Marguerite McDonald

Marguerite McDonald (1941/42 – August 24, 2015) was a Canadian television and radio journalist, most noted as the first host of CBC Radio One's weekly political affairs series The House.

Biography Born and raised in Aubigny, Manitoba, McDonald first worked in journalism beginning in 1960 as an intern for the Winnipeg Free Press. In 1986, she became producer of CBC Radio's religious and spiritual show Open House, and became the program's host in 1990. and remained with CBO-FM as a newsreader until retiring from the CBC in 1996.

McDonald was married twice, first to television producer Harry Elton, and later to radio producer Bill Young after Elton's death in 2004. She had no children of her own, but was stepmother to both Elton's and Young's children from prior marriages.

She died of cancer on August 24, 2015, in Ottawa.