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Samuel James Donaldson
Canadian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Samuel James Donaldson (12 March 1856 – 14 March 1926) was a farmer, rancher, police officer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Prince Albert County and then Shellbrook in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1907 to 1915 as a Provincial Rights-Conservative MLA and Prince Albert in the House of Commons of Canada from 1915 to 1917 as a Conservative MP.[1]
He was born in Appleton, Canada West, the son of Samuel Donaldson. After completing his education, he worked as a clerk in a furniture store in Ottawa. In 1876, joined the North-West Mounted Police and travelled west to Pelly, Saskatchewan. Donaldson was a member of the force from 1876 to 1882, serving in Battleford, Prince Albert and Qu'Appelle. He served as a captain in the Prince Albert Volunteers during the North-West Rebellion. After he retired from the Mounted Police, he entered the livery business. In 1882, he married Jessie Paterson.[citation needed]
Donaldson served on the council for Prince Albert from 1889 to 1908 and was mayor from 1892 to 1894. He ran in the 1905 Saskatchewan general election as a Provincial Rights Party candidate in Prince Albert, and was initially declared to have lost the seat to Peter Tyerman of the Liberals,[2] although Donaldson was ultimately awarded the seat in April 1907 after legal wrangling over purported election irregularities.[3]
He held the Legislative Assembly seat until 1915, when he was elected to the House of Commons in a 1915 by-election held after James McKay was named to the bench. During World War I, Donaldson was lieutenant-colonel for the 188th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force.[4]
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Electoral record
Note: *In 1907, by order of the Legislative Assembly, 151 votes for Tyerman were "set aside" and Donaldson was declared elected.
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