About Wilfrid Laurier McDougald
Lived 1881 – 1942 (aged 60). Wilfrid Laurier McDougald was a Canadian politician and physician.
Wilfrid Laurier McDougald (August 9, 1881 – June 19, 1942) was a Canadian senator.
Born in Alexandria, Ontario, he was educated at McGill University (where he was a member of Kappa Alpha Society) and Queen's University and practiced medicine in Montreal. He was appointed Chairman of the Montreal Harbour Commission in 1922.
In 1926, he was appointed to the Senate representing the senatorial division of Wellington, Quebec. He resigned in 1932 as a result of the Beauharnois Scandal.
He built Northbrook Lodge at Paul Smiths, New York between about 1919 and 1922. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
Archives There is a Wilfrid Laurier McDougald fonds at Library and Archives Canada.
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Who was Wilfrid Laurier McDougald?
Canadian politician (1881–1942)
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Wilfrid Laurier McDougald was born on 9 August 1881 in North Glengarry.
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Wilfrid Laurier McDougald died on 19 June 1942.
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Wilfrid Laurier McDougald was a politician and physician.
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Wilfrid Laurier McDougald was Canadian.
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