Rose Marie MacDonald

Rose Marie MacDonald, née MacLean (July 3, 1941 – September 3, 2012) was a Canadian politician, who represented 5th Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1988 to 1996.[1] She was a member of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party.

Rose Marie MacDonald
Assemblyman for 5th Kings
In office
1988–1996
Preceded byArthur MacDonald
Succeeded byriding dissolved
Personal details
Born
Rose Marie MacLean

July 3, 1941
Woodville Mills, Prince Edward Island
DiedSeptember 3, 2012
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Ronald MacDonald
ResidenceLittle Pond, Prince Edward Island

Born in Woodville Mills, Prince Edward Island,[2] she worked as a cook, as an office clerk and as an employee of the Bank of Montreal prior to her career in politics.[2]

She was first elected to the legislature in a by-election in 1988, and was reelected in the general elections of 1989 and 1993.[2] As a member of the assembly, she chaired the committee on education, community and cultural affairs, the committee on natural resources and the environment and a special committee on legislative reform,[3] and served as the Liberal caucus whip.[2] On April 20, 1995, she was speaking in the legislature when a pipe bomb exploded outside the building, sending glass flying into the chamber.[4]

At the 1996 regional conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, MacDonald was a panelist, alongside Lloyd Snow of Newfoundland and Maynard Sonntag of Saskatchewan, at a seminar on the social and legal implications of government-sponsored gambling initiatives.[5]

In the 1996 election, she was defeated by Michael Currie of the Progressive Conservatives in the new district of Georgetown-Baldwin's Road.[2]

She later served on the board of directors of the Souris Hospital, the Island Community Theatre and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.[2]

References
  1. "Community advocate Rose Marie MacDonald dies at 71". CBC News, September 5, 2012.
  2. Rose Marie MacDonald at Prince Edward Island Legislative Documents Online.
  3. "'Passionate advocate for rural Prince Edward Island' dies". The Guardian, September 4, 2012.
  4. "Bomb blast rocks PEI Legislature Man hurt as glass, wood go flying". The Globe and Mail, April 21, 1995.
  5. "Thirty-Fifth Regional Conference, Winnipeg". Canadian Parliamentary Review, Vol. 19, No. 3 (1996).
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