Wilbur MacDonald, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Wilbur MacDonald

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 13-Sep-1933

Place of Birth: Orwell, Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Wilbur MacDonald

  • Wilbur MacDonald (born 13 September 1933 in Orwell, Prince Edward Island) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
  • He was a farmer by career. The son of Leo R.
  • MacDonald and Helen MacDonald, MacDonald was educated in Orwell.
  • He married Pauline Murphy in 1958.He represented Prince Edward Island's Cardigan electoral district, which he won in the 1979 federal election.
  • After serving his only term, the 31st Canadian Parliament, he was defeated in the 1980 federal election by Daniel J.
  • MacDonald of the Liberal Party.
  • He was subsequently elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island as an MLA for 4th Queens in the 1982 election, and served until 1989.
  • MacDonald served in the province's Executive Assembly as Minister of Industry from 1984 to 1986. When the provincial ridings were redistricted in 1996, he became MLA for Belfast-Pownal Bay, which he held until his retirement from politics in 2007.
  • MacDonald was speaker for the provincial assembly from 1997 to 2000. MacDonald made two further unsuccessful attempts to reenter federal politics, first in a 13 April 1981 by-election and then in the 1993 federal election.

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