John Alexander Frances MacDougall (born April 20, 1947 in

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) is a former

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politician. He represented the riding of Timiskaming in the

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from 1982 to 1993, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. He first entered Parliament in 1982, in a byelection following the death of the riding's prior MP,

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. On April 23, 1993, MacDougall became the centre of controversy when he made comments in the House of Commons attacking

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, the new head of the

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: Thobani, in fact, had just received her landed immigrant status, and MacDougall's comments were widely criticized as

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"Canada and the Asia-Pacific Promise: Hope, Hype and Reality"
. Couchiching Conference, 1997. MacDougall did not run for reelection in the 1993 election.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macdougall, John 1947 births Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs