Augustine Colin Macdonald Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Augustine Colin Macdonald
Order:10th
Office:Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
Term Start:June 2, 1915
Term End:July 16, 1919
Predecessor:Benjamin Rogers
Successor:Murdock MacKinnon
Governor General:The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
The Duke of Devonshire
Premier:John Alexander Mathieson
Aubin E. Arsenault
Office1:Member of the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island for 3rd Kings
Predecessor1:None
Successor1:Lemuel Owen
Term Start1:April 19, 1870
Term End1:April 24, 1873
Constituency Mp2:King's County
Parliament2:Canadian
Alongside2:Daniel Davies,
Term Start2:September 29, 1873
Term End2:January 22, 1874
Alongside3:Ephraim Bell Muttart
Predecessor3:Peter Adolphus McIntyre
Successor3:James Edwin Robertson
Term Start3:September 17, 1878
Term End3:June 20, 1882
Alongside4:Peter Adolphus McIntyre
Predecessor4:James Edwin Robertson
Successor4:James Edwin Robertson
Peter Adolphus McIntyre
Term Start4:April 26, 1883
Term End4:February 22, 1887
Alongside5:John McLean (Canadian politician)
Predecessor5:James Edwin Robertson
Peter Adolphus McIntyre
Successor5:The electoral district was abolished in 1892.
Term Start5:March 5, 1891
Term End5:June 23, 1896
Constituency Mp6:King's
Parliament6:Canadian
Predecessor6:The electoral district was created in 1892.
Successor6:James Joseph Hughes
Term Start6:June 23, 1896
Term End6:November 7, 1900
Birth Date:30 June 1837
Birth Place:Panmure Island, Prince Edward Island Colony
Death Place:Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Dominion of Canada
Nationality:Canadian
Party:Liberal-Conservative
Relations:Andrew Archibald (brother)
Archibald John (brother)
John S. MacDonald (father-in-law)
Children:M. Josephine, W. Jane, S. Francis, C. Helena, A. Florence, and A. J. Louis
Residence:Panmure Island, Prince Edward Island
Montague, Prince Edward Island
Alma Mater:University of Prince Edward Island
Occupation:merchant
Profession:Politician

Augustine Colin Macdonald (June 30, 1837  - July 16, 1919) was a Canadian merchant and political figure. He represented King's County and later King's in the House of Commons of Canada from 1873 to 1874, from 1878 to 1882, from 1883 to 1887 and from 1891 to 1900 as a Liberal-Conservative member. Macdonald served as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island from 1915 to 1919.

He was born in Panmure Island, the son of Hugh Macdonald, a Scottish immigrant, and was educated in Georgetown and Charlottetown. Macdonald married Mary Elizabeth, the daughter of John Small MacDonald, in 1865. He served as a captain in the militia. He represented 3rd Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1870 to 1873. He resigned his seat in 1873 to run for the federal seat. On June 2, 1915, Macdonald was named Lieutenant Governor. He died in office in 1919.

His brother Andrew Archibald served in the Senate of Canada and was also a Lieutenant Governor for the province and his brother Archibald John was a long-time member of the provincial assembly.

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