Donald Stovel Macdonald
President of the Privy Council | |
|---|---|
| In office 6 July 1968 – 23 September 1970 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Rosedale |
| In office 18 June 1962 – 28 February 1978 | |
| Preceded by | David James Walker |
| Succeeded by | David Crombie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Donald Stovel Macdonald 1 March 1932 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) |
Ruth Hutchison
(m. 1961; died 1987)Adrian Merchant Lang
(m. 1988) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Donald Stovel Macdonald
Early life and education
Macdonald was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He graduated from the
Political career
He was first elected to the
Macdonald resigned from Cabinet in 1977 to return to his law practice. When Pierre Trudeau announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada following his defeat in the 1979 election, Macdonald would have declared his candidacy for the position. However, with the unexpected defeat of Joe Clark's Progressive Conservative government on a motion of no confidence, the Liberals asked Trudeau to lead them into the 1980 election and cancelled the leadership campaign. Macdonald was not a candidate for the party leadership when Trudeau resigned again in 1984.
Subsequent career
In 1982,
Macdonald was appointed
Honours and awards
In 1994, Macdonald was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.[4] He received honorary degrees from the Colorado School of Mines, the University of New Brunswick, Carleton University, and the University of Toronto (Doctor of Sacred Letters, Trinity College, University of Toronto).
Personal life
Macdonald married Ruth Hutchison (dec.) in 1961, and their four daughters are Leigh, Nikki, Althea, and Sonja. Nikki Macdonald served as a senior advisor to Jean Chrétien during his time as Prime Minister.
In 1988, he married Adrian Merchant Lang, the daughter of Sally Merchant. From her prior marriage to Otto Lang, she had seven children: Maria (d. 1991), Timothy, Gregory, Andrew, Elisabeth, Adrian, and Amanda Lang. They have fifteen grandchildren.
Macdonald died at his home in Toronto on October 14, 2018.[5]
Electoral record
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Donald S. Macdonald |
16,073 | 44.02 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Warren Beamish | 14,856 | 40.69 | |||||
| New Democratic | Ron Sabourin | 4,598 | 12.59 | |||||
| Independent | Aline Gregory | 892 | 2.44 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | David Starbuck | 95 | 0.26 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 36,514 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 612 | |||||||
| Turnout | 37,126 | 74.00 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 50,169 | |||||||
| Source: Official Voting Results, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (Canada), 1972. | ||||||||
Archives
There is a Donald Stovel MacDonald fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[6]
References
- ^ "The Leader-Post". news.google.com. 26 May 1976. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "The Leader-Post". news.google.com. 1 April 1977. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- Bilderberg Group. Archived from the originalon 30 June 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ Office of the Governor General of Canada. Order of Canada citation. Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Former Liberal cabinet minister Donald Macdonald dead at 86, family says | Globalnews.ca".
- ^ "Finding aid to Donald Stovel MacDonald fonds, Library and Archives Canada" (PDF). Retrieved 17 August 2020.
Further reading
- Macdonald, Donald S. (2014). Thumper : the memoirs of the Honourable Donald S. Macdonald. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 978-0-7735-8180-7.