Angus Claude Macdonell Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Angus Claude Macdonell
Office:Senator for Toronto South, Ontario
Appointed:Robert Borden
Term Start:August 1, 1917
Term End:November 1921
Successor:Archibald Hayes Macdonell
Constituency Mp2:Toronto South
Parliament2:Canadian
Predecessor2:The electoral district was created in 1903.
Successor2:Charles Sheard
Term Start2:1904
Term End2:1917
Birth Date:23 June 1861
Birth Place:Toronto, Canada West
Party:Conservative
Relations:Archibald Hayes Macdonell, brother

Angus Claude Macdonell (June 23, 1861  - April 18, 1924) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

Born in Toronto, Canada West, Macdonell received a Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1886 from Trinity College, Toronto and a D.C.L. degree in 1902. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1886. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for Toronto South in the 1904 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1908 and 1911. He was summoned to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Toronto South, Ontario in 1917 on the advice of Robert Borden. He served until resigning in November 1921.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Hon. Claude Macdonnell Resigns from Senate; Brother Succeeds Him. The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia. November 8, 1921.