James Macdonnell (Canadian politician)
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Biography
He was born in Kingston, Ontario, the son of George W. Macdonnell and Mary Louise Philips, he was a Master at St. Andrew's College from 1904 to 1914 before becoming a trust company officer. He enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 24 September 1914 at Valcartier, Quebec. He was awarded an MC in the 1917 Birthday Honours.[1]
Career
Macdonnell was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Progressive Conservative Party candidate in the 1945 federal election representing Muskoka—Ontario riding. He was defeated in the 1949 federal election, but returned to parliament later that year when he won a by-election held in the Toronto riding of Greenwood.[2]
Following the 1957 federal election that returned the first Progressive Conservative government and the first Tory government since the Great Depression, the new Prime Minister of Canada, John Diefenbaker, named Macdonnell to Cabinet as a minister without portfolio.[2] He resigned from Cabinet on 8 August 1959 for health reasons[3] and was defeated in the 1962 federal election by Andrew Brewin of the New Democratic Party.[4]
Macdonnell was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1967 for "services as a parliamentarian".[5]
References
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- ↑ History of Federal Ridings - Greenwood, Ontario, Parliament of Canada
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- 1884 births
- 1973 deaths
- Companions of the Order of Canada
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
- Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
- Canadian Expeditionary Force officers
- Canadian military personnel of World War I
- Canadian Army officers
- Canadian recipients of the Military Cross
- Politicians from Kingston, Ontario
- 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada