John Alexander Macdonald (Prince Edward Island politician)
- John Alexander Macdonald (Prince Edward Island politician)
John Alexander Macdonald, PC (April 12 1874 – November 15 1948) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Tracadie, Prince Edward Island, he represented 3rd Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1908 to 1915 and from 1923 to 1925 as a Conservative member. Macdonald served in the provincial cabinet as Minister without Portfolio from 1911 to 1915 and as Minister of Public Works and Highways from 1923 to 1925. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of King's in the 1925 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1926 and 1930. Macdonald was a Minister without Portfolio in the federal cabinet in 1926 and from 1930 to 1935. In 1935, he was called to the Canadian Senate representing the senatorial division of Cardigan, Prince Edward Island. He served until his death in 1948.
His son John Augustine also represented the riding of King's in the House of Commons. John Augustine's wife Margaret Mary was the first woman from Prince Edward Island to serve in the House of Commons.
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* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=616922c5-dc75-48e4-a764-c4133dc949b3&Language=E Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
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