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Angus Lewis Macdonald PC QC (August 10, 1890 – April 13, 1954), popularly known as 'Angus L.', was a Canadian lawyer, law professor and politician from Nova Scotia.He served as the Liberal premier of Nova Scotia from 1933 to 1940, when he became the federal minister of defence for naval services.
Feb 18, 2008 · Angus Lewis Macdonald, lawyer, professor, politician and premier of NS 1945-54 (b at Dunvegan, NS 10 Aug 1890; d at Halifax 13 Apr 1954). An officer in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (WWI), educated at Saint Francis Xavier, Dalhousie and Harvard, Macdonald was assistant deputy attorney general of NS 1921-24 and professor of Dalhousie Law School 1924-30 before being elected leader of the NS Liberal Party in 1930.
Angus Lewis Macdonald, popularly known as 'Angus L.', was a Canadian lawyer, law professor and politician from Nova Scotia. He served as the Liberal premier of Nova Scotia from 1933 to 1940, when he became the federal minister of defence for naval services.
Angus Lewis Macdonald was born at Dunvegan, N.S. on 10 August 1890, the son of Lewis and Veronica (Perry) Macdonald. He was educated at Port Hood Academy, Saint Frances Xavier University (BA), Dalhousie University (LLB) and Harvard University (SJD). After serving overseas in World War One, he taught and practiced law in Halifax.
Posted: August 9, 2018. Few names are more recognizable in Nova Scotia than Angus Lewis Macdonald (1890-1954). Most Nova Scotians remember himas an ardent orator, a formidable premier and the namesake of Halifax and Dartmouth’s first harbour bridge. Cape Bretoners also remember him as the prodigal son of Inverness County, the man who linked ...
1 online resource (300 pages, [16] pages of plates) : "Perhaps one of the most influential Canadian premiers of the twentieth century and one of the leading political intellectuals of his generation, Angus L. Macdonald dominated politics in Nova Scotia for more than twenty years, serving as premier from 1933 to 1940 and again from 1945 until his death in 1954.
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Angus Lewis Macdonald was born in Inverness County, Cape Breton on August 10, 1890. He was from a large family who moved to Port Hood, NS when he was a teenager. He earned his teaching license and taught for two years to earn money to attend St. Francis Xavier University, where he graduated in 1914. He then enlisted in the military, and served ...
