On May 29, 1961 she became the first woman to represent Prince Edward Island in the House of Commons of Canada.
[1] She first won representation for the electoral district of King's at the House of Commons in a by-election in 1961, a seat vacated by the death of her husband John Augustine Macdonald.
[2] Macdonald retained her seat in the 1962 federal election.
She was defeated by Liberal John Mullally in the 1963 federal election.
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