Wilbur MacDonald

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Wilbur MacDonald

Member of Parliament for Cardigan
In office 1979 – 1980
Preceded by	Daniel J. MacDonald
Succeeded by	Daniel J. MacDonald
MLA for 4th Queens
In office 1982 – 1989
Preceded by	Angus MacLean
Succeeded by	Alan Buchanan
MLA for Belfast-Pownal Bay
In office 1996 – 2007
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	Alan McIsaac

Born	September 13, 1933 Orwell, Prince Edward Island
Died	August 17, 2007
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Occupation	farmer

Wilbur MacDonald (born 13 September 1933 in Orwell, Prince Edward Island) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a farmer by career.

He represented Prince Edward Island's Cardigan electoral district, which he won in the 1979 federal election. After serving his only term, the 31st Canadian Parliament, he was defeated in the 1980 federal election by Daniel J. MacDonald of the Liberal Party. He was subsequently elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island as an MLA for 4th Queens in the 1982 election, and served until 1989.

When the provincial ridings were redistricted in 1996, he became MLA for Belfast-Pownal Bay, which he held until his retirement from politics in 2007.

MacDonald made two further unsuccessful attempts to reenter federal politics, first in a 13 April 1981 by-election and then in the 1993 federal election.