Augustine Colin Macdonald

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Augustine Colin Macdonald

| honorific-suffix =

| image = AugustineColinMacdonald23.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = Augustine C. Macdonald
Source: Library and Archives Canada

| order = 10th

| office = Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island

| term_start = June 2, 1915

| term_end = July 16, 1919

| predecessor = Benjamin Rogers

| successor = Murdock MacKinnon

| monarch = George V

| governor_general = The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
The Duke of Devonshire

| premier = John Alexander Mathieson
Aubin E. Arsenault

| office1 = Member of the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island for 3rd Kings

| predecessor1 = None

| successor1 = Lemuel Owen

| alongside1 =

| term_start1 = April 19, 1870

| term_end1 = April 24, 1873

| constituency_MP2 = King's County

| parliament2 = Canadian

| predecessor2 =

| successor2 = Peter Adolphus McIntyre

| alongside2 = Daniel Davies,

| term_start2 = September 29, 1873

| term_end2 = January 22, 1874

| alongside3 = Ephraim Bell Muttart

| predecessor3 = Peter Adolphus McIntyre

| successor3 = James Edwin Robertson

| term_start3 = September 17, 1878

| term_end3 = June 20, 1882

| alongside4 = Peter Adolphus McIntyre

| predecessor4 = James Edwin Robertson

| successor4 = James Edwin Robertson
Peter Adolphus McIntyre

| term_start4 = April 26, 1883

| term_end4 = February 22, 1887

| alongside5 = John McLean (Canadian politician)

| predecessor5 = James Edwin Robertson
Peter Adolphus McIntyre

| successor5 = The electoral district was abolished in 1892.

| term_start5 = March 5, 1891

| term_end5 = June 23, 1896

| constituency_MP6 = King's

| parliament6 = Canadian

| predecessor6 = The electoral district was created in 1892.

| successor6 = James Joseph Hughes

| term_start6 = June 23, 1896

| term_end6 = November 7, 1900

| birth_date = {{birth date|1837|6|30}}

| birth_place = Panmure Island, Prince Edward Island Colony

| death_date = {{death date and age|1919|7|16|1837|6|30}}

| death_place = Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Dominion of Canada

| nationality=Canadian

| spouse = {{marriage|Mary Elizabeth MacDonald|1865}}

| party = Liberal-Conservative

| relations = Andrew Archibald (brother)
Archibald John (brother)
John S. MacDonald (father-in-law)

| children = M. Josephine, W. Jane, S. Francis, C. Helena, A. Florence, and A. J. Louis

| residence = Panmure Island, Prince Edward Island
Montague, Prince Edward Island

| alma_mater = University of Prince Edward Island

| occupation = merchant

| profession = Politician

| cabinet =

}}

Augustine Colin Macdonald (June 30, 1837 – July 16, 1919) was a Canadian merchant and political figure. He represented King's County and later King's in the House of Commons of Canada from 1873 to 1874, from 1878 to 1882, from 1883 to 1887 and from 1891 to 1900 as a Liberal-Conservative member. Macdonald served as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island from 1915 to 1919.

He was born in Panmure Island, the son of Hugh Macdonald, a Scottish immigrant, and was educated in Georgetown and Charlottetown. Macdonald married Mary Elizabeth, the daughter of John Small MacDonald, in 1865. He served as a captain in the militia. He represented 3rd Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1870 to 1873. He resigned his seat in 1873 to run for the federal seat. On June 2, 1915, Macdonald was named Lieutenant Governor. He died in office in 1919.

His brother Andrew Archibald served in the Senate of Canada and was also a Lieutenant Governor for the province and his brother Archibald John was a long-time member of the provincial assembly.