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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name = William Ross Macdonald
| honorific-suffix = {{
| image = William Ross Macdonald.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Macdonald in the Speaker's Chair of the Canadian House of Commons
| order = 21st
| office = Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
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| term_end6 = December 22, 1967
| appointer6 = [[Louis St. Laurent]]
| office7 = 22nd [[Speaker of the House of Commons
| term_start7 = September 15, 1949
| term_end7 = June 11, 1953
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| predecessor7 = [[Gaspard Fauteux]]
| successor7 = [[Louis-René Beaudoin]]
| office8 = [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]]
| term_start8 = October 14, 1935
| term_end8 = June 27, 1949
| predecessor8 = [[Robert Edwy Ryerson]]
| successor8 = ''
| constituency_MP8 = [[Brantford (federal electoral district)|Brantford]]
| term_start9 = June 27, 1949
| term_end9 = August 10, 1953
| predecessor9 = ''
| successor9 = [[James Elisha Brown]]
| constituency_MP9 = [[Brantford City]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1891|12|25}}
| birth_place = [[Toronto
| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|5|28|1891|12|25}}
| death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| restingplace = [[Farringdon Burial Ground]], Brantford
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'''William Ross Macdonald''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|OC|CD|QC}} (December 25, 1891 – May 28, 1976), served as the [[List of lieutenant governors of Ontario#Lieutenant Governors of Ontario, 1867–present|21st]] [[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario]] from 1968 to 1974, and as [[Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada]] from 1949 to 1953.▼
▲'''William Ross Macdonald'''
== Early life ==▼
▲== Early life ==
Macdonald was born in [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]], to a dry goods merchant who had immigrated from [[Scotland]]. He went on to study law at the [[University of Toronto]] and the [[Osgoode Hall Law School]]. Upon completion, he practised law in [[Brantford, Ontario]], and served with the 2nd
In 1921, Macdonald married Muriel Whittaker.
== Political career ==
Macdonald sought [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] nomination to run for election to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] for the [[1926 Canadian federal election|1926 election]], but lost the nomination by a single vote. He won the nomination for the [[Brantford, Ontario|Brantford]] [[electoral district (Canada)|riding]] in the [[1930 Canadian federal election|next election]], but lost the election. Macdonald was elected in the [[1935 Canadian federal election|1935 election]]. He served as [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) until 1953.
During [[World War II]], Macdonald was a staunch supporter of [[conscription]]. His position is made clear in this wartime quote taken from a Canadian newspaper, "There is a victory to be won and that can be accomplished only by every Canadian taking part." After the war, he served as Deputy Speaker (1945–1949) and then as Speaker of the House of Commons (1949–1953).
While serving as Speaker of the House of Commons Macdonald made a famous ruling, banning musical instruments from being played in the Chamber, on June 3, 1950. The ban came about after [[Daniel McIvor]] MP for [[Fort William (federal electoral district)|Fort William]] played a flute while waiting for a vote call.<ref name="instrumentban">{{cite news
In 1953, [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] [[Vincent Massey]], on the advice of [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Louis St. Laurent]], appointed Macdonald to the [[Senate of Canada]], where he became [[Leader of the Government in the Canadian Senate]] and a [[minister without portfolio]] in the [[Canadian Cabinet]]. From 1954 until the Liberal government's defeat in the [[1957 Canadian federal election|1957 election]], Macdonald served as [[Solicitor General of Canada]].
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Governor General [[Roland Michener]], on the advice of [[Lester Pearson]], appointed Macdonald to serve as [[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario|Lieutenant Governor]] from 1968 to 1974. In this role, he was involved with many service groups, such as the [[Canadian Order of Foresters]] and the [[Kiwanis Club]].
In 1974, he was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>{{OCC|2133}}. {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201153755/http://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=2133|date=2017-02-01}}</ref> The Ontario School for the Blind in Brantford was renamed the [[W. Ross Macdonald School]] in his honour.
He died in Toronto in 1976.
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