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    Donald Fleming

    Donald Methuen Fleming, lawyer, politician (b at Exeter, Ont 23 May 1905; d at Toronto 31 Dec 1986). Minister of finance in the DIEFENBAKER government (1957-62), Fleming is best remembered for his dispute with Bank of Canada Governor James COYNE.

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    Don Getty

    Donald Ross Getty, athlete, businessman, premier of Alberta 1985–92 (born 30 August 1933 in Westmount, QC; died 26 February 2016 in Edmonton, AB).

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    Donald Oliver

    Donald H. Oliver, QC, CM, ONS, senator 1990–2013, lawyer, businessman (born 16 November 1938 in Wolfville, NS). Halifax lawyer Donald Oliver has been involved as a senior official in the Progressive Conservative Party since 1972. In 1990, he became the second Black Canadian and the first Black Canadian man to be appointed to the Senate of Canada. Oliver served as a senator until 2013. He is a Member of both the Order of Canada and the Order of Nova Scotia.

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    Donald MacDonald

    Donald MacDonald, trade unionist (b at Halifax 12 Sept 1909; d at Ottawa 25 Sept 1986). At age 17 MacDonald became a coal heaver on the Sydney docks. He joined the United Mine Workers and at age 21 became president of Local 4560.

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    Donald Marshall Jr

    Donald Marshall Jr., Mi'kmaw leader, activist, wrongly convicted of murder (born 13 September 1953 in Sydney, NS; died 6 August 2009 in Sydney, NS). Donald Marshall’s imprisonment (1971–82) became one of the most controversial cases in the history of Canada's criminal justice system. He was the first high-profile victim of a wrongful murder conviction to have it overturned, paving the way for others such as David Milgaard and Guy Paul Morin (see David Milgaard Case; Guy Paul Morin Case). In the 1990s, Marshall was also the central figure in a significant Supreme Court of Canada case on treaty rights related to hunting and fishing.

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    Donald Morrison

    Donald Morrison, outlaw (b near Megantic [Lac-Mégantic], Canada E c 1858; d at Montréal 19 June 1894). He was the son of Scottish settlers, grew up near Lake Mégantic and spent several years working as a cowboy in western Canada and the US.

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    Donald Stewart Ethell

    Donald Stewart Ethell, colonel, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (b at Vancouver 23 Jul 1937). Donald Ethell, a distinguished retiree of the Armed Forces, became Alberta's 17th Lieutenant Governor in May 2010. Ethell was born and raised on Canada's west coast.

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    Donald Stovel Macdonald

    Donald Stovel Macdonald, PC CC, politician, lawyer (born 1 March 1932 in Ottawa, ON; died 14 October 2018 in Toronto, ON).

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    Donald William Cameron

    Donald William Cameron, politician, premier of Nova Scotia (b at Egerton, NS 20 May 1946). After graduating from McGill, Cameron operated a dairy farm in Pictou County.

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    Dosanjh Elected BC Leader

    Ujjal Dosanjh is tired. Finding time to snatch a few hours of sleep has been difficult for British Columbia's new premier. Celebrity has struck the country's first Indo-Canadian provincial leader and everyone wants five minutes of his time. There has been a deluge of phone calls from Canadian and U.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 6, 2000

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    Doug Fisher

    Douglas Mason Fisher, politician, journalist (born 19 September 1919 in Sioux Lookout, ON; died 18 September 2009). Educated at the University of Toronto, Queen's and the University of London, he served overseas during WWII. Known as "The Giant Killer" after his first political campaign and smashing victory over C.D.

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    Doug Wilson

    Douglas Wilson, poet, teacher, advocate for gay and lesbian rights (born 11 October 1950 in Meadow Lake, SK; died 26 September 1992 in Toronto, ON). Doug Wilson became the first gay public figure in Saskatchewan in 1975, after his attempt to start a gay association at the University of Saskatchewan resulted in Wilson being suspended from his role as a student supervisor. His case was the first concerning gay rights to be heard by the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission (SHRC). Wilson later became president of the Gay Community Centre of Saskatoon and executive director of the Saskatchewan Association on Human Rights. He also co-founded the Saskatchewan Gay Coalition and founded the publishing company Stubblejumper Press. In 1988, he became one of the first openly gay men in Canada to run for federal office.

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    Douglas Harkness

    Douglas Scott Harkness, teacher, farmer, politician (b at Toronto 29 Mar 1903; d at Calgary 2 May 1999). A schoolteacher, farmer and war hero, Harkness was first elected to the House of Commons for Calgary East in 1945; he subsequently represented Calgary North and Calgary Centre.

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    Douglas Jung

    Douglas Jung, CM, OBC, politician, lawyer, soldier (born 25 February 1924 in Victoria, BC; died 4 January 2002 in Vancouver, BC). Douglas Jung was a member of Force 136, a group of Chinese Canadian soldiers who fought behind enemy lines in the Pacific theatre during the Second World War. After the war, Jung became a lawyer in British Columbia and was the first Chinese Canadian lawyer to appear before the BC Court of Appeal in 1955. On 10 June 1957, Douglas Jung was elected as the first Chinese Canadian member of Parliament.

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    Douglas Lloyd Campbell

    Douglas Lloyd Campbell, politician, premier of Manitoba 1948-58 (b at Portage la Prairie, Man 27 May 1895). D.L. Campbell won election to the Manitoba legislature in 1922 as a Farmers' candidate in Lakeside riding, which he represented for 47 years.

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