Margaret Mary Macdonald
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Margaret Mary Macdonald was a Canadian politician. On May 29, 1961 she became the first woman to represent
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in the
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. She first won representation for the
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of King's at the House of Commons in a by-election in 1961, a seat vacated by the death of her husband John Augustine Macdonald. Macdonald retained her seat in the 1962 federal election. She was defeated by Liberal John Mullally in the 1963 federal election.


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* 1910 births 1968 deaths Politicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Prince Edward Island Women members of the House of Commons of Canada Women in Prince Edward Island politics 20th-century Canadian women politicians 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{PrinceEdwardIsland-MP-stub