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Wilfrid Laurier McDougald

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Preceded by
  
William Mitchell

Name
  
Wilfrid McDougald

Education
  
McGill University

Succeeded by
  
Albert Joseph Brown

Political party
  
Liberal

Died
  
June 19, 1942

Party
  
Liberal Party of Canada

Resigned
  
May 3, 1932

Wilfrid Laurier McDougald
Appointed by
  
William Lyon Mackenzie King

Born
  
August 9, 1881 Alexandria, Ontario (
1881-08-09
)

Wilfrid Laurier McDougald (August 9, 1881 – June 19, 1942) was a Canadian senator.

Born in Alexandria, Ontario, he was educated at McGill University (where he was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society) and Queen's University and practiced medicine in Montreal. He was appointed Chairman of the Montreal Harbour Commission in 1922.

In 1926, he was appointed to the Senate representing the senatorial division of Wellington, Quebec. He resigned in 1932 as a result of the Beauharnois Scandal.

He built Northbrook Lodge at Paul Smiths, New York between about 1919 and 1922. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

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