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Donald McNabb
Member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly
for Lethbridge
In office
January 8, 1908 – March 21, 1909
Preceded byWilliam Simmons
Succeeded byJohn Smith Stewart
Personal details
BornFebruary 1870
DiedJune 18, 1934(1934-06-18) (aged 64)

Donald McNabb (February 1870 – June 18, 1934) was a politician from Alberta, Canada.

In 1890 he helped form a committee to raise money to buy books, periodicals and furnishings for the Miner's Library in Lethbridge.

McNabb was the first member of a third party to be elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta serving as a Labor member. He was elected in the by-election for Lethbridge in 1908.

During his time in the Legislative Assembly he accomplished another first in Alberta. Bill 8 An Act to amend the Lethbridge Charter was the first introduced from the opposition and a third party to receive Royal Assent in the legislature. He also introduced a second bill in the same legislative sitting to get assent, Bill 10 An Act respecting the Galt Hospital.

McNabb ran for re-election in the new Lethbridge City riding, but was defeated.

In 1912, he chaired the meeting that formed the Alberta Federation of Labour.

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Preceded by MLA Lethbridge
1908–1909
Succeeded by