Preceded by Thomas Gerow Murphy Name Frederick MacKenzie Political party Liberal Party of Canada | Succeeded by John Bracken Died October 13, 1970 | |
Born December 18, 1882
Presqu’ile, Ontario ( 1882-12-18 ) Spouse(s) Wilma Christina Robertson
(m. 12 Mar 1921) Occupation school principal, teacher | ||
Frederick Donald MacKenzie, (December 18, 1882 – October 13, 1970) was a soldier, teacher and Member of Parliament in Canada.
Mackenzie was born in Presqu’ile, Ontario and was educated at Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute and Queen’s University where he earned a bachelor of arts.
He served during World War I with the Queen’s University Hospital Unit from 1915 to 1916 in Egypt and the Dardanelles. He was subsequently a Lieutenant with the Canadian Field Artillery from 1916 to 1919.
Following the war he returned to Canada and settled in Neepawa, Manitoba where he worked as a teacher and became a school principal.
In the 1935 federal election he ran as a Liberal candidate in Neepawa and was returned to the Canadian House of Commons. He was re-elected in the 1940 federal election but defeated in the 1945 election by Progressive Conservative leader and former Manitoba Premier John Bracken. He died in 1970 in Ottawa.