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Augustine Colin Macdonald

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Monarch
  
George V

Role
  
Canadian Political figure

Name
  
Augustine Macdonald


Nationality
  
Canadian

Preceded by
  
Benjamin Rogers

Succeeded by
  
Murdock MacKinnon

Augustine Colin Macdonald

Governor General
  
The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn The Duke of Devonshire

Premier
  
John Alexander Mathieson Aubin E. Arsenault

Born
  
June 30, 1837 Panmure Island, Prince Edward Island (
1837-06-30
)

Spouse(s)
  
Mary Elizabeth MacDonald (m. 1865)

Died
  
July 16, 1919, Charlottetown, Canada

Education
  
University of Prince Edward Island

Political party
  
Conservative Party of Canada

Residence
  
Panmure Island, Prince Edward Island, Lot 61, Canada, Montague, Canada

Augustine Colin Macdonald (June 30, 1837 – July 16, 1919) was a Canadian merchant and political figure. He represented King's County and later King's in the Canadian House of Commons from 1873 to 1874, from 1878 to 1882, from 1883 to 1887 and from 1891 to 1900 as a Liberal-Conservative member. Macdonald served as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island from 1915 to 1919.

He was born in Panmure Island, the son of Hugh Macdonald, a Scottish immigrant, and was educated in Georgetown and Charlottetown. Macdonald married Mary Elizabeth, the daughter of John Small MacDonald, in 1865. He served as a captain in the militia. He represented 3rd Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1870 to 1873. He resigned his seat in 1873 to run for the federal seat. On June 2, 1915, Macdonald was named Lieutenant Governor. He died in office in 1919.

His brother Andrew Archibald served in the Senate of Canada and was also a Lieutenant Governor for the province and his brother Archibald John was a long-time member of the provincial assembly.

References

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