John Michael Macdonald
Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". John Michael Macdonald (May 3, 1906 – June 20, 1997) was a Canadian politician.
Early life
Born in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, the son of Joseph Macdonald and Theresa MacDonald,[1] he was educated at St. Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie University. He was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1945.
Career
He practised law with his father and with Ronald J. Macdonald. During World War II, Macdonald served with the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps.[1]
He ran unsuccessfully as the National Government candidate (the label used by the Conservative Party/Progressive Conservative Party during those elections) for the House of Commons of Canada in the riding of Cape Breton North and Victoria in the 1940 election and 1945 election. In 1956, he was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, representing the electoral district of Cape Breton North.[2]
As Senator
Summoned to the Senate of Canada in 1960 representing the senatorial division of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, a Progressive Conservative, he was twice Opposition Whip in the Senate (1963–1979 and 1980–1984) and was Government Whip in the Senate (1979–1980). He was the last senator to serve in the senate past the age of 75, and one of the last senators appointed for life serving in the Senate (Orville Howard Phillips was the last senator with a lifetime appointment. He resigned in 1999).[3]
Death
Macdonald died in North Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1997;[4]
References
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- ↑ Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (October 30, 1956). Retrieved October 31, 2014.
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External links
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- 1906 births
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- Canadian senators from Nova Scotia
- Canadian people of Scottish descent
- Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) candidates for the Canadian House of Commons
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons
- Candidates in the 1945 Canadian federal election
- Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs
- Dalhousie University alumni
- People from North Sydney, Nova Scotia
- St. Francis Xavier University alumni
- 20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
- 20th-century members of the Senate of Canada