Howie MacDonald
Canadian fiddler and entertainer
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Howie MacDonald (born March 9, 1965) is a Canadian fiddler, pianist and entertainer from Westmount, Cape Breton Island. His lively Cape Breton style of fiddling has entertained audiences all over the world while travelling with The Rankin Family. He has released multiple albums including one with Ashley MacIsaac, capebretonfiddlemusicNOTCALM in 2001.[1]
MacDonald was the Conservative Party of Canada candidate for Sydney—Victoria in the 2004[2] and 2006 federal elections.[3]
Electoral record
| 2006 Canadian federal election: Sydney—Victoria | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mark Eyking | 20,277 | 49.88 | -2.25 | $47,473.95 | |||
| New Democratic | John Hugh Edwards | 11,587 | 28.50 | +0.79 | $28,987.58 | |||
| Conservative | Howie MacDonald | 7,455 | 18.34 | +2.47 | $26,033.71 | |||
| Green | Chris Milburn | 1,336 | 3.29 | +0.99 | $537.60 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 40,655 | 100.0 | $73,953 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 227 | 0.56 | -0.23 | |||||
| Turnout | 40,882 | 63.30 | +2.72 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 64,589 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.52 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election: Sydney—Victoria | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mark Eyking | 19,372 | 52.13 | +2.14 | $51,343.95 | |||
| New Democratic | John Hugh Edwards | 10,298 | 27.71 | -8.50 | $24,957.69 | |||
| Conservative | Howie MacDonald | 5,897 | 15.87 | +2.08 | $48,515.46 | |||
| Green | Chris Milburn | 855 | 2.30 | – | $580.41 | |||
| Marijuana | Cathy Thériault | 474 | 1.28 | – | none listed | |||
| Independent | B. Chris Gallant | 264 | 0.71 | – | $165.54 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 37,160 | 100.0 | $71,187 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 297 | 0.79 | ||||||
| Turnout | 37,457 | 60.58 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 61,826 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +5.32 | ||||||
| Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals. | ||||||||
