Donald Wood
Donald Paul Wood | |
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Member of Parliament for Malpeque | |
In office –1979 | |
Preceded by | Angus MacLean |
Succeeded by | Melbourne Gass |
Personal details | |
Born | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada | March 22, 1933
Died | July 7, 2015 Kensington, Prince Edward Island | (aged 82)
Political party | Liberal |
Profession | businessman, farmer |
Donald Paul Wood (March 22, 1933 – July 7, 2015) was a Canadian politician and a businessman and farmer. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of the Liberal Party in a 1977 by-election, after the resignation of Tory Angus MacLean on October 20, 1976. During this time, he was . He lost the 1979 election to Melbourne Gass. He lost the 1968 election to the Hon. Angus MacLean. He also sat as a member of various standing committees including , and Public Accounts. Wood died on July 7, 2015.[1]
He was honoured along with other members who passed in 2015 in a memorial ceremony held in the Senate Chambers on May 30, 2016 hosted by The Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians.
Electoral record[]
1979 Canadian federal election: Malpeque | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Melbourne Gass | 8,729 | 52.70 | +5.63 | ||||
Liberal | Don Wood | 6,707 | 40.50 | -7.87 | ||||
New Democratic | Charlie Sark | 1,126 | 6.80 | +2.72 | ||||
Total valid votes | 16,562 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal by-election, 24 May 1977 On the resignation of Angus MacLean, 20 October 1976 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Donald Wood | 4,657 | 48.37 | +3.80 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Ian MacQuarrie | 4,532 | 47.07 | -3.54 | ||||
New Democratic | Charles H. Sark | 393 | 4.08 | -0.73 | ||||
Independent | A. Neil Harpham | 46 | 0.48 | |||||
Total valid votes | 9,628 | 100.00 |
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- 1933 births
- 2015 deaths
- People from Charlottetown
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Prince Edward Island
- Prince Edward Island politician stubs