Alexander Francis Macdonald Explained

Alexander Francis Macdonald
Constituency Mp:Cornwall
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Darby Bergin
Successor:Darby Bergin
Term Start:1874
Term End:1878
Birth Date:1818
Birth Place:St. Raphael's, Upper Canada
Death Date:April 12, 1913
Death Place:Cornwall, Ontario
Nationality:British subject
Party:Liberal Party
Occupation:railway contractor

Alexander Francis Macdonald (1818  - April 12, 1913) was a politician and railway contractor.

The son of Alexander Macdonald, he was educated in Cornwall and at St Raphael's College. He settled in Cornwall. Macdonald was president of the Canada Cotton Company.[1] After being elected in the 1874 election on January 22, he was unseated by petition on September 7, 1874, and re-elected on October 20 the same year. Macdonald did not run in the 1878 election. His brothers, John Sandfield Macdonald and Donald Alexander Macdonald, were also Members of Parliament.

Macdonald never married. He died in Cornwall at the age of 95.[1]

Electoral record

On Mr. Macdonald being unseated on petition, 7 September 1874:|}

Notes and References

  1. Book: Johnson, J.K. . The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 . 1968 . Public Archives of Canada.