Donald Robert McDonald explained

Donald Robert McDonald
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1908
Term End1:1911
Predecessor1:John Angus McMillan
Successor1:Hugh Munro
Term Start2:1898
Term End2:1902
Predecessor2:David Murdoch MacPherson
Successor2:William Duncan McLeod
Constituency2:Glengarry
Party:Conservative
Birth Date:11 December 1856
Birth Place:Wisconsin, United States
Death Place:Alberta, Canada
Occupation:Farmer
Spouse:

Donald Robert McDonald (December 11, 1856  - 1923) was a contractor, farmer and politician in Ontario. He represented Glengarry from 1898 to 1902 and from 1908 to 1911 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative.

The son of D.D. McDonald, he was born in Wisconsin and was educated in Williamstown. He was married twice: first to Catherine McDonell in 1887 and then to Mary Isabella Chisholm around 1899. McDonald served as deputy reeve of Charlottenburgh township.[1] He defeated David Murdoch McPherson to win a seat in the provincial assembly in 1898. McDonald ran unsuccessfully for the Glengarry seat in the Canadian House of Commons in 1904, losing to Jacob Schell. After completing his second term in the Ontario assembly, he moved to Alberta and died there[2] in 1923.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: McDonell, James K . Lords of the North . Campbell, Robert Bennett . 1997 . 1896182712 . 128.
  2. Book: Harkness, J G . Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry : a history, 1784-1945 . 1946 . 294.
  3. Web site: Dictionary of Glengarry biography . Glengarry Historical Society . 2010.