Malcolm Archibald Macdonald (June 20. 1875 Lucknow, Ontario - October 1941) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and Chief Justice of British Columbia.

Macdonald graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School

Osgoode Hall Law School

Osgoode Hall Law School is a Canadian law school, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and affiliated with York University. Named after the first Chief Justice of Ontario, William Osgoode, the law school was established by The Law Society of Upper Canada in 1889 and was the only accredited law...

 in 1909 and began the practice of law in London, Ontario

London, Ontario

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...

. He came to Cranbrook, British Columbia

Cranbrook, British Columbia

Cranbrook, British Columbia is a city in southeast British Columbia, located on the west side of the Kootenay River at its confluence with the St. Mary's River, It is the largest urban centre in the region known as the East Kootenay. As of 2006, Cranbrook's population is 18,267, and the...

 where he ran for the Liberal Party

British Columbia Liberal Party

The British Columbia Liberal Party is the governing political party in British Columbia, Canada. First elected for government in 1916, the party went into decline after 1952, with its rump caucus merging with the Social Credit Party for the 1975 election...

 in 1909 unsuccessfully. He moved on to Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

 in 1912 where he was elected in a by-election in 1916. He was appointed Attorney General after being re-elected in 1920 but resigned to be appointed to the British Columbia Court of Appeal in May 1924. He was appointed Chief Justice of British Columbia in May 1940 and died in October 1941. His son James Macdonald also served on the Court of Appeal from 1979 and his son Alex Macdonald

Alexander Macdonald (British Columbia politician)

Alexander Barrett Macdonald was a politician who served for several years in the legislative assembly of British Columbia and briefly in the Canadian House of Commons...

was Attorney General from 1972 to 1975.