About Rolland Macdonald
Lived 1810 – 1881 (aged 70–71). Rolland Macdonald was a Canadian judge.
Rolland Macdonald (March 1810 – 1881 ) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Canada West. He represented Cornwall in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1844 to 1846.
He was born in Fort William,
He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Cornwall seat in the assembly in 1841. Macdonald resigned his seat in 1846 to allow John Hillyard Cameron to run for a seat in the assembly. In 1856, he was named Queen's Counsel. Macdonald served as Clerk of the Peace and County Crown Attorney for Lincoln. He was a captain in the local militia during the Upper Canada Rebellion, later reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1873, Macdonald was named judge in the court for Welland County.
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Canadian judge
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Rolland Macdonald was born on 1 March 1810.
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Rolland Macdonald died in 1881.
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