Donald Wood
Donald Paul Wood | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Malpeque | |
| In office 1977–1979 | |
| Preceded by | Angus MacLean |
| Succeeded by | Melbourne Gass |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 22, 1933 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
| Died | July 7, 2015 (aged 82) Kensington, Prince Edward Island |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Profession | businessman, farmer |
Donald Paul Wood (March 22, 1933 – July 7, 2015) was a
Minister of Regional Economic Expansion. He lost the 1979 election to Melbourne Gass. He lost the 1968 election to the Hon. Angus MacLean. He also sat as a member of various standing committees including Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Public Accounts. Wood died on July 7, 2015.[1]
Electoral record
| 1979 Canadian federal election: Malpeque | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Melbourne Gass | 8,729 | 52.70 | +5.63 | ||||
| Liberal | Donald Wood | 6,707 | 40.50 | -7.87 | ||||
| New Democratic | Charlie Sark | 1,126 | 6.80 | +2.72 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 16,562 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, 24 May 1977 On the resignation of Angus MacLean, 20 October 1976 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Donald Wood | 4,657 | 48.37 | +3.80 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ian MacQuarrie | 4,532 | 47.07 | -3.54 | ||||
| New Democratic | Charles H. Sark | 393 | 4.08 | -0.73 | ||||
| Independent | A. Neil Harpham | 46 | 0.48 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 9,628 | 100.00 | ||||||
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