Ian MacDonald, colloquially known as "Tex", is a former public school teacher, who was the 43rd Mayor of

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, Canada. MacDonald served as a councilor on

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during the late 1980s and early 1990s, culminating in the mayorship from 1992 to 1997. MacDonald was a prominent member of the

Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island The Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island is one of three major political parties on Prince Edward Island. The party and its rival, the Liberals, have alternated in power since responsible government was granted in 1851. Histor ...

prior to publicly switching to the

Prince Edward Island Liberal Party The Prince Edward Island Liberal Party (officially the ''Prince Edward Island Liberal Association'') is a political party in the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The PEI Liberals are affiliated with the federal Liberal Party of Canada. H ...

to run for that party's leadership which became vacant with the resignation of

Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...

Catherine Callbeck Catherine Sophia Callbeck (born July 25, 1939) is a Canadian retired politician and the current and ninth Chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island. She was the 28th premier of Prince Edward Island from 1993 to 1996, the third fema ...

in 1996. MacDonald ran unsuccessfully for the Liberal leadership against Daniel Mullen,

Keith Milligan Keith Wayne Milligan (born February 8, 1950 in Inverness) was the 29th premier of Prince Edward Island, serving for seven weeks in the autumn of 1996. He was educated at Inverness District School, O'Leary Regional High School and the University ...

, and

Wayne Cheverie Wayne D. Cheverie (born May 19, 1950) is a Canadian former attorney, politician, government minister and currently a justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island He was born in Charlottetown, the son of Charles George Cheverie and Clara A ...

. MacDonald returned to teaching at

Colonel Gray High School Colonel Gray Sr. High School (CGHS), colloquially referred to as "The Gray", is a Canadian secondary school in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Its zone includes students from the central parts of Queens County, in the City of Charlottetown. ...

before retiring in the early 2000s. Following the electoral victory of

Robert Ghiz Robert Watson Joseph Ghiz (born January 21, 1974) is a Canadian politician who served as the 31st premier of Prince Edward Island from 2007 to 2015. He is the son of the 27th premier, Joe Ghiz. On November 13, 2014 Ghiz announced he would be res ...

in the 2007 general election, MacDonald was appointed Executive Assistant to the Premier.

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