Donald MacIntyre (Rhodesian politician)

Sir Donald MacIntyre, CBE (9 September 1891 – 24 October 1978) was a South Rhodesian politician.

Born in Glasgow, MacIntyre worked as a master baker in Southern Rhodesia, eventually owning a café in Bulawayo, a sweets factory, and bakeries in Salisbury and Gwelo.[1]

The leader of the Rhodesia Labour Party, he was Leader of the Opposition from 1940 to 1946 and Minister of Finance in 1953. In the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, MacIntyre served as Minister of Finance from 1953 until 1962.[2]

He was appointed a CBE in 1947 and knighted in 1961.

  1. ^ Ranger, Terence (2010). Bulawayo Burning: The Social History of a Southern African City, 1893-1960. James Currey. p. 33.
  2. ^ "Macintyre, Hon. Sir Donald". Who's Who & Who Was Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)