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1900-1961 (Creation)
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- MacDonald, John Alexander
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John Alexander MacDonald was born in 1874 in Tracadie, Prince Edward Island, the son of Charles John and Elizabeth MacDonald. He married Marie Josephine, daughter of Captain Joseph MacDonald of Cardigan in 1905. By this time he had operated a general mercantile business since 1891 and had organized John A. MacDonald & Co. Ltd. Besides this major company, he had an interest in several other businesses such as Cardigan Dairying Co., Cardigan Silver Black Fox Co., Cardigan Electric Co., and Cardigan Shipbuilding Co. In addition he organized Associated Shipbuilders of PEI in 1932 and served as director of Island Foods, Inc.
He entered politics in 1908 as a Conservative Member of the House of Assembly for Cardigan and served as Minister- Without-Portfolio in the PEI Government from 1911 to 1916. He was Director of National Service for PEI in 1916- 1917 and Fuel Control Administrator in 1918-1919. From 1923 to 1925, he was PEI's Minister of Public Works and Highways. As the Member for King's County in the House of Commons from 1925-1935, he served as Minister- Without-Portfolio in 1926 and again from 1930-1935. In 1935 he was appointed to the Senate.
He died 15 November 1948 in Cardigan.
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John Augustine MacDonald was born in 1913 was the son of John Alexander MacDonald and Marie Josephine MacDonald of Cardigan. He appears to have shared his father's interests in business and politics. As well as serving as President of J. A. MacDonald & Co. Ltd. and Director of Associated Shippers, Inc., he was President of the Kings County Board of Trade, a Director of the King's County Memorial Hospital, and belonged to numerous social, cultural, political, military, and recreational clubs and associations.
In a by-election in 1945, John Augustine was elected to the PEI legislature while still hospitalized after being wounded in Normandy in July of 1944. He was defeated in 1947 and re-elected in 1951 when he served as Financial Critic and Party Whip. After two defeats in federal elections, he was elected to the House of Commons in 1957, and re-elected in 1958, where he served until his death in 1961.
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- MacDonald, John Alexander (Creator)
- MacDonald, John Augustine (Creator)
- Cardigan Dairying Company (Subject)
- Cardigan Electric Company (Subject)
- Cardigan Lumber Company (Subject)
- Cardigan Shipbuilding Company (Subject)
- Cardigan Silver Black Fox Company (Subject)
- J. A. MacDonald & Co. Ltd. (Subject)
- Lewis Marble and Granite Works (Subject)
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