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Sir John Alexander Macdonald[a] PC GCB QC (10 or 11 January 1815[b] – 6 June 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada (1867–1873, 1878–1891). The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career which spanned almost half a century.
The Right Honourable
Sir John A. Macdonald
PC GCB QC
Photograph of Macdonald circa 1875 by George Lancefield.
Macdonald c. 1875
1st Prime Minister of Canada
In office
17 October 1878 – 6 June 1891
Monarch
Victoria
Governor General
The Earl of Dufferin
Marquess of Lorne
The Marquess of Lansdowne
The Lord Stanley of Preston
Preceded by
Alexander Mackenzie
Succeeded by
John Abbott
In office
1 July 1867 – 5 November 1873
Monarch
Victoria
Governor General
The Viscount Monck
The Lord Lisgar
The Earl of Dufferin
Preceded by
Office established
(see Canadian Confederation)
Succeeded by
Alexander Mackenzie
Joint-Premier of the Province of Canada
In office
30 May 1864 – 30 June 1867
Monarch
Victoria
Preceded by
John Sandfield Macdonald
Succeeded by
Position abolished
In office
6 August 1858 – 24 May 1862
Monarch
Victoria
Preceded by
George Brown
Succeeded by
John Sandfield Macdonald
In office
24 May 1856 – 2 August 1858
Monarch
Victoria
Preceded by
Allan MacNab
Succeeded by
George Brown
Personal details
Born
John Alexander Mcdonald[a]
10 or 11 January 1815[b]
Glasgow, Scotland
Died
6 June 1891 (aged 76)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Cause of death
Stroke
Resting place
Cataraqui Cemetery
Political party
Conservative
Other political
affiliations
Upper Canada Tory (1843–1867)
Great Coalition (1864–1867)
Liberal-Conservative (1867–1873)
Spouse(s)
Isabella Clark
(m. 1843; died 1857)
Agnes Bernard
(m. 1867; his death 1891)
Children
3 (including Hugh John Macdonald)
Education
Apprenticeship
Profession
Lawyer, politician
Signature
Military service
Nickname(s)
"Old Tomorrow"
"The Old Chieftain"
Allegiance
Province of Upper Canada
Branch/service
Loyalist militia
Years of service
1837
Rank
Private
Battles/wars
Upper Canada Rebellion
Cabinet offices held
Attorney General of Canada West (1854–1862, 1864–1867)
Minister of Militia and Defence for the Province of Canada (1860–1867)
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (1867–1873)
Minister of the Interior (1878–1883, 1888)
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1878–1887, 1888)
President of the Privy Council (1883–1889)
Minister of Railways and Canals (1889–1891)
Leadership offices held
Leader of the Conservative Party of Upper Canada (1858–1867)
Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1891)
Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition (1873–1878)
Parliamentary offices held
Member of the Parliament of the Province of Canada (1843–1867)
Member of the Parliament of Canada for Kingston (1867–1878, 1887–1891)
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Marquette (1878)
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Victoria (1878–1882)
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Lennox (1882)
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Carleton (1882–1887)
Answer:
Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family immigrated to Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). As a lawyer he was involved in several high-profile cases and quickly became prominent in Kingston, which elected him in 1844 to the legislature of the Province of Canada. By 1857, he had become premier under the colony's unstable political system.
In 1864, when no party proved capable of governing for long, Macdonald agreed to a proposal from his political rival, George Brown, that the parties unite in a Great Coalition to seek federation and political reform. Macdonald was the leading figure in the subsequent discussions and conferences, which resulted in the British North America Act, 1867 and the birth of Canada as a nation on 1 July 1867. Macdonald was the first Prime Minister of the new nation, and served 19 years; only William Lyon Mackenzie King served longer.
In 1873, he resigned from office over a scandal in which his party took bribes from businessmen seeking the contract to build the Canadian Pacific Railway. However, he was re-elected in 1878, continuing until he died in office in 1891. Macdonald's greatest achievements were building and guiding a successful national government for the new Dominion, using patronage to forge a strong Conservative Party, promoting the protective tariff of the National Policy, and completing the railway. He fought to block provincial efforts to take power back from the national government in Ottawa. His most controversial move was to approve the execution of Métis leader Louis Riel for treason in 1885; it alienated many francophones from his Conservative Party.