# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gordon-macdonald-1st-baron-macdonald-of-gwaenysgor
# Generated: 2026-08-16T10:18:44.852Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gordon-macdonald-1st-baron-macdonald-of-gwaenysgor"
name: "Gordon Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor"
slug: "gordon-macdonald-1st-baron-macdonald-of-gwaenysgor"
description: "Gordon Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor, was a British Labour Party politician and Newfoundland's final British governor as well as the last chairman of the Commission of Government serving from 1946 until the dominion joined Confederation in 1949 and became a province of Canada."
tagline: "British politician (1888-1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lord_Macdonald.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1888-05-27"
deathDate: "1966-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10.34158293526602
  historical:           5.491650666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Gordon MacDonald, Barwn 1af MacDonald o Waenysgor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جردون مكدونلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جردون مكدونلد"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Macdonald_(homme_politique)"
    title: "Gordon Macdonald (homme politique)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Macdonald%2C_1._Baron_Macdonald_of_Gwaenysgor"
    title: "Gordon Macdonald, 1. Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Macdonald%2C_1st_Baron_Macdonald_of_Gwaenysgor"
    title: "Gordon Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump