death_date children birth_date residence term_end constituency death_place term_start spouse image name occupation caption predecessor birth_place party office successor religion article_title
08 march 2008 3 december 7 , 1913 toronto , ontario 1970 november 4 , 1982 york south toronto , ontario 1953 june 9 , 1955 simone macdonald donald c. macdonald speaking.jpg donald c. macdonald teacher and journalist donald weston victory party , february 8 , 2007 . macdonald at paul ferreira 's york south -- ted jolliffe william beech -lrb- progressive conservative -rrb- cranbrook , british columbia co-operative commonwealth federation/new democratic party leader provincial parliament of the ontario ccf and ndp member of stephen lewis bob rae -lrb- ndp -rrb- unitarian donald c. macdonald

donald c. macdonald

donald cameron macdonald , -lrb- december 7 , 1913 -- march 8 , 2008 -rrb- was a long time canadian politician and political party leader and had been referred to as the `` best premier ontario never had . ''
he represented the provincial riding of 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 -lrb- ontario section -rrb- and its successor , the ontario new democratic party .
