Donald Stovel Macdonald

For other people named Donald MacDonald, see Donald MacDonald (disambiguation).

The Honourable Donald Stovel Macdonald
Member of Parliament for Rosedale
In office 1962 – January 3, 1978
Preceded by	David James Walker
Succeeded by	David Crombie
Personal details
Born	March 1, 1932 (1932-03-01) (age 79) Ottawa
Political party	Liberal
Profession	Lawyer, Lang Michener LLP

Donald Stovel Macdonald, PC, CC (born March 1, 1932) is a former Canadian Liberal politician and Cabinet minister.

Macdonald graduated from the University of Trinity College in the University of Toronto in 1952. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1962 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Rosedale riding in Toronto. In 1967, he was the parliamentary secretary of Paul Martin, Secretary of State for External Affairs. He joined the Cabinet of Pierre Trudeau in 1968 as minister without portfolio, and subsequently served as President of the Privy Council, Minister of National Defence, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources and Minister of Finance. As Finance Minister, Macdonald introduced wage and price controls in an attempt to control inflation.

Macdonald resigned from Cabinet in 1977 to return to his law practice. When Pierre Trudeau announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada following his defeat in the 1979 election, Macdonald would have declared his candidacy for the position. However, with the unexpected defeat of Joe Clark's Progressive Conservative government on a motion of no confidence, the Liberals asked Trudeau to lead them into the 1980 election and cancelled the leadership campaign. Macdonald was not a candidate for the party leadership when Trudeau again resigned in 1984.

In 1982, Prime Minister Trudeau appointed Macdonald chairman of a Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada. The report was released in September 1985, and recommended that Canada enter a free trade agreement with the United States. Progressive Conservative Brian Mulroney was Prime Minister by this time. He accepted the recommendation, and pursued what became the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement.

Macdonald was appointed High Commissioner to the United Kingdom in 1988. He held that position until 1991 when he returned to his law practice in Toronto. In 1994, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

Electoral record

1972 federal election : Rosedale edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	(x)Donald S. Macdonald	16,073	44.02
	Progressive Conservative	Warren Beamish	14,856	40.69
	New Democratic Party	Ron Sabourin	4,598	12.59
	Independent	Aline Gregory	892	2.44
	N/A (Marxist-Leninist)	David Starbuck	95	0.26
Total valid votes			36,514	100.00
Total rejected ballots			612
Turnout			37,126	74.00
Electors on the lists			50,169

Source: Official Voting Results, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (Canada), 1972.

External links

• Donald Stovel Macdonald - Parliament of Canada biography

20th Ministry – First cabinet of Pierre Trudeau
Cabinet Posts (2)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Allan MacEachen (acting)	President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada July 6, 1968 - September 23, 1970	Allan MacEachen
	Minister Without Portfolio April 20, 1968 - July 5, 1968
Special Parliamentary Responsibilities
Predecessor	Title	Successor
Allan MacEachen	Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (September 12, 1968 – September 23, 1970)	Allan MacEachen
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Roy McMurtry	Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom 1988–1991	Succeeded by Fredrik Stefan Eaton

Persondata
Name	Macdonald, Donald Stovel
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Date of birth	March 1, 1932
Place of birth	Ottawa
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