Cyril Pius MacDonald

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^[1] and educated in Saskatoon, at Notre Dame College in Wilcox and at St. Francis Xavier University, where he received a BEd degree.^[2]

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.^[2]

MacDonald ran for the leadership of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party in 1971.^[3] He died in Vancouver, British Columbia on November 14, 2015, at the age of 87.^[4]

References

1. Quiring, Brett (2004). Saskatchewan Politicians: Lives Past and Present. Canadian Plains Research Center Press. p. 143. ISBN 0889771650. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
2. "MacDonald, Cyril Pius 1928–2015". Saskatchewan Archival Information Network. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
3. Leeson, Howard A. (2001). Saskatchewan Politics: Into the Twenty-First Century. CPRC Press. p. 210. ISBN 0889771316. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
4. Profile, legacy.com; accessed November 24, 2015.