Alexander Francis Macdonald (1818 – April 12, 1913) was a

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and railway contractor. The son of Alexander Macdonald, he was educated in

Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...

and at St Raphael's College. He settled in Cornwall. Macdonald was president of the Canada Cotton Company. After being elected in the 1874 election on January 22, he was unseated by

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on September 7, 1874, and re-elected on October 20 the same year. Macdonald did not run in the 1878 election. His brothers,

John Sandfield Macdonald John Sandfield Macdonald, (December 12, 1812 – June 1, 1872) was the joint premier of the Province of Canada from 1862 to 1864. He was also the first premier of Ontario from 1867 to 1871, one of the four founding provinces created at Can ...

and

Donald Alexander Macdonald Donald Alexander Macdonald (February 17, 1817 – June 10, 1896) was a Canadian politician. Born in 1817 in St. Raphael's, Upper Canada, Donald Alexander Macdonald studied at St Raphael's College under the first Catholic Bishop of Onta ...

, were also Members of Parliament. Macdonald never married. He died in Cornwall at the age of 95.

Electoral record

On Mr. Macdonald being unseated on petition, 7 September 1874:

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1818 births 1913 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Place of death missing 19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Liberal-Ontario-MP-stub