Malcolm Archibald Macdonald

Malcolm Archibald Macdonald (June 20. 1875 Lucknow, Ontario - October 1941) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and Chief Justice of British Columbia.

Macdonald graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1909 and began the practice of law in London, Ontario. He came to Cranbrook, British Columbia where he ran for the Liberal Party in 1909 unsuccessfully. He moved on to Vancouver in 1912 where he was elected in a by-election in 1916. He was appointed Attorney General after being re-elected in 1920 but resigned to be appointed to the British Columbia Court of Appeal in May 1924. He was appointed Chief Justice of British Columbia in May 1940 and died in October 1941. His son James Macdonald also served on the Court of Appeal from 1979 and his son Alex Macdonald was Attorney General from 1972 to 1975.