Wallace McDonald

For the Canadian actor, see Wallace MacDonald.

Wallace McDonald
Member of Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Pontiac
In office 1919 – September 1935
Preceded by	William Hodgins
Succeeded by	Edward Charles Lawn
Member of Parliament for Pontiac
In office October 1935 – May 1946
Preceded by	Charles Bélec
Succeeded by	Réal Caouette
Personal details
Born	Wallace Reginald McDonald (1876-07-18)18 July 1876 Portage-du-Fort, Quebec
Died	2 May 1946(1946-05-02) (aged 69) Chapeau, Quebec[1]
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Cora Desjardins m. 25 September 1909[2]
Profession	Merchant

Wallace Reginald McDonald (18 July 1876 – 2 May 1946) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Portage-du-Fort, Quebec and became a merchant by career.

McDonald attended the University of Ottawa. He became mayor of Chapeau, Quebec from 1915 to 1923 and served as warden of Pontiac County from 1918 to 1921.

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the Quebec Liberal Party in 1919 for the Pontiac electoral district then re-elected for successive terms in 1923, 1927, and 1931.

McDonald resigned his provincial seat on 25 September 1935 to seek national office for the federal Liberal party. He was elected to the House of Commons at the Pontiac riding in the 1935 general election then re-elected in 1940 and 1945.

After a year of ill health, McDonald died at his home in Chapeau on 2 May 1946 before completing his term in the 20th Canadian Parliament.^[1]

Electoral record

v t e 1945 Canadian federal election: Pontiac
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wallace McDonald	13,325	41.38	-2.24
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Edward McCool	6,136	19.06
	Social Credit	Réal Caouette	5,852	18.17
	Bloc populaire	Georges-Antoine Rioux	4,433	13.77
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Antoine E. Titley	2,453	7.62
Total valid votes			32,199	100.00

v t e 1940 Canadian federal election: Pontiac
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wallace McDonald	13,206	43.62	+12.36
	Independent Liberal	Joseph-Édouard Piché	11,941	39.44
	National Government	Ernest Carrier	5,128	16.94
Total valid votes			30,275	100.00

v t e 1935 Canadian federal election: Pontiac
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wallace McDonald	5,708	31.26
	Liberal	Joseph-Édouard Piché	5,626	30.81
	Conservative	Joseph-Aurèle Raymond	4,409	24.14	-16.68
	Reconstruction	Dieudonné Lapointe	2,519	13.79
Total valid votes			18,262	100.00

References

1. The Canadian Press (3 May 1946). "Wallace R. McDonald / Liberal Member Long in Politics". The Globe and Mail. p. 17.
2. Normandin, G. Pierre (1945). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.

External links

• Wallace McDonald – Parliament of Canada biography
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.