Angus Lewis Macdonald
Politician
1890 – 1954
Who was Angus Lewis Macdonald?
Angus Lewis Macdonald, PC, QC, popularly known as 'Angus L.', was a Canadian lawyer, law professor and politician from Nova Scotia. He served as the Liberal premier of Nova Scotia from 1933 to 1940, when he became the federal minister of defence for naval services. He oversaw the creation of an effective Canadian navy and Allied convoy service during World War II. After the war, he returned to Nova Scotia to become premier again. In the election of 1945, his Liberals returned to power while their main rivals, the Conservatives, failed to win a single seat. The Liberal rallying cry, "All's Well With Angus L.," was so effective that the Conservatives despaired of ever beating Macdonald. He died in office in 1954.
Macdonald's more than 15 years as premier brought fundamental changes. Under his leadership, the Nova Scotia government spent more than $100 million paving roads, building bridges, extending electrical transmission lines and improving public education. Macdonald dealt with the mass unemployment of the Great Depression by putting the jobless to work on highway projects.
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- Born
- Aug 10, 1890
Nova Scotia - Spouses
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard Law School
- St. Francis Xavier University
- Lived in
- Inverness County
- Died
- Apr 13, 1954
Halifax
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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