Don MacDonald

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Donald "Don" MacDonald
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
October 26, 1992 –June 15, 1993
Preceded by Connie Osterman
Succeeded byDistrict Abolished
Constituency Three Hills
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Political party Liberal
Occupationpolitician

Donald "Don" MacDonald is a former politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1992 to 1993.

Alberta Province of Canada

Alberta is a province of Canada. With an estimated population of 4,067,175 as of 2016 census, it is Canada's fourth most populous province and the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces. Its area is about 660,000 square kilometres (250,000 sq mi). Alberta and its neighbour Saskatchewan were districts of the Northwest Territories until they were established as provinces on September 1, 1905. The premier is Jason Kenney as of April 30, 2019.

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Single house of Legislature of Alberta

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the Alberta Legislature in Alberta, Canada. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly consists of 87 members, elected first past the post from single-member electoral districts. Bills passed by the legislature are given royal assent by Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta.

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Political career

MacDonald first ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in a by-election held on October 26, 1992, in the electoral district of Three Hills as a candidate of the Liberal Party. He won the district with 46% of the popular vote in a stunning upset. [1]

The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1905, it is the oldest active political party in Alberta and was the dominant political party until the 1921 election, with the first three provincial Premiers being Liberals. Since 1921, it has formed the official opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta several times, most recently from 1993 until 2012. Fourteen Liberals have served as Leader of the Opposition of Alberta.

A few months later, in the 1993 Alberta general election, MacDonald ran in the new electoral district of Three Hills-Airdrie as his old riding was abolished during redistribution. He was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Carol Haley by a wide margin. [2]

1993 Alberta general election

The 1993 Alberta general election was the twenty-third general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 15, 1993, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. It is notable because it was seen by some as a contest between the former mayors of Calgary and Edmonton, Ralph Klein and Laurence Decore, respectively. Before eventually being defeated in 2015, it remained the closest the Progressive Conservatives had come to losing since coming to power in 1971.

Three Hills-Airdrie is a former provincial electoral district that existed from 1993 to 1997. The district was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Carol Louise Haley is a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 2008.

In the 1997 Alberta general election, he ran under the Social Credit banner in the district of Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills. He finished second to Progressive Conservative candidate Richard Marz. [3]

1997 Alberta general election

The 1997 Alberta general election was the twenty-fourth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 11, 1997, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 1996 and is mandated to return a single member using the first past the post method of voting.

Richard Marz is a Canadian politician who was the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills as a Progressive Conservative.

MacDonald holds the record for the shortest time served in the Alberta legislature between election and defeat, at seven months and 20 days. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Three Hills by-election". Elections Alberta. October 26, 1992. Archived from the original on June 7, 2009. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Three Hills-Airdrie results 1993". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Olds-Didsbury-Three_Hills results 1997". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
  4. ↑ http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files%5Cdocs%5Chouserecords%5Cvp%5Clegislature_26%5Csession_2%5C20060508_1200_01_vp.pdf |chapter-url= missing title (help)(PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . Legislative Assembly of Alberta. May 8, 2006. p. 1.
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