Donaldson served on the council for Prince Albert from 1889 to 1908 and was mayor from 1892 to 1894. 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.[2]
Electoral recordedit
By-election on 1 February 1915
On Mr. McKay being appointed Judge, 16 December 1914
samuel, james, donaldson, march, 1856, march, 1926, farmer, rancher, police, officer, political, figure, saskatchewan, canada, represented, prince, albert, county, then, shellbrook, legislative, assembly, saskatchewan, from, 1905, 1915, provincial, rights, con. Samuel James Donaldson March 12 1856 March 14 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 1905 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 Donaldson served on the council for Prince Albert from 1889 to 1908 and was mayor from 1892 to 1894 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 2 Electoral record editBy election on 1 February 1915 On Mr McKay being appointed Judge 16 December 1914 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Samuel James Donaldson acclaimedReferences edit Samuel James Donaldson Parliament of Canada biography Hawkes John 1924 The story of Saskatchewan and its people Volume 3 pp 1546 8 Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 5 August 2009 nbsp This article about a mayor in Saskatchewan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samuel James Donaldson amp oldid 1173069270, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
