Donald Stovel Macdonald

Donald Macdonald Stovel PC CC (* 1. March 1932 in Ottawa , Ontario ; † 14. October 2018 ) was a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party .

Life

After attending school, Macdonald completed his studies and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). A final postgraduate studies of law he first ended with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and then with a Master of Laws (LL.M.), before a doctor of law acquired (LL.D.). He then worked as a lawyer.

He began his political career as a candidate for the Liberal Party when he was elected as a member of the House of Commons in the election of June 18, 1962 and represented the constituency of Rosedale in this until his resignation on February 28, 1978 . During his parliamentary membership he was first parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General from May 1963 to July 1965 , then briefly from July to September 1975 with the Finance Minister and between January 1966 and January 1968 with the Foreign Minister. Most recently he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry from January to April 1968.

After Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau took office in April 1968, he became a minister without portfolio in the 20th federal government led by him . In July 1968 he became President of the Privy Council and, as such, was both leader of the government in the lower house and chairman of the parliamentary group of the Liberal Party in the lower house until September 1970 . After another cabinet reshuffle, Macdonald became Minister for National Defense in September 1970 and then Minister for Energy, Mines and Resources in January 1972. His last position was from September 1975 until his resignation for personal and family reasons in September 1977.

After leaving the government and renouncing his parliamentary mandate, he resumed his practice as a lawyer. In addition, he was from November 1982 to August 1985 Chairman of the Royal Commission on Economic Union and Development Opportunities of Canada. He was also High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom between 1988 and 1991 and then again a lawyer.

In 1994 he was named Companion of the Order of Canada . This recognizes his longstanding services to Canada as Minister, High Commissioner and Chairman of the influential Royal Commission on Canada's Economic Union and Development Opportunity, which made him fundamentally useful in the development and implementation of Canada's trade and social policy.

Web links

• Entry on Parliament's homepage

Individual evidence

1. ^ Order of Canada