Howard MacDonald

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Howard Burton MacDonald
MLA for Calgary
In office
1944–1955
Preceded by James Mahaffy
William Aberhart
John Bowlen
Succeeded by Arthur Smith
Grant MacEwan
Personal details
Born(1885-07-18)July 18, 1885
Green Hill, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
DiedOctober 29, 1960(1960-10-29) (aged 75)
Political partyIndependent
Social Credit

Howard Burton MacDonald was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1944 to 1955. He held a seat in the electoral district of Calgary as an Independent and later a member of Social Credit.

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Political career

MacDonald ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature in the 1944 Alberta general election. He ran as an Independent candidate under the unity movement of opposition parties opposed to the Social Credit government. He placed fifth in the first count but when vote transfers under the Single Transferable Voting system in use he finished fourth, winning a seat in the 17th vote count. [1]

MacDonald ran for re-election in the 1948 Alberta general election. [2] He came in third in the first count, but without quota of votes needed to be elected under the Single Transferable Voting system in use, but eventually won enough votes to be elected. He was the only Unity Movement Independent MLA left.

He crossed the floor and joined the Social Credit government on March 1, 1952. His reason for crossing, was that in his belief Social Credit was the party was the best private enterprise government in Canada. His departure marked the official end to the unity movement. [3]

MacDonald ran for re-election in the 1952 Alberta general election as a Social Credit candidate. He was re-elected taking the second seat of Calgary's six seats in that election. [4]

MacDonald ran for a fourth term in the 1955 Alberta general election but was defeated. He finished seventh place just short of the last seat. [5]

He died five years later at the age of 75.

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References

  1. ↑ "Calgary results 1944 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  2. ↑ "Calgary results 1948 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  3. ↑ "Calgary M.L.A. Will Back Social Credit". Vol. XLV No. 69. Lethbridge Herald. March 1, 1952. pp. 1–2.
  4. ↑ "Calgary results 1952 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  5. ↑ "Calgary results 1955 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-17.


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