Alexander Macdonald (British Columbia politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian lawyer and politician
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Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
About Alexander Macdonald (British Columbia politician)
- Alexander Barrett Macdonald (21 October 1918 – 5 March 2014) was a politician who served for several years in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and briefly in the House of Commons of Canada.
- He was a barrister and solicitor by career.The son of Malcolm Archibald Macdonald, Macdonald was educated at the University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall.
- He worked with the Department of Munitions and Supplies in Ottawa during World War II.
- During that time, he married Dorothy Ann Lewis.
- After the war, he served as secretary for M.
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- Coldwell and then practised law in Ontario for a short time.
- In 1948, he opened his own practice in Vancouver.He was elected to the Canadian Parliament in the riding of Vancouver Kingsway in the 1957 general election as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.
- In the following year, he was defeated by John Ferguson Browne of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1958 election.He was first elected to the B.C.
- legislature in the 1960 general election as the member for Vancouver East, and held this seat until his retirement in 1986.
- In 1972 he became Attorney General of B.C.
- in the New Democratic Party government led by Dave Barrett and held this position until the NDP's defeat in the 1975 general election.
- He wrote three books on politics and law: My Dear Legs (ISBN 0-919573-39-8), Alex in Wonderland (ISBN 0-921586-28-0), and Outrage: Canada's Justice System on Trial (ISBN 1-55192-230-4).His wife of 64 years died in 2009.
- He died at the age of 95 on 5 March 2014.
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