Background
MACDONALD, Donald was born on March 1, 1932 in Ottawa, Ontario. Son of Donald A. Macdonald and Marjorie I. Stovel.
MACDONALD, Donald was born on March 1, 1932 in Ottawa, Ontario. Son of Donald A. Macdonald and Marjorie I. Stovel.
Ottawa public schools, Ashbury College, Ottawa, University of Toronto and Cambridge, and Osgoode Hall and Harvard Law Schools.
Minister of Justice 1963-1965, to Minister of Finance 1965, to Secretary of State for External Affairs 1966-1968, to Minister of Industry 1968. Minister without Portfolio 1968. President Privy Council and Government House Leader 1968.
Minister of National Defence 1970-1972, of Energy, Mines and Resources 1972-1975, of Finance 1975-1977. Partner, firm McCarthy & McCarthy, Toronto since 1977. High Commissioner in the United Kingdom October since 1988.
Chairman Royal Commission, on the Economics Union and Development Prospects for Canada 1982-1985. Director Du Pont Canada Inc., McDonnell Douglas Corporation, McDonnell Douglas Canada Ltd., Bank of Nova Scotia, Alberta Energy Company Ltd. Miron Inc., MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.
Rowell Fellowship, Canadian Institute of Institute Affairs 1956. Honorary Doctor of Laws (St. Lawrence University), Honorary D.Eng. (Colorado School of Mines).
Married Ruth Hutchison in 1961 (deceased in 1987).