Samuel McDonnell

Samuel McDonnell
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Inverness
In office
1872–1882
Preceded by Hugh Cameron
Succeeded by Hugh Cameron
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Inverness
In office
1863–1867
In office
1871–1872
Personal details
Born 1834
St. Andrews, Nova Scotia
Died January 1, 1910
Port Hood, Nova Scotia

Samuel McDonnell (1834 January 1, 1910) was a Canadian politician.[1]

Born in St. Andrews, County of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, the son of Donald McDonnell (Garanaich) and Mary Macdonald,[2] McDonnell studied law in Antigonish with William Alexander Henry. After being admitted to the Bar in 1862, he practiced law in Port Hood, Nova Scotia. In 1863, he was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in Inverness. He married Annie, the daughter of Peter Smyth in 1866 and was named Queen's Counsel the following year.[2] In 1867 MacDonnell ran in Inverness for the Canadian House of Commons, but was defeated. He was elected to the provincial assembly again in 1871. In 1872, he was elected to Parliament as a member of John A. Macdonald's Conservative caucus. After the Pacific scandal, he switched parties to the Liberals in 1874. He was re-elected in 1878 and defeated in 1882, 1887, and 1891.[1] He was later appointed by the Laurier Government an Inspector of Customs for Eastern Nova Scotia.

McDonnell died at Port Hood at the age of 76.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Samuel McDonnell – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Canadian parliamentary companion, HJ Morgan (1874)
  3. Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.