Augustine Colin Macdonald (June 30, 1837 – July 16, 1919) was a Canadian merchant and political figure. He represented King's County and later King's in the

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from 1873 to 1874, from 1878 to 1882, from 1883 to 1887 and from 1891 to 1900 as a

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member. Macdonald served as the tenth

Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island The lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island () is the viceregal representative in Prince Edward Island of the , who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as well as the ...

from 1915 to 1919. He was born in

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, the son of Hugh Macdonald, a Scottish immigrant, and was educated in Georgetown and

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. Macdonald married Mary Elizabeth, the daughter of John Small MacDonald, in 1865. He served as a captain in the militia. He represented

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in the

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from 1870 to 1873. He resigned his seat in 1873 to run for the federal seat. On June 2, 1915, Macdonald was named Lieutenant Governor. He died in office in 1919. His brother Andrew Archibald served in the Senate of Canada and was also a Lieutenant Governor for the province and his brother Archibald John was a long-time member of the provincial assembly.

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Prince Edward Island Lieutenant Governors GalleryAugustine Colin Macdonald fonds, Library and Archives Canada
{{DEFAULTSORT:Macdonald, Augustine Cl 1837 births 1919 deaths People from Kings County, Prince Edward Island Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island MLAs Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island