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===Retiring from York South and beyond=== MacDonald supported [[Ian Deans]]'s unsuccessful bid to replace Lewis as party leader in 1978, and helped to draft [[Bob Rae]] for the leadership in 1982. He then resigned as an MPP in 1982, to give Rae an opportunity to enter the legislature. MacDonald served as chair of the NDP caucus from 1982 to 1985, and was chair of the Ontario Election Finances Commission from 1986 to 1994.<ref name="happy"/> MacDonald's autobiography, ''Happy Warrior: Political Memoirs'', was published in 1988 and the second edition in 1998, to add the Rae years as the first NDP Ontario government.<ref name="happy"/> He became a [[Member of the Order of Canada]] in 2003 and also holds an [[Order of Ontario]].<ref name="gg">{{cite web | title = Donald C. MacDonald, C.M., O.Ont., M.A., LL.D. | work = Honours, Order of Canada | publisher = [[Governor General of Canada]] | date = 2003-10-24 | url = http://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=9060 | access-date = 2009-09-08}}</ref>
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