Collection search - Flora MacDonald fonds [textual record]

Flora Isabel MacDonald was born at North Sydney, Nova Scotia. She was educated at North Sydney High School, Empire Business College, and National Defence College, MacDonald was first elected to the House of Commons as the Progressive Conservative candidate for Kingston and the Island in the general election 1972. She was re-elected in 1974, 1979 and 1980. In June 1979 she was appointed Secretary of State for External Affairs, a position she held until February 1980. Personal correspondence, memoranda, notes and memorabilia reflecting Flora MacDonald's political career since 1972, her campaign for the Progressive Conservative Leadership, and her term as Minister of External Affairs. Also included was a manuscript of an unpublished book concerning Flora MacDonald, and ten boxes of government reports and publications. (vols. 1-36)

Presented in 1980 by Miss Flora MacDonald, Kingston, Ont.