Hugh John MacDonald | |
Birth Date: | April 11, 1911 |
Birth Place: | Strathmore, Alberta |
Term Start: | 1948 |
Term End: | 1959 |
Predecessor: | Andrew Davison Fred Anderson |
Successor: | District Abolished |
Office: | MLA for Calgary |
Party: | Liberal |
Occupation: | lawyer, jurist |
Hugh John MacDonald (April 11, 1911 – June 24, 1998)[1] [2] was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1948 to 1959.
MacDonald ran for a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the first time in the 1948 Alberta general election.[3] He ran as a Liberal candidate in the Calgary electoral district and won the fourth seat.
MacDonald ran for a second term in the 1952 Alberta general election. He won his second term in office taking the fifth seat in the vote.[4] MacDonald ran for his third term and final term in office in the 1955 Alberta general election.[5] He was re-elected improving his popularity to win the second seat. He would retire from the Legislature in 1959.
Macdonald later served as a justice with the Court of Queen's Bench.