Charles James MacDonald

He was born in Halifax, the son of Robert MacDonald, an immigrant from Scotland. MacDonald was educated at Dalhousie College and was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1872. He married Mary Tamson Evens. He later married Annie McLearn after the death of his first wife. MacDonald was lieutenant-colonel in the militia and served in the Halifax Provisional Battalion during the North-West Rebellion. He also served on Halifax city council. MacDonald was a prominent member of the Freemasons.^[1] He resigned his seat in the provincial assembly in 1879 after he was named post office inspector for Halifax.^[1]

• Mackintosh, C.H., ed. (1879). The Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register. Ottawa: Citizen Printing and Publishing Company. p. 328.

• Works by or about Charles James MacDonald at the Internet Archive