Donald Wood
Donald Paul Wood (March 22, 1933 – July 7, 2015) was a Canadian politician and a businessman and farmer. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of the Liberal Party in a 1977 by-election, after the resignation of ToryAngus MacLean on October 20, 1976. During this time, he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Regional Economic Expansion. He lost the 1979 election to Melbourne Gass. He lost the 1968 election to the Hon. Angus MacLean. He also sat as a member of various standing committees including Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Public Accounts. Wood died on July 7, 2015.[1]
Electoral record
| 1979 Canadian federal election:Malpeque | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Melbourne Gass | 8,729 | 52.70 | +5.63 | ||||
| Liberal | Donald Wood | 6,707 | 40.50 | -7.87 | ||||
| New Democratic | Charlie Sark | 1,126 | 6.80 | +2.72 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 16,562 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, 24 May 1977On the resignation of Angus MacLean, 20 October 1976 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Donald Wood | 4,657 | 48.37 | +3.80 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ian MacQuarrie | 4,532 | 47.07 | -3.54 | ||||
| New Democratic | Charles H. Sark | 393 | 4.08 | -0.73 | ||||
| Independent | A. Neil Harpham | 46 | 0.48 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 9,628 | 100.00 | ||||||
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