Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, QC, DCL, LL.D (January 11, 1815 - June 6, 1891) was the first Prime Minister of Canada. Macdonald's tenure in office spanned 19 years, making him the second longest serving Prime Minister of Canada. He is the only Canadian Prime Minister to win six majority governments and won praise for having helped forge a nation of sprawling geographic size, with two diverse European colonial origins, … Wikipedia
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Macdonald is considered to be one of the chief architects of Confederation. As leader of the Conservatives of Canada West he agreed to join the Great Coalition of 1864 whose aim was to achieve Confederation. His role in the several conferences prior to www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/federal/johna.htm
MACDONALD , Sir JOHN ALEXANDER , lawyer, businessman, and politician; b. 10Jan.1815 (the registered date) or 11Jan. www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40370
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Sir John A. MacDonald has been described as a pragmatic statesman, earning the title of Old Chieftain, and a procrastinating drunk with the nickname of Old Tomorrow. But there's no denying the legacy of Canada's first prime minister. He united the country archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-73-1456/politics_economy/prime_mini...
One of the greatest men in Canadian history, Sir John Macdonald, more than any other person was responsible for the Confederation of the provinces in 1867 to form the Dominion of Canada, as the nation's first Prime Minister. www3.sympatico.ca/sevenstar285/pages/sir_john.htm
Sir John A. MacDonald Birth: Jan. 11, 1815 Death: Jun. 6, 1891 First Prime Minister of Canada (1867-1873, 1878-1891) Conservative-Ontario. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2145