Alexander Hamilton McDonald

Alexander Hamilton McDonald

Infobox Prime Minister
name = Alexander Hamilton McDonald
honorific-suffix = MLA


caption =
office1 = Leader of the Opposition
term_start1 = 1955
term_end1 = 1960
predecessor1 = Asmundur A. Loptson
successor1 = Ross Thatcher
party = Liberal
birth_date =March 16, 1919
birth_place =
death_date =March 31, 1980
death_place =
party = Liberal
spouse =
religion = |

Alexander Hamilton (Hammy) McDonald (March 16, 1919 – March 31, 1980) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Fleming, Saskatchewan, he served with the RCAF as a flight lieutenant in World War II. In 1948, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. He would be re-elected in 1952, 1956, 1960, and 1964. From 1954, he was the leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party until he was forced out in the summer of 1959. From 1955 to 1960, he was the Leader of the Opposition.

In 1965, he was summoned to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Moosimin, Saskatchewan. A Liberal, he was Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate (appointed in 1968) and Government Whip in the Senate (appointed in 1970). He died in office in 1980.

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