McDonald, Herbert Stone

Herbert Stone McDonald, the son of John McDonald of Gananoque, was a lawyer and an MPP for South Leeds. He graduated from Queen's University with a BA in 1959, and MA in 1861. He married Emma Matilda "Tillie" Jones in 1864, and had two children, Katherine and John. He was called to the bar in 1863, and practiced law in Brockville, Ontario. He served on Brockville Town Council from 1870 to 1871, and was elected MPP for South Leeds in 1871-1874. He left this post to become a judge for the county court of Leeds and Grenville in October 1873. After Tillie passed away in 1908, he remarried in 1919. McDonald passed away in 1921.