander James Grant |
| Succeeded by | James Rayside |
| Constituency | Glengarry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 September 1846 Canada West |
| Died | 3 March 1922 (aged 75) London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouses | Janet Macdonald (m. 1880)Ella Virginia DeFord
(m. 1890) |
| Children | 1 |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Fenian Raids (1866) |
Sir Donald Macmaster, 1st Baronet, KC (3 September 1846 – 3 March 1922) was a Canadian lawyer and a politician in both Canada and the United Kingdom.
Macmaster was born into a family of
Queen's Counsel
in 1882.
He represented
Conservative
member from 1883 to 1887, when he lost his seat.
In 1905, Macmaster emigrated to the
House of Commons as Conservative member for the Chertsey division of Surrey, holding the seat until his death. He was created a baronet in the 1921 New Year Honours.[1]
In 1880, he married Janet Macdonald, who died less than three years later. In 1890 he married the American Ella Virginia DeFord. Their only son, Donald, was killed in action at the Battle of Loos while commanding a company of the Cameron Highlanders on 25 September 1915.
Electoral history
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Donald Macmaster | 1,331 | 50.78 | |||||
| Liberal | James Rayside | 1,290 | 49.22 | +0.28 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,621 | 74.31 | +0.24 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,527 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Independent Liberal | Swing | −0.14 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
Footnotes
- ^ "No. 32178". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1920. p. 2.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
References
- Obituary, The Times, 4 March 1922
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Donald Macmaster.
- Donald Macmaster – Parliament of Canada biography
- Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history
- The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1883 JA Gemmill
- The Canadian men and women of the time : a handbook of Canadian biography HJ Morgan (1898)
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Donald Macmaster
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