Arthur R. Donahoe KC (born April 7, 1940) is a former lawyer and political figure in

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, Canada. He represented Halifax Citadel in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1993 as a Progressive Conservative member. He was born in Halifax, the son of Richard Donahoe and Mary Eileen Boyd, and was educated at Saint Mary's University and Dalhousie Law School. He was admitted to the Nova Scotia bar in 1966.Awards Ceremony, Sherbourne Center, May 2001, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
(pdf) In 1972, Donahoe married Carolyn MacCormack. He served as Speaker of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1981 to 1991. Donahoe was named

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in 1982. He was president of the Nova Scotia branch of the

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and of the Nova Scotia Medical Legal Society. In 1993, he was named Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, serving in that post until 2002. His brother, Terry, also served in the provincial assembly.

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* ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1984'', PG Normandin 1940 births Living people Politicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs Speakers of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly Canadian King's Counsel 20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly {{ProgressiveConservative-NovaScotia-MLA-stub