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Margaret Mary Macdonald
Margaret
Mary Macdonald
was a
Canadian
politician. On
May 29
, 1961 she became
the first woman
to
represent
Prince Edward Island
in the
House of Commons of Canada
.
She first won
representation
for the
electoral district
of
King's
at the
House of Commons
in a
by-election
in 1961, a seat
vacated
by the death of her husband
John Augustine Macdonald
.
Macdonald
successfully retained her seat in the
1962 federal election
. She was defeated by
Liberal
John Mullally
in the
1963 federal election
.