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About Lauchlin MacDonald
- Lauchlin MacDonald (March 25, 1844 – October 27, 1928) was a farmer and political figure in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- He represented 1st Kings from 1875 to 1883 and from 1908 to 1912 in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island as a Liberal member. He was born on the family farm at East Point, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, the son of Ronald Macdonald and Catherine Macdonald.
- He was educated at St.
- Dunstan's College.
- MacDonald was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1873.
- He was first elected to the provincial assembly in an 1875 by-election held after Emmanuel McEachern died.
- He was a vice-president of the Prince Edward Island Dairy Association, president of the Cheese Board of Trade of Prince Edward Island and president of the East Point Farmers' Institute.
- In 1876, he married Teresa McLean.
- MacDonald was named lighthouse keeper for East Point in 1897. He died in Charlottetown at the age of 84.
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