Frederick Donald MacKenzie

Frederick Donald MacKenzie
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Neepawa
In office
1935–1945
Preceded byThomas Gerow Murphy
Succeeded byJohn Bracken
Personal details
Born(1882-12-18)December 18, 1882
Presqu'île, Ontario
DiedOctober 13, 1970(1970-10-13) (aged 87)
Ottawa, Ontario
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Wilma Christina Robertson
(m. 12 March 1921)
OccupationSchool principal, teacher

Frederick Donald MacKenzie, (December 18, 1882 – October 13, 1970) was a soldier, teacher and Member of Parliament in Canada.

Mackenzie was born in Presqu'île, Ontario and was educated at Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute and Queen's University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts.

He served during the First World War with the Queen's University Hospital Unit from 1915 to 1916 in Egypt and the Dardanelles. He was subsequently a lieutenant with the Canadian Field Artillery from 1916 to 1919.

Following the war, he returned to Canada and settled in Neepawa, Manitoba, where he worked as a teacher and became a school principal.

In the 1935 federal election he ran as a Liberal candidate in Neepawa and was returned to the House of Commons of Canada. He was re-elected in the 1940 federal election but defeated in the 1945 election by the Progressive Conservative leader and former Manitoba Premier John Bracken.

He died in 1970 in Ottawa.[1]