Donald Wood

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{for|the British painter|Donald Wood (painter)}}

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

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2016}}

{{Infobox officeholder | name=Donald Paul Wood

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| term_start = 1977

| term_end = 1979

| predecessor =Angus MacLean

| successor =Melbourne Gass

| birth_date ={{birth date|1933|3|22}}

| birth_place =Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|7|7|1933|3|22}}

| death_place = Kensington, Prince Edward Island

| profession =businessman, farmer

| party =Liberal Party

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| riding =Malpeque

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Donald Paul Wood (March 22, 1933 – July 7, 2015) was a Canadian politician and a businessman and farmer. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of the Liberal Party in a 1977 by-election, after the resignation of Tory Angus MacLean on October 20, 1976. During this time, he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Regional Economic Expansion. He lost the 1979 election to Melbourne Gass. He lost the 1968 election to the Hon. Angus MacLean. He also sat as a member of various standing committees including Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Public Accounts. Wood died on July 7, 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-503243-donald-paul-wood.html|title = Donald Paul Wood: Obituary and death notice on InMemoriam}}

Electoral record

{{1979 Canadian federal election/Malpeque}}

{{CANelec/top|CA|24 May 1977|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes|reason=On the resignation of Angus MacLean, 20 October 1976}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Donald Wood|4,657|48.37|+3.80}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Ian MacQuarrie|4,532|47.07|-3.54}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Charles H. Sark|393|4.08|-0.73}}

{{CANelec|CA|Independent|A. Neil Harpham|46|0.48| }}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|9,628| 100.00}}

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