Hugh John MacDonald (April 11, 1911 – June 24, 1998) was a provincial level politician from

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

, Canada. He served as a member of the

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from 1948 to 1959.

Political career

MacDonald ran for a seat to the

for the first time in the

1948 Alberta general election The 1948 Alberta general election was held on August 17, 1948, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Ernest C. Manning led the Social Credit to a fourth term in government, increasing its share of the popular vote further above ...

. He ran as a Liberal candidate in the Calgary electoral district and won the fourth seat. MacDonald ran for a second term in the 1952 Alberta general election. He won his second term in office taking the fifth seat in the vote. MacDonald ran for his third term and final term in office in the

1955 Alberta general election The 1955 Alberta general election was held on June 29, 1955, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Despite losing almost 10% of the popular vote (compared to its 1952 proportion of the vote) and 30% of its seats in the legislat ...

. He was re-elected improving his popularity to win the second seat. He would retire from the Legislature in 1959. Macdonald later served as a justice with the Court of Queen's Bench.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
Alberta Liberal Party MLAs 1911 births 1998 deaths {{Alberta-politician-stub