MacDonald, R.C.

Identity area

Type of entity

Person

Authorized form of name

MacDonald, R.C.

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

      Other form(s) of name

      • MacDonald, Roderick Charles

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1885–1978

      History

      Roderick Charles (R.C.) MacDonald was born in Hosta, Scotland on November 21, 1885 to Malcolm MacDonald and Mary Ann Macaulay. He married Daisy Elizabeth Wiltshire on June 30, 1915. MacDonald was first elected to Council for the Corporation of the District of Coquitlam in 1922. He served for two years in this capacity before being elected Reeve in 1924. He served as Reeve until 1941 and served as President of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities from 1937-1938. In 1941, he was elected to serve as M.L.A. for the Conservative Party in the Dewdney riding, a position he held until he was defeated in the 1952 election. He served as Minister of Mines from 1945 to 1949 and then Minister of Municipal Affairs from 1949 to 1952. MacDonald died on September 18, 1978.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      Council, 1922-1924
      Reeve, 1924-1941
      M.L.A. Dewdney riding. 1941-1952
      Minister of Mines, 1945-1949
      Minister of Municipal Affairs, 1949-1952

      Mandates/sources of authority

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Wiltshire, Daisy Elizabeth (1889–1976)

      Identifier of related entity

      DEW-2021-3

      Category of relationship

      family

      Type of relationship

      Wiltshire, Daisy Elizabeth is the spouse of MacDonald, R.C.

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      MacDonald, Walter Bruce (1956–)

      Identifier of related entity

      MWB-2020-3

      Category of relationship

      family

      Type of relationship

      MacDonald, Walter Bruce is the grandchild of MacDonald, R.C.

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      MacDonald, Anne E. ([19-?])

      Identifier of related entity

      AEM-2020-10

      Category of relationship

      family

      Type of relationship

      MacDonald, Anne E. is the grandchild of MacDonald, R.C.

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Occupations

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      MRC-2015-5

      Maintained by

      City of Coquitlam Archives

      Institution identifier

      CCOQ

      Rules and/or conventions used

      Rules for Archival Description (Revised Version – July 2008)
      ISAAR (CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families (2nd edition - September 2011)

      Status

      Revised

      Level of detail

      Full

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      Created 13-05-2015
      Updated 20-10-2020
      Updated 25-03-2021

      Language(s)

      • English

      Script(s)

        Sources

        Walter Bruce MacDonald collection (C18)
        BC Archives Microfilm Numbers: B13814, B11383, and B13588

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