Donald McNabb

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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

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|constituency_AM = Lethbridge

|assembly = Alberta Legislative

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|term_start = January 8, 1909

|term_end = March 21, 1909

|predecessor = William Simmons

|successor = John Smith Stewart

|birth_date = February 1870

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Donald McNabb (February 1870 – June 18, 1934) was a politician from Alberta, Canada.

In 1890 he helped form a committee to raise money to buy books, periodicals and furnishings for the Miner's Library in Lethbridge.

McNabb was the first member of a third party to be elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta serving as a Labor member. He was elected by acclamation in January 1909 by-election for Lethbridge.

During his time in the Legislative Assembly he accomplished another first in Alberta. Bill 8 An Act to amend the Lethbridge Charter was the first introduced from the opposition and a third party to receive Royal Assent in the legislature. He also introduced a second bill in the same legislative sitting to get assent, Bill 10 An Act respecting the Galt Hospital.

In the 1909 general election, McNabb ran as a Labour candidate in the new Lethbridge City riding, but was unsuccessful.A Report on Alberta elections, 1905-1982

In 1912, he chaired the meeting that formed the Alberta Federation of Labour.