Keith MacDonald

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1927–2021)}}

{{About||those of a similar name|Keith McDonald (disambiguation)|the Scottish rugby player|Keith Macdonald}}

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

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Keith MacDonald

| image =

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| office = Ontario MPP

| term_start = 1987

| term_end = 1990

| predecessor = James A. Taylor

| successor = Riding abolished

| constituency = Prince Edward—Lennox

| party =Liberal

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|7|18}}

| birth_place = Picton, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|3|27|1927|7|18}}

| death_place = Picton, Ontario, Canada

| religion =

| occupation = Businessman

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Keith Ostrander MacDonaldhttps://www.rushnellfamilyservices.com/memorials/keith-macdonald/4570694 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} (July 18, 1927 – March 27, 2021) was a politician in Ontario, Canada.

MacDonald was educated at Albert College in Belleville, Ontario, and worked as a businessman, farmer and tourist operator. He was a member of the Belleville McFarlands, World Hockey Champions in 1959. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1987 to 1990.

He first ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1975 provincial election, but lost to Progressive Conservative James Taylor by 732 votes in the riding of Prince Edward—Lennox. He ran again in the 1987 election, and defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Dennis Tompkins by 2,079 votes. For the next three years, MacDonald served as a backbench supporter of David Peterson's government.

The Liberals were defeated by the New Democratic Party in the 1990 provincial election. MacDonald finished third in his bid for re-election, finishing 1,016 votes behind Paul Johnson of the NDP.

MacDonald was involved with the Prince Edward Federation of Agriculture. He died on March 27, 2021, at the Hospice Prince Edward in Picton, Ontario.{{Cite web|url=https://www.intelligencer.ca/news/keith-macdonald-served-his-community|title = Keith MacDonald served his community}}