Donald Greenfield MacDonell (July 2, 1849 – November 12, 1916) was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada. He represented Lanark North

Lanark North

Lanark North was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1880 to 1882 as a Liberal

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 member.

He was born in Morrisburg, Canada West, the son of A.G. MacDonell and the grandson of Donald Macdonell

Donald Macdonell

Donald Macdonell was a political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Greenfield, near Aberchalder, in Inverness-shire, Scotland in 1778, the son of Alexander Macdonell, and came to Charlottenburgh Township in Upper Canada in 1792 as part of a group of Scottish settlers led by his father. He...

. He was educated at Upper Canada College

Upper Canada College

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 in Toronto

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. MacDonell was married twice: to Margaret Rosamond in 1875 and to Edith Rose in 1880. He served as reeve of Almonte

Almonte, Ontario

Almonte is a Canadian exurb and former mill town located in Lanark County, in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, Canada. Formerly a separate municipality, Almonte is now a ward of the town of Mississippi Mills, which was created on January 1, 1998 by the merging of Almonte with Ramsay and...

 in 1878. MacDonell was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1880 by-election held after the death of Daniel Galbraith

Daniel Galbraith

Daniel Galbraith was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Lanark North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1872 and in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1872 to 1879.He was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1813 and came to Lanark County with his...

. He was unsuccessful in bids for reelection in 1882 and 1887.