Editing Donald C. MacDonald (section)

{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{For|other people named Donald MacDonald |Donald MacDonald (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Donald C. MacDonald
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|OOnt|size=100%}}
| image = Donald c. macdonald speaking.jpg
| caption = MacDonald at [[Paul Ferreira]]'s [[York South—Weston (federal electoral district)|York South—Weston]] victory party, [[2007 Ontario provincial by-elections|February 8, 2007]]
| office = Leader of the Ontario [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section)|CCF]] and [[Ontario New Democratic Party|NDP]]
| term_start = 1953
| term_end = 1970
| predecessor = [[Ted Jolliffe]]
| successor = [[Stephen Lewis]]
| office1 = President of the [[New Democratic Party of Canada]]
| term_start1 = 1971
| term_end1 = 1975
| predecessor1 = [[Allan Blakeney]]
| successor1 = Joyce Nash
| majority =
| office2 = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Member of Provincial Parliament]]
| term_start2 = June 9, 1955
| term_end2 =November 4, 1982
| predecessor2 =[[William George Beech|William Beech]] ([[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]])
| successor2 =[[Bob Rae]] ([[Ontario New Democratic Party|NDP]])
| constituency2 = [[York South (Ontario provincial electoral district)|York South]]
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| birth_name=Donald Cameron MacDonald
| birth_date = December 7, 1913
| birth_place = [[Cranbrook, British Columbia]] 
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|3|08|1913|12|7}}
| death_place = [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]]
| party = [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section)|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]]/[[New Democratic Party]]
| relations =
| spouse = Simone MacDonald
| children = 3
| residence = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] 
| occupation = Teacher and Journalist
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'''Donald Cameron MacDonald''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|OOnt}} (December 7, 1913 &ndash; March 8, 2008) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[politician]]. Referred to in the media as the "best [[Premier of Ontario|premier]] Ontario never had,"<ref name=martin/>  he represented the provincial riding of [[York South (Ontario provincial electoral district)|York South]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] from 1955 to 1982. From 1953 to 1970 he was the leader of the [[social democratic]] [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section)|Ontario section]] of the [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] and its successor, the [[Ontario New Democratic Party]].<ref name="happy">{{cite book
  | last = MacDonald
  | first = Donald C.
  | title = The Happy Warrior: Political Memoirs
  | edition = 2
  | publisher = Dundurn Press
  | year = 1998
  | location = Toronto
  | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=pj1Ddn4HJM8C
  |isbn=1-55002-307-1 }}</ref>