Wilfrid Laurier McDougald

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| name = Wilfrid Laurier McDougald

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| office = Senator for Wellington, Quebec

| predecessor = William Mitchell

| successor = Albert Joseph Brown

| term_start = June 25, 1926

| term_end = May 3, 1932

| appointed = William Lyon Mackenzie King

| birth_date = {{birth date|1881|08|09}}

| birth_place = Alexandria, Ontario

| death_date = {{death date and age|1942|06|19|1881|08|09}}

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| party = Liberal

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Wilfrid Laurier McDougald (August 9, 1881 – June 19, 1942) was a Canadian senator.

Born in Alexandria, Ontario, he was educated at McGill University (where he was a member of Kappa Alpha Society) and Queen's University and practiced medicine in Montreal. He was appointed Chairman of the Montreal Harbour Commission in 1922.

In 1926, he was appointed to the Senate representing the senatorial division of Wellington, Quebec. He resigned in 1932 as a result of the Beauharnois Scandal.

He built Northbrook Lodge at Paul Smiths, New York between about 1919 and 1922.{{cite web | url = https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ | title = Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)| publisher = New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation| format = Searchable database| accessdate = 2015-11-01}} Note: This includes {{cite web | url =https://cris.parks.ny.gov/Uploads/ViewDoc.aspx?mode=A&id=294767&q=false | title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Northbrook Lodge | accessdate = 2015-11-01 | author =Susan Arena| format = PDF| date=March 2013}} It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-2014-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2014-04-18|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/07/14 through 4/11/14|publisher=National Park Service}}

Archives

There is a Wilfrid Laurier McDougald fonds at Library and Archives Canada.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=20 July 2017|title=Wilfrid Laurier McDougald fonds, Library and Archives Canada.|url=http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=103334&lang=eng|access-date=|website=}}

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