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]