Background
Don was born in Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland, son of William Don and his wife Jeanette, née Rattery.
Don was born in Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland, son of William Don and his wife Jeanette, née Rattery.
Don was apprenticed to a hand-loom weaver.
He took part in the Chartist movement in 1842, and in 1853 emigrated to Victoria, where he worked as a stonemason. Don was returned to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Collingwood in October 1859 and 1861, losing the 1864 election.