Frederick Donald MacKenzie, (born December 18, 1882 – unknown) was a soldier, teacher and Member of Parliament in Canada.

Mackenzie was born in Presqu’ile, Ontario and was educated at Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute

Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute

Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute , located in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, is one of the oldest schools in Canada having been founded in 1856 and in the late 1880s and early 1890s was the most academically successful school in Ontario....

 and Queen’s University where he earned a bachelor of arts.

He served during World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 with the Queen’s University Hospital Unit from 1915 to 1916 in Egypt and the Dardanelles. He was subsequently a Lieutenant with the Canadian Field Artillery from 1916 to 1919.

Following the war he returned to Canada and settled in Neepawa, Manitoba

Neepawa, Manitoba

Neepawa is a town in Manitoba, Canada located on the Yellowhead Highway at the intersection with Highway 5. its population was 3,298. Neepawa was incorporated as a town in 1883. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Langford and bordered to the north by the Rural Municipality of Rosedale....

 where he worked as a teacher and became a school principal.

In the 1935 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1935

The Canadian federal election of 1935 was held on October 14, 1935 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 18th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal Party of William Lyon Mackenzie King won a majority government, defeating Prime Minister R.B. Bennett's Conservative Party.The central...

 he ran as a Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

 candidate in Neepawa

Neepawa (electoral district)

Neepawa was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1949.This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Dauphin and Portage La Prairie ridings....

 and was returned to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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. He was re-elected in the 1940 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1940

The Canadian federal election of 1940 was the 19th general election in Canadian history. It was held March 26, 1940 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 19th Parliament of Canada...

 but defeated in the 1945 election

Canadian federal election, 1945

The Canadian federal election of 1945 was the 20th general election in Canadian history. It was held June 11, 1945 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 20th Parliament of Canada...

 by Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

 leader and former Manitoba Premier John Bracken

John Bracken

John Bracken, PC was an agronomist, the 11th Premier of Manitoba and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ....

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External links

• Parliamentary biography