Appointed by Stephen Harper Political party Conservative | Name Michael MacDonald Role Canadian Senator | |
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Born May 4, 1955 (age 68)
Louisbourg, Nova Scotia ( 1955-05-04 ) Party Conservative Party of Canada Office Canadian Senator since 2009 | ||
Michael L. MacDonald (born May 4, 1955) is a Canadian politician and a Conservative member of the Canadian Senate. He was appointed on the advice of Stephen Harper to the Senate on January 2, 2009.
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Early life and education
MacDonald was born in Louisbourg, the youngest of 10 children. In 1977, he graduated from University of King's College in Halifax with an Honours degree in political science.
Political career
MacDonald worked as a researcher for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Research Office from 1978 to 1980. He then worked in the office of MLA Gerald Sheehy from 1980 to 1982 and then as Executive Assistant to Premier John Buchanan from 1982 to 1984. He was also Executive Assistant to Tom McMillan from 1984 to 1985, and then to Stewart McInnes from 1985 to 1987.
He has been the owner of the Fortress Inn in Louisbourg since 1988.
In 1988, he ran for federal office in Cape Breton—East Richmond, placing second with 7,173 votes. In 1993, he ran provincially for the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia in the riding of Dartmouth-Cole Harbour, placing second with 2,905 votes. He ran in Dartmouth-Cole Harbour again in 1998, placing third with 2,084 votes. He ran federally in 2004 in the riding of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, placing third with 8,739 votes.
Personal life
MacDonald lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, with his wife Marilyn, and their two sons, Lauchlan and Liam.