John Michael Macdonald
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John Michael Macdonald (May 3, 1906 - June 20, 1997) was a Canadian politician.
Born in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, he was educated at St. Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie University. He was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1945.
He ran unsuccessfully as the National Government candidate (the label used by the Conservative Party/Progressive Conservative Party during those elections) for the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Cape Breton North and Victoria in the 1940 election and 1945 election.
Summoned to the Senate of Canada in 1960 representing the senatorial division of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, a Progressive Conservative, he was twice Opposition Whip in the Senate (1963-1979 and 1980-1984) and was Government Whip in the Senate (1979-1980).
Macdonald died in North Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1997.
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- "John Macdonald: Diefenbaker senator last on life appointment", The Globe and Mail, June 23, 1997.
