Cyril Pius "Cy" MacDonald (February 29, 1928 – November 14, 2015) was an educator and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Milestone from 1964 to 1975 and Qu'Appelle-Wolseley from 1975 to 1978 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal.
He was born in Humboldt, Saskatchewan and educated in Saskatoon, at Notre Dame College in Wilcox and at St. Francis Xavier University, where he received a BEd degree.
In 1951, he married Ann Sullivan. MacDonald taught school in Yorkton and in Wilcox. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Saskatchewan assembly in 1960 before being elected in 1964. MacDonald served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Industry and Commerce and as Minister of Welfare.
MacDonald ran for the leadership of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party in 1971. He died in Vancouver, British Columbia on November 14, 2015, at the age of 87.
References
- Quiring, Brett (2004). Saskatchewan Politicians: Lives Past and Present. Canadian Plains Research Center Press. p. 143. ISBN 0889771650. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
- ^ "MacDonald, Cyril Pius 1928–2015". Saskatchewan Archival Information Network. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
- Leeson, Howard A. (2001). Saskatchewan Politics: Into the Twenty-First Century. CPRC Press. p. 210. ISBN 0889771316. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
- Profile, legacy.com; accessed November 24, 2015.
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