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The Honourable
Donald Stovel MacdonaldMember of Parliament
for RosedaleIn office
1962 – January 3, 1978Preceded by David James Walker Succeeded by David Crombie Personal details Born March 1, 1932
OttawaPolitical party Liberal Profession Lawyer, Lang Michener LLP Donald Stovel Macdonald, PC, CC (born March 1, 1932) is a former Canadian Liberal politician and Cabinet minister.
Macdonald graduated from the University of Trinity College in the University of Toronto in 1952. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1962 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Rosedale riding in Toronto. In 1967, he was the parliamentary secretary of Paul Martin, Secretary of State for External Affairs. He joined the Cabinet of Pierre Trudeau in 1968 as minister without portfolio, and subsequently served as President of the Privy Council, Minister of National Defence, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources and Minister of Finance. As Finance Minister, Macdonald introduced wage and price controls in an attempt to control inflation.
Macdonald resigned from Cabinet in 1977 to return to his law practice. When Pierre Trudeau announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada following his defeat in the 1979 election, Macdonald would have declared his candidacy for the position. However, with the unexpected defeat of Joe Clark's Progressive Conservative government on a motion of no confidence, the Liberals asked Trudeau to lead them into the 1980 election and cancelled the leadership campaign. Macdonald was not a candidate for the party leadership when Trudeau again resigned in 1984.
In 1982, Prime Minister Trudeau appointed Macdonald chairman of a Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada. The report was released in September 1985, and recommended that Canada enter a free trade agreement with the United States. Progressive Conservative Brian Mulroney was Prime Minister by this time. He accepted the recommendation, and pursued what became the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement.
Macdonald was appointed High Commissioner to the United Kingdom in 1988. He held that position until 1991 when he returned to his law practice in Toronto. In 1994, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
Electoral record
1972 federal election : Rosedale edit Party Candidate Votes % +/- Liberal (x)Donald S. Macdonald 16,073 44.02 Progressive Conservative Warren Beamish 14,856 40.69 New Democratic Party Ron Sabourin 4,598 12.59 Independent Aline Gregory 892 2.44 N/A (Marxist-Leninist) David Starbuck 95 0.26 Total valid votes 36,514 100.00 Total rejected ballots 612 Turnout 37,126 74.00 Electors on the lists 50,169 Source: Official Voting Results, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (Canada), 1972.
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20th Ministry – First cabinet of Pierre Trudeau Cabinet Posts (2) Predecessor Office Successor Allan MacEachen (acting) President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
July 6, 1968 - September 23, 1970Allan MacEachen Minister Without Portfolio
April 20, 1968 - July 5, 1968Special Parliamentary Responsibilities Predecessor Title Successor Allan MacEachen Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
(September 12, 1968 – September 23, 1970)Allan MacEachen Diplomatic posts Preceded by
Roy McMurtryCanadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
1988–1991Succeeded by
Fredrik Stefan EatonMinisters of Militia and Defence (1867–1923) Ministers of National Defence (1923–) G. Graham · E. Macdonald · Guthrie · Robb (acting) · Ralston · Sutherland · Stirling · Mackenzie · Rogers · Power (acting) · Ralston · McNaughton · Abbott · Claxton · Campney · Pearkes · Harkness · Churchill · Hellyer · Cadieux · Drury (acting) · D. Macdonald · Benson · Dubé (acting) · Drury (acting) · Richardson · Danson · McKinnon · Lamontagne · Blais · Coates · Clark (acting) · Nielsen · Beatty · McKnight · Masse · Campbell · Siddon · Collenette · Young · Eggleton · McCallum · Pratt · B. Graham · O'Connor · MacKayAssociate Ministers of National Defence (1953–2006) Ministers of the Naval Service (1910–1922) World War I World War II Galt · Rose · Hincks · Tilley · Cartwright · Tilley · McLelan · Tupper · Foster · Bowell (acting) · Foster · Fielding · White · Drayton (acting) · Fielding · Robb · Bennett · Robb · Dunning · Bennett · Rhodes · Dunning · Ralston · Ilsley · Abbott · Harris · Fleming · Nowlan · Gordon · Sharp · Benson · Turner · Drury (acting) · Macdonald · Chrétien · Crosbie · MacEachen · Lalonde · Wilson · Mazankowski · Loiselle · Martin · Manley · Goodale · FlahertyMinisters of Energy, Mines and Resources (1966-1995) Jean-Luc Pépin · John James Greene · Donald Stovel Macdonald · Alastair William Gillespie · Ramon John Hnatyshyn · Marc Lalonde · Jean Chrétien · Gerald A. Regan · Patricia Carney · Marcel Masse · Arthur Jacob Epp · Bill McKnight · Bobbie Sparrow · Anne McLellanMinisters of Forestry (1993-1995) Ministers of Natural Resources (1995-) Anne McLellan · Ralph Goodale · Herb Dhaliwal · John Efford · John McCallum · Gary Lunn · Lisa Raitt · Christian Paradis · Joe OliverCanadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
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