Wilbur MacDonald explained

Wilbur MacDonald
Birth Name:Wilbur Bernard MacDonald
Birth Date:1933 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Orwell, Prince Edward Island
Death Place:Prince Edward Island
Office1:Member of Parliament for Cardigan
Term Start1:22 May 1979
Term End1:18 February 1980
Predecessor1:Daniel J. MacDonald
Successor1:Daniel J. MacDonald
Office2:MLA (Assemblyman) for 4th Queens
Term Start2:27 September 1982
Term End2:29 May 1989
Predecessor2:Angus MacLean
Successor2:Alan Buchanan
Office3:MLA for Belfast-Pownal Bay
Term Start3:18 November 1996
Term End3:28 May 2007
Predecessor3:first member
Successor3:Alan McIsaac
Occupation:farmer

Wilbur Bernard MacDonald (13 September 1933 – 20 May 2020) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a farmer by career.

The son of Leo R. MacDonald and Helen MacDonald, MacDonald was educated in Orwell. He married Pauline Murphy in 1958.[1]

He represented Prince Edward Island's Cardigan electoral district, which he won in the 1979 federal election. After serving his only term, the 31st Canadian Parliament, he was defeated in the 1980 federal election by Daniel J. MacDonald of the Liberal Party. He was subsequently elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island as an MLA for 4th Queens in the 1982 election, and served until 1989. MacDonald served in the province's Executive Assembly as Minister of Industry from 1984 to 1986.

When the provincial ridings were redistricted in 1996, he became MLA for Belfast-Pownal Bay, which he held until his retirement from politics in 2007. MacDonald was speaker for the provincial assembly from 1997 to 2000.

MacDonald made two further unsuccessful attempts to reenter federal politics, first in a 13 April 1981 by-election and then in the 1993 federal election. MacDonald died on 20 May 2020, aged 86.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Weeks, Blair. Minding the House: A Biographical Guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs. 1-894838-01-7. 2002. Acorn Press. registration.
  2. Web site: Former P.E.I. MP, MLA Wilbur MacDonald dies at 86 . CBC News . 21 May 2020 . 24 February 2022.
  3. Web site: Obituaries: Wilbur Macdonald . 21 May 2020 . SaltWire Network . 24 February 2022.