Cyril Pius "Cy" MacDonald (February 29, 1928 – November 14, 2015) was an educator and political figure in

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. He represented

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from 1964 to 1975 and

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from 1975 to 1978 in the

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as a Liberal. He was born in

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and educated in

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, at

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in Wilcox and at

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, where he received a

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degree. In 1951, he married Ann Sullivan. MacDonald taught school in

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and in Wilcox. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Saskatchewan assembly in 1960 before being elected in 1964. MacDonald served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Industry and Commerce and as Minister of Welfare. MacDonald ran for the leadership of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party in 1971. He died in

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on November 14, 2015, at the age of 87.Profile
legacy.com; accessed November 24, 2015.

References

1928 births 2015 deaths Athol Murray College of Notre Dame alumni People from Humboldt, Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan {{Liberal-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub