Donald Sutherland (politician)

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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 by	R. B. Bennett
Member of Parliament for Oxford South
In office 1911–1926
Preceded by	Malcolm Smith Schell
Succeeded by	Thomas Merritt Cayley
Ontario MPP
In office 1902–1908
Preceded by	Angus McKay
Succeeded by	Thomas Richard Mayberry
Constituency	Oxford South
Personal details
Born	(1863-04-08)April 8, 1863 Zorra Township, Canada West
Died	January 1, 1949(1949-01-01) (aged 85) Ottawa, Ontario
Political party	Conservative Progressive Conservative
Other political affiliations	Conservative
Occupation	Farmer
Cabinet	Minister 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.

Electoral record

1908 Canadian federal election: South Riding of Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Malcolm Smith Schell	2,712
	Conservative	Donald Sutherland	2,619

1911 Canadian federal election: South Riding of Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Donald Sutherland	2,503
	Liberal	Malcolm Smith Schell	2,479

1917 Canadian federal election: South Riding of Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	Donald Sutherland	4,124
	Opposition	Malcolm Smith Schell	2,812

1921 Canadian federal election: South Riding of Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Donald Sutherland	4,476
	Progressive	Martin Lee Haley	3,597
	Liberal	Matthew Dean	3,135

1925 Canadian federal election: Oxford South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Donald Sutherland	5,400
	Liberal	James William Innes	5,200

1926 Canadian federal election: Oxford South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Merritt Cayley	6,064
	Conservative	Hon. Donald Sutherland	5,364

References

• Donald Sutherland – Parliament of Canada biography
• Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history