Bouverie McDonald

Bouverie Francis Primrose McDonald LRCS, LRCP (13 April 1861[1][2] — 8 July 1931[3]) was a British medical doctor and Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallasey in Cheshire from 1918 until 1922.

## Biography

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Bouverie McDonald was born in Edinburgh and was educated at Edinburgh Academy and the University of Edinburgh, taking the degree of Bachelor of Medicine in 1884 and Doctor of Medicine in 1886.[1][2]

He moved first to Penrith in Cumberland and then in 1886 then to Wallasey in Cheshire, living first at Trafford House, Liscard[4] and then at Ivor Lodge, Seabank Road, New Brighton.[1][5][6]

He served as a member of Cheshire County Council for Liscard from 1903 to 1906,[3][7] and served as a Justice of the Peace for Cheshire and Wallasey.[1][2]

He was surgeon to the Wallasey Dispensary (which later became Victoria Central Hospital), and then surgeon to Seacombe Cottage Hospital, which in 1901 became Liscard Central Hospital. He resigned this post on his election to Parliament,[2] resuming the position when he stood down from Parliament.[8]

He served as president of the Wallasey Medical Society,[8] the local Primrose League branch,[2] and the Wallasey Constitutional Association.[1]

At the 1918 election, he was selected as the Coalition Conservative candidate for the seat of Wallasey which had been newly created from the Wirral constituency. He did not contest the seat in 1922, when it was held for the Conservatives by Robert Chadwick.

After his retirement from Parliament, McDonald returned to medical practice, eventually retiring to Croydon[2] where he died on 8 July 1931, aged 70.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Hesilrige, Arthur G. M., ed. (1922). Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922. London: Dean & Son, Ltd. p. 100.
2. ^ a b c d e f "Obituary: Bouverie McDonald, M.D." Br Med J. 2 (3683): 278. 8 August 1931. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.3683.278. PMC 2314370. PMID 20776325.
3. ^ a b "McDonald, Bouverie". Members of Parliament after 1832. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
4. ^ "Birkenhead Union". Kelly's Directory of Cheshire, 1896. London: Kelly & Co., Ltd. 1896. p. 63.
5. ^ Smith, Noel E. (December 2001). Helmets, Handcuffs and Hoses: The Story of the Wallasey Police and Fire Brigade. Part One: The Wallasey Police (PDF). Noel E. Smith. p. 86\. ISBN 0-9517762-3-1.
6. ^ "Magistrates for the County". Kelly's Directory of Cheshire, 1910. London: Kelly's Directories Ltd. 1910. p. 13.
7. ^ "Cheshire County Council". Kelly's Directory of Cheshire, 1906. London: Kelly's Directories Ltd. 1906. p. 9.
8. ^ a b Seaver, J. Montgomery (1929). MacDonald/McDonald Family Records. Philadelphia, PA: American Historical-Genealogical Society. p. 29.

## External links

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* Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Bouverie McDonald

Parliament of the United Kingdom

New constituency |  Member of Parliament for Wallasey
1918 – 1922 | Succeeded by

Robert Chadwick