A. Lloyd MacDonald

A. Lloyd MacDonald
MLA for Pictou East
In office
1970–1974
Preceded byThomas MacQueen
Succeeded byDonald Cameron
In office
1963–1967
Preceded byJohn W. MacDonald
Succeeded byThomas MacQueen
Personal details
Born
Alexander Lloyd MacDonald

(1921-02-08)February 8, 1921
Garden of Eden, Nova Scotia
DiedMarch 9, 2007(2007-03-09) (aged 86)
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Political partyLiberal
Occupationindustrial supervisor

Alexander Lloyd MacDonald (February 8, 1921 – March 9, 2007) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Pictou East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1963 to 1967, and 1970 to 1974. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]

MacDonald was born in 1921 at Garden of Eden, Nova Scotia.[2] He married Margaret Elizabeth Dickie in 1948,[2] and was employed as a supervisor at the Hawker Siddeley manufacturing plant in Trenton, Nova Scotia.[3]

MacDonald entered provincial politics in the 1963 election, winning the Pictou East riding by 11 votes.[4] He was defeated by Progressive Conservative Thomas MacQueen when he ran for re-election in 1967.[5] MacDonald regained the seat in the 1970 election, defeating MacQueen by 19 votes.[6] He did not reoffer in the 1974 election.[1] MacDonald died in New Glasgow on March 9, 2007.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Electoral History for Pictou East" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  2. ^ a b Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 123. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  3. ^ McDonell, James K.; Campbell, Robert Bennett (1997). Lords of the North. General Store Publishing House. p. 184. ISBN 9781896182711.
  4. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1963" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1963. p. 67. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
  5. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1967" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1967. p. 69. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
  6. ^ "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1970" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1970. p. 72. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
  7. ^ "A. Lloyd MacDonald dies". The Chronicle Herald. March 11, 2007.


Flag of Nova ScotiaPolitician icon

This article about a Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.