Donald Stovel Macdonald
Donald Stovel Macdonald PC CC (1 March 1932 – 14 October 2018) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and diplomat. Macdonald was a long-time Liberal party Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister. In the early 1980s, he headed a royal commission (the Macdonald Commission) which recommended that Canada enter a free trade agreement with the United States.
The Honourable Donald Macdonald PC CC | |
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Macdonald with President Gerald Ford in 1975. | |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 26 September 1975 – 16 September 1977 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Charles Drury (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Jean Chrétien |
| Ministers of Energy, Mines, and Resources | |
| In office 28 January 1972 – 25 September 1975 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Joe Greene |
| Succeeded by | Alastair Gillespie |
| Minister of National Defence | |
| In office 24 September 1970 – 27 January 1972 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Léo Cadieux |
| Succeeded by | Charles Drury (acting) |
| President of the Privy Council | |
| In office 6 July 1968 – 23 September 1970 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Allan MacEachen |
| Succeeded by | Allan MacEachen |
| Member of Parliament for Rosedale | |
| In office 18 June 1962 – 28 February 1978 | |
| Preceded by | David James Walker |
| Succeeded by | David Crombie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Donald Stovel Macdonald 1 March 1932 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 14 October 2018 (aged 86) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) |
Ruth Hutchison
(m. 1961; died 1987)Adrian Merchant Lang
(m. 1988) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater |
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| Profession | Lawyer |
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