Charlie MacDonald (politician)

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

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

{{Infobox officeholder

| image =

| name = Charlie MacDonald

| caption =

| birth_date = 1946{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

| birth_place =

| residence = Port Hood, Nova Scotia

| office = MLA for Inverness

| term_start = 1998

| term_end = 1999

| predecessor = Charles MacArthur

| successor = Rodney MacDonald

| party = Liberal

| religion =

| occupation = Businessman

}}

Charles MacDonald is a Canadian politician and businessman. He represented the electoral district of Inverness in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 1999. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/inverness.pdf|title=Electoral History for Inverness|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2018-04-02}}

MacDonald is a businessman in Port Hood, Nova Scotia. He served 10 years as a municipal councillor in Inverness County before entering provincial politics.{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998/03/09+180.raw+PE98Mar09+2|title=Businessman wins Grit nomination|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=March 9, 1998|accessdate=2014-10-08|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124012719/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998%2F03%2F09+180.raw+PE98Mar09+2|archivedate=January 24, 2005|url-status=dead}} On March 7, 1998, he won the Liberal nomination for the Inverness riding, and went on to win the seat in the 1998 election.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Dist34.pdf |title=Election Returns, 1998 (Inverness) |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |accessdate=2014-10-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006091316/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist34.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-06 }} He was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Rodney MacDonald, when he ran for re-election in 1999.{{cite news|title=Tory Rodney MacDonald wins Inverness|work=Cape Breton Post|date=July 28, 1999}}{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/99INVERNESS.pdf|title=Election Returns, 1999 (Inverness)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2014-10-08}}