{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}'''Robert Scott Donaldson''' (1875–1944) was a Canadian politician who represented Lumsden on the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan during the 9th sitting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SASKATCHEWAN MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY |url=https://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2019_members_of_leg_assembly.pdf |access-date=22 Oct 2025 |website=saskarchives.com}}</ref>

He also represented Thunder Creek from 1925 to 1929, and 1934 to 1938.

== Career == He defeated Harold Alexander Lilly in 1934.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division|url=http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112235500/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Elections-Results-by-Electoral-Division.pdf|archivedate=2013-11-12|accessdate=2012-03-27|publisher=Saskatchewan Archives Board}}</ref>

== Electoral history == {{Election box begin|title=1938 Saskatchewan general election: Lumsden electoral district}} |- {{CANelec|SK|Liberal|Robert S. Donaldson|2,596|37.14%|-8.64}} {{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|row}} |Conservative |Claude H.J. Burrows |align="right"|1,923 |align="right"|27.51% |align="right"|-5.89 {{Canadian party colour|SK|CCF|row}} |CCF |McDirmid Rankin |align="right"|1,847 |align="right"|26.42% |align="right"|+5.60 {{CANelec|SK|Social Credit|Thomas Allan McInnis|624|8.93%|–}} |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|6,990 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| {{election box end}}

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