Donald Alexander Macdonald

Donald Alexander Macdonald
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Donald Alexander Macdonald, PC (February 17, 1817 – June 10, 1896) was a Canadian politician.

Born in 1817 in St Raphael's, Ontario, Donald Alexander Macdonald studied at St Raphael's College under the first Catholic Bishop of Ontario, Alexander Macdonell. He became a railway contractor and was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1857 to 1867. He was the Liberal Member of Parliament for Glengarry in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1875, and served as Postmaster General of Canada. In 1875 Macdonald was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and held that post until 1880. He died in Montreal in 1896.

He was the brother of John Sandfield Macdonald, the first Premier of Ontario, and Alexander Francis Macdonald, the MP for Cornwall from 1874 to 1878.

Government offices
Preceded by John Willoughby Crawford	Lieutenant Governor of Ontario 1875–1880	Succeeded by John Beverley Robinson

	Lieutenant-Governors of Ontario
Post-Confederation (1867-present) Stisted \| Howland \| Crawford \| D.A. Macdonald \| J.B. Robinson \| Campbell \| Kirkpatrick \| Gzowski \| Mowat \| Clark \| Gibson \| Hendrie \| Clarke \| Cockshutt \| Ross \| Mulock \| H.A. Bruce \| Matthews \| Lawson \| Breithaupt \| MacKay \| Rowe \| W.R. Macdonald \| McGibbon \| Aird \| Alexander \| Jackman \| Weston \| Bartleman Province of Canada (1841-1866) Clitherow \| Jackson \| Bagot \| Metcalfe \| Cathcart \| J. Bruce \| E.W. Head \| Monck Upper Canada (1791-1841) Simcoe \| Russell \| Hunter \| Grant \| Gore \| Brock \| Sheaffe \| de Rottenburg \| Drummond \| Murray \| F.P. Robinson \| Smith \| Maitland \| Colborne \| F.B. Head \| Arthur \| Sydenham

Post-Confederation (1867-present)

Province of Canada (1841-1866)

Upper Canada (1791-1841)

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