Wilbur Bernard MacDonald (13 September 1933 – 20 May 2020) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the

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. He was a farmer by career. The son of Leo R. MacDonald and Helen MacDonald, MacDonald was educated in Orwell. He married Pauline Murphy in 1958. He represented Prince Edward Island's Cardigan electoral district, which he won in the 1979 federal election. After serving his only term, the

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, he was defeated in the 1980 federal election by

Daniel J. MacDonald Daniel Joseph MacDonald, (July 23, 1918 – September 30, 1980) was a Canadian politician from Prince Edward Island. He served as Minister of Veterans Affairs from 1972 to 1979 and again in 1980 until his death. Life He was born on his fami ...

of the

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. He was subsequently elected to the

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as an MLA for

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in the 1982 election, and served until 1989. MacDonald served in the province's Executive Assembly as Minister of Industry from 1984 to 1986. When the provincial ridings were redistricted in 1996, he became MLA for Belfast-Pownal Bay, which he held until his retirement from politics in 2007. MacDonald was speaker for the provincial assembly from 1997 to 2000. MacDonald made two further unsuccessful attempts to reenter federal politics, first in a 13 April 1981 by-election and then in the 1993 federal election. MacDonald died on 20 May 2020, aged 86.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macdonald, Wilbur 1933 births 2020 deaths Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island People from Queens County, Prince Edward Island Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island MLAs 21st-century Canadian politicians