Donald "Don" MacDonald is a former politician from

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, Canada. He served in the

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from 1992 to 1993.

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 Three Hills is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It takes its name from the three somewhat-larger-than-normal hills to its north. History Three Hills post office dates from 1904. Three Hills was incorporated as a village in 1912, the yea ...

as a candidate of the

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. He won the district with 46% of the popular vote in a stunning upset. A few months later, in the

1993 Alberta general election The 1993 Alberta general election was held on June 15, 1993, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The Conservative government was re-elected, taking 51 seats out of 83 (61 percent of the seats) but only having support of 45 pe ...

, MacDonald ran in the new electoral district of

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as his old riding was abolished during redistribution. He was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Carol Haley by a wide margin. In the

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, he ran under the

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banner in the district of

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. He finished second to Progressive Conservative candidate

Richard Marz Richard Marz (born April 30, 1944, in Three Hills, Alberta) 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. Early lif ...

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

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Macdonald, Don Alberta Liberal Party MLAs Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta