David MacDonald
Politician
1936 –
Who is David MacDonald?
David Samuel Horne MacDonald, PC is a United Church of Canada minister and a former Canadian politician, and author.
David MacDonald was ordained in the United Church by the Maritime Conference on June 11, 1961, and was a minister at Alberton, Tignish, and Cascumpec, Prince Edward Island before going into federal politics.
He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament from the former Prince Edward Island riding of Prince in the 1965 election, and was re-elected in the realigned Egmont riding from 1968 until 1979.
After the Tory victory in the 1979 election, he was appointed Minister of Communications, Minister responsible for the Status of Women and Secretary of State for Canada in the short-lived Cabinet of Prime Minister Joe Clark.
MacDonald lost his seat to Liberal George Henderson in the 1980 election but returned to the House as MP in the Toronto riding of Rosedale in the 1988 election, replacing former Toronto Mayor and PC incumbent David Crombie.
However, he lost his seat again to a Liberal majority government in the 1993 election, this time to Bill Graham.
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- Born
- Aug 20, 1936
Canada - Religion
- United Church of Canada
- Nationality
- Canada
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on July 23, 2013
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