Donald Sutherland (politician)

Donald Sutherland, PC (April 8, 1863 January 1, 1949) was a Canadian politician.

The Hon.

Donald Sutherland
Senator for Oxford, Ontario
In office
1935–1949
Appointed byR. B. Bennett
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Oxford South
In office
1911–1926
Preceded byMalcolm Smith Schell
Succeeded byThomas Merritt Cayley
Ontario MPP
In office
1902–1908
Preceded byAngus McKay
Succeeded byThomas Richard Mayberry
ConstituencyOxford South
Personal details
Born(1863-04-08)April 8, 1863
Zorra Township, Canada West
DiedJanuary 1, 1949(1949-01-01) (aged 85)
Ottawa, Ontario
Political partyConservative
Progressive Conservative
Other political
affiliations
Conservative
OccupationFarmer
CabinetMinister without portfolio (1926)

Born in Zorra Township, Canada West, he was first ran for the House of Commons of Canada in the riding of Oxford South in the 1908 federal election. He was defeated but was elected in the 1911 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1917, 1921, and 1925. He was defeated in 1926, 1930, and in a 1934 by-election. In 1926, he was a Minister without Portfolio in the short lived cabinet of Arthur Meighen. In 1935, he was called to the Senate of Canada to represent the senatorial division of Oxford, Ontario. He died while in office in 1949.

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