L. Ian MacDonald
L. Ian MacDonald (born 1947) is a Canadian writer, broadcaster, and diplomat.
Biography
Early life
MacDonald graduated from Concordia University (Loyola).
Career
He has been a columnist for the Montreal Gazette and the defunct Montreal Daily News. He wrote his first book in 1984, "Mulroney: The Making of the Prime Minister" that covered Brian Mulroney's rise from boyhood to Prime Minister of Canada. MacDonald has published six more books, all with McGill-Queen's University Press, most recently Politics, People & Potpourri, selected by CBC as "one of the best political reads" of 2009, and inside Politics, a collection published in 2018. He writes frequently for Canadian newspapers and news sites. He has served as editor and publisher of Policy magazine, a bi-monthly on Canadian politics and public policy, he was previously editor from 2002 to 2012, of Policy Options, published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy.
Personal life
He has two daughters.
He was enshrined in the Concordia University Sports Hall of Fame in 2002 as part, as equipment manager, of the Loyola College Warriors 1968 hockey team. [1]
Publications
- Mulroney: The Making of the Prime Minister, by L. Ian MacDonald, 1984.
- Free Trade: Risks and Rewards, edited by L. Ian MacDonald, 2000.
- From Bourassa to Bourassa: Wilderness to Restoration, by L. Ian MacDonald, 2002.
- Leo: A Life, by Leo Kolber, with L. Ian MacDonald, 2003.
- Politics, People & Potpourri, by L. Ian MacDonald, 2009.
- Inside Politics, by L. Ian MacDonald, 2018.
- Politics & Players, by L. Ian MacDonald, 2022.
References
- "Concordia Stingers - Sports Hall of Fame: 1967-1968 Men's Hockey Team". Retrieved 7 Nov 2017.