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	John A. Macdonald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Macdonald and his son, Hugh John Macdonald briefly sat together in the Canadian House of Commons prior to the elder Macdonald's death in 1891.
		Macdonald then served as the leader of the opposition until the election of 1864, when Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché came out of retirement and joined ranks with Macdonald to form the governing party yet again.
		In the next election Macdonald continued his rise in politics by becoming Joint Premier of the Province of Canada with Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché of Québec for the years 1856 and 1857.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_A._Macdonald

	MSN Encarta - Sir John MacDonald
		Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1815.
		Macdonald was a practical politician whose deals and maneuvers made possible the creation of the Dominion of Canada and its territorial expansion across the continent.
		Macdonald won by a large majority, although his opponent had the advantage of being the incumbent.
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	Sir John Alexander Macdonald
		Alexander Mackenzie accepted the responsibilities of office, and Sir John was leader of the opposition for nearly five years, and as such gave the administration the benefit of his ability and long experience in perfecting, among other measures of importance, the insolvent act and the act that constituted the supreme court of the Dominion.
		Sir John took the portfolio of the interior, and subsequently became president of the privy council and superintendent of Indian affairs.
		Macdonald and his associates turned the tide, and succeeded in convincing most of the gentlemen present that the larger union of all the British North American provinces was much the more desirable scheme of the two.
	www.famousamericans.net /sirjohnalexandermacdonald

	Canadian History - Right Hon. Sir John Alexander Macdonald
		Sir John resides at Stadacona Hall, Ottawa, and his social responsibilities are shared with admirable grace and success by his talented and exceedingly popular wife, Lady Macdonald.
		Sir John has always stood in high regard in the mother country, and in 1879 was sworn in a member of Her Majesty's Privy Council.
		Macdonald settled near Kingston, then the most important town in Upper Canada; and after residing here for upwards of four years, the family moved to Quinté Bay, leaving John Alexander, then in his tenth year, at school in Kingston.
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	Macdonald, Sir John Alexander
		Macdonald was returned to power in the elections of 1878, and he remained in office through three further elections (1882, 1887, and 1891).
		Macdonald (born on January 10, 1815, near Glasgow, Scotland; died on June 6, 1891, at Ottawa, Ont.) was the first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada.
		Macdonald was attorney general of Canada West from 1854 until 1867, except briefly in 1858 and 1862-64, when he was in opposition.
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	MacDonald - The CPR
		Sir JOHN A. Yes, it is absurdly low for the land laying twenty-four miles on each side of the prairie section; it must be worth more, when the railway is built, than a dollar an acre.
		Sir JOHN A. Then it was said: "Oh, the Government is going to build the road from Thunder Bay to Red River; from Kamloops to Yale, and from Yale to Port Moody.
		Sir JOHN A. Seven of them were disappointed and defeated candidates at former elections.
	www.canadahistory.com /sections/documents/macdonald_-_the_cpr.htm

	Sir John A. Macdonald - Canadian Confederation
		John Alexander Macdonald was born at Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Hugh Macdonald and Helen Shaw.
		Macdonald was interested in public life from an early age, holding offices with a variety of boards and societies before becoming an alderman for Kingston in 1843.
		Macdonald's term as prime minister was interrupted in 1873 by the Pacific Scandal.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /confederation/023001-2360-e.html

	johnamacdonald.htm
		John A. MacDonald was born January 11, 1815, in Glasgow Scotland.
		Macdonald's involvement in the negotiations for a contract to build the Canadian Pacific Railway to BC involved him eventually in the Pacific Scandal; during the 1872 election.
		MacDonald died in office in 1891 and is buried at Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario.
	www.alcdsb.on.ca /~mart/junior/johnamacdonaldgt.htm

	Macdonald, Sir John Alexander
		Macdonald, Sir John Alexander, lawyer, businessman, politician, first prime minister of Canada (b at Brunswick Place, across the Clyde R from Glasgow, Scot 10 Jan 1815; d at Ottawa 6 June 1891).
		Macdonald was brought to Kingston, Upper Canada, by his parents when he was 5 years old and he grew up and attended school there, in rural Lennox, Addington and Prince Edward counties.
		Macdonald's personal life was marked by a number of misfortunes.
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	SIR JOHN ALEXANDER MACDONALD - LoveToKnow Article on SIR JOHN ALEXANDER MACDONALD
		Macdonald entered upon his active career at a critical period in the history of Canada, and the circumstances of the time were calculated to stimulate political thought.
		At the age of fifteen Macdonald entered a law office; he was called to the bar in 1836, and began practice in Kingston, with immediate success.
		The mission of Lord Durham; the publication of his famous report; the union of the two Canadas; the administrations of Lord Sydenham, Sir Charles Bagot, and Sir Charles Metcalfe, filled the years immediately succeeding 1837 with intense political interest, and in their results have profoundly influenced the constitution of the British Empire.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MA/MACDONALD_SIR_JOHN_ALEXANDER.htm

	John Alexander Macdonald, Sir Biography / Biography of John Alexander Macdonald, Sir Biography Biography
		Sir John Alexander Macdonald (1815-1891) was a leading Canadian politician and Cabinet minister, serving as premier in the Province of Canada and twice as prime minister of the Dominion.
		John Alexander Macdonald, although his name was to become the core of a Canadian legend, was born in Glasgow, the son of a merchant who migrated to British North America in 1820.
		Macdonald began his own practice in 1835 in Kingston, actually before he had been called to the bar, and for several years lived the usual active life of a young professional man, active in local political and social affairs.
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	Horton Journal of Canadian History
		John Alexander Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland on January 11, 1815.
		Wilfrid Laurier portrayed the affects of Macdonald's death perfectly in a speech to the Parliament.
		In 1843 Macdonald was elected an alderman in Kingston, then in 1844 he won an election giving him a seat in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.
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	Clan MacDonald - Information from James Pringle Weavers
		THE MacDONALDS (MacDONNELLS) of DUNNYVAIG and the GLENS are descended from John Mor Tanister, second son of "Good John of Islay", 1st Lord of the Isles, by his second marriage with the Princess Margaret, daughter of Robert II.
		Sir James fought and won the Battle of Gruinneart Strand on Isla in 1595 against an invasion force of MacLeans under their notorious chief Sir Lachlan Maclean of Duart, who was killed.
		MACDONALD OF GLENCOE: The Clan Iain Abrach are best remembered as the victims of the infamous massacre perpetrated in 1692, but their ancestry can be traced back to Iain 'Abrach' (from his fosterage in Lochaber), a natural son of Angus Og, the 14th century Chief of Clan Donald who fought with Bruce at Bannockburn.
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	JOHN ALEXANDER MACDONALD: A GOOD ROLE MODEL?. Essay Sample. Free term papers for college students
		Many would argue that Sir John A. Macdonald is not someone of this stature, but I have different opinions about him.
		In another instance, a guest of John A. Macdonald was so impressed with the hospitality he received that he described him as "courteous in his social relations--a very prince".
		John Alexander Macdonald proved himself to be a great leader and therefor a good example for us to follow.
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	sir John Alexander Macdonald
		Sir JOHN A. MACDONALD: Il est vrai qu'il a énuméré leurs griefs, qu'il est descendu dans les voûtes et dans la salle de lecture cherchant des vieux journaux de l'Ouest et citant des paragraphes de ces journaux pour prouver que le gouvernement avait mal agi.
		Sir JOHN A. MACDONALD: Je laisse à la Chambre et au pays à décider si l'honorable député, dans son long et élaboré discours, a établi son droit de censurer le gouvernement, s'il a prouvé que nous nous étions rendus coupables de négligence, d'oppressions, et de mauvaise administration.
		Sir JOHN A. MACDONALD: Toute la conduite de l'opposition, chaque remarque qu'elle a faite dans cette Chambre et en dehors de cette Chambre, n'a en d'autre objet que d'insulter le gouvernements-sans s'occuper des conséquences d'une pareille conduite.
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	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		Macdonald’s omission from the BNA Act of a formula for amending the structures and powers of the central government was probably not, as is often suggested, an oversight.
		Macdonald, who had always frowned on land grants and scrip as a solution, did not much like the decision, but he went along with forming a three-man commission to investigate the claims of those Métis who were still eligible but had not participated in land allocation under the Manitoba Act.
		Macdonald and his colleagues also encouraged and supported a large number of acts incorporating new businesses and expanding the scope of existing ones, including road and rail companies, insurance companies, banks, mining, oil and lumber companies, and many others, in some of which Macdonald and his parliamentary associates had a personal interest.
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	Sir John A. Macdonald
		Sir John A. Macdonald was to become Canada's first Prime Minister.
		Macdonald was a Private in the militia and participated in the 1837 raid on Montgomery's Tavern, a well-known meeting place for rebels and their supporters against Britain.
		Macdonald was forced to resign and lost the election in 1874.
	www3.sympatico.ca /goweezer/canada/macdonald.htm

	People - Canadian Heritage Gallery
		John A. Macdonald Sir John A. Macdonald (1815-1891), Prime Minister 1867-1873 and 1878-1891.
		Sir John A. Macdonald Sir John A. Macdonald at an open-air Toronto election meeting, 1878, campaigning for the "National Policy" of protective tariffs.
		J.A. Macdonald A portrait of Sir John A. Macdonald, senior statesman, c.
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	Macdonald, Sir John Alexander on Encyclopedia.com
		Macdonald was the most potent figure in bringing about confederation (1867) of the provinces as the Dominion of Canada.
		Changing industrial conditions made Macdonald the advocate of a protectionist policy (known as the National Policy), and he was returned as prime minister in 1878 and served until his death.
		He briefly returned (1864) as prime minister before he was joined by George Brown and others in the “great coalition” ministry (1864-67), which paved the way for the union of the British North American provinces.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/MacdonJ1A1.asp

	Sir John Alexander Macdonald - Our Greatest Canadian. Grade 5 Social Studies
		John A. Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1815.
		John A. Macdonald knew this and he needed the Maritimes to agree with him.
		John A. Macdonald had many ideas about Canada becoming a country instead of just being a bunch of British colonies.
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	Macdonald, Sir John Alexander
		Macdonald, Sir John Alexander (1815-1891), a Canadian statesman.
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		He was born at Glasgow, Scotland, January 11, 1815, and died in Ottawa, Ontario, June 6, 1891.
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	Sir John A. Macdonald (1815-1891) : Library of Congress Citations
		Control No.: 90154759 Title: Sir John A. Macdonald, 1815-1891 : a remembrance to mark the centennial of his death, 6 June 1891/ compiled by Margaret M. Cohoe.
		Sir John A. Macdonald (1815-1891) : Library of Congress Citations
		Title: Sir John A. Macdonald : the man and the politician / Donald Swainson.
	www.mala.bc.ca /~mcneil/cit/citlcmacjohn1.htm

	MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Sir John Alexander Macdonald
		Sir John Alexander Macdonald was the first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada, from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891.
		MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Sir John Alexander Macdonald
		; Ontario (province, Canada); Hudson’s Bay Company; Macdonald, Sir John Alexander; Canada
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	Sir John A. Macdonald Day and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day Act
		Sir John A. Macdonald Day and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day Act (2002, c.
		WHEREAS Sir John Alexander Macdonald was born on January 11, 1815;
		This Act may be cited as the Sir John A. Macdonald Day and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day Act.
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	On Canadian Confederation by Sir John Alexander Macdonald. Great Britain: III. (1865-1906). Vol. V. Bryan, William Jennings, ed. 1906. The World's Famous Orations
		Delivered in the Parliament of Canada in February, 1865, Macdonald (not yet Sir John) being then attorney-general.
		On Canadian Confederation by Sir John Alexander Macdonald.
		But we may be permitted to hope that when the union takes place, and we become the great country which British North America is certain to be, it will be an object worthy the ambition of the statesmen of England to be charged with presiding over our destinies.
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	Anecdote - Sir John Alexander MacDonald - Drunkard Macdonald
		MacDonald, Sir John Alexander (1815-1891) Scottish-born Canadian statesman, first prime minister of Canada (1867-73, 1878-91)
		"A common story, resting upon no adequate authority, is that a short-hand writer once undertook to make a verbatim report of a speech which [Canadian prime minister Sir John A. Macdonald] delivered at Kingston.
		[On another occasion, Macdonald was scheduled to speak at a town on Lake Huron, "but he was so long in sleeping off the consequences that the vessel on which he was a passenger dared not put into the harbour."]
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: John MacDonald
		The MacDonalds of Glenaladale are the senior cadet branch of the MacDonalds of Clanranald, and Captain MacDonald was chosen "Tanister" or second in command to, and representative of, his chief.
		The Catholic Jacobite was cruelly persecuted, and Alexander MacDonald of Boisdale, South Uist, a former Catholic, outdid others in severity by compelling his tenants either to renounce their faith or lose their land and homes.
		Captain MacDonald and his men fought so well for the king that he was offered the governorship of Prince Edward Island, but the Test Act being still in force, he could not, as a Catholic comply with the statutory conditions.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09489a.htm

	Sir John Alexander MacDonald
		Lawyer and Conservative MLA for the Province of Canada from 1844, Sir John Alexander MacDonald was Canada's first Prime Minister from July 1, 1867 to November 5, 1872.
		He was re-elected on October 17, 1878 and served until his death on June 6, 1891.
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	Sir John A. Macdonald Webpage
		Sir John A. Macdonald was the Dominion of Canada's first prime minister.
		Sir John Alexander MacDonald, People Who Made the West
		He was the most important Father of Confederation, who was able to bridge the gap between English and French Canadians to found a federal constitutional monarchy, stretching from sea to sea.
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	Anecdote - Sir John Alexander MacDonald - John A. Macdonald
		MacDonald, Sir John Alexander (1815-1891) Scottish-born Canadian statesman, first prime minister of Canada (1867-73, 1878-91)
		As former Toronto Globe editor Sir John Willison recalled in his memoirs, "he had been absent from duty for a week; public business was delayed, and the Governor-General became impatient.
		While serving as Attorney-General for Upper Canada in the early 1860s, John A. Macdonald lived in Quebec.
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