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31 de jul. de 2013 · Sir John Alexander Macdonald, prime minister of Canada 1867–73 and 1878–91, lawyer, businessman, politician (born 10 or 11 January 1815 in Glasgow, Scotland; died 6 June 1891 in Ottawa, ON). John A. Macdonald was Canada’s first and second-longest serving prime minister (19 years). He set wide-ranging policies that continue to influence ...
18 de dic. de 2020 · The first, John, was born in New York in August of 1847 but the child died 13 months later. Macdonald never appeared to get over the death of John and until the day he died, he kept a box of the child’s toys with him. The birth was difficult for Isabella as she was 39 at the time and needed several months of rest following the birth.
1 de jun. de 2013 · Dundurn, Jun 1, 2013 - Biography & Autobiography - 216 pages. A biography of Canada’s first prime minister, a legendary political strategist who helped found a new nation in 1867. Shocked by Canada’s 1837 rebellions, John A. Macdonald sought to build alliances and avoid future conflicts. Thanks to financial worries and an alcohol problem ...
18 de mar. de 2009 · Gwyn describes Macdonald as “Canada’s first anti-American.”. And in pages brimming with anecdote, insight, detail and originality, he has created an indelible portrait of “the irreplaceable man,”–the man who made us. “Macdonald hadn’t so much created a nation as manipulated and seduced and connived and bullied it into existence ...
Revelations of this scandal forced his resignation in 1873, and the brief term of Canada’s second prime minister, Alexander Mackenzie (1822-1892), but Macdonald was re-elected back to power in 1878, where he served four more terms until his death in 1891. Name: Sir John Alexander MacDonald. Born: January 11, 1815, Glasgow, Scotland.
13 de ene. de 2015 · John Alexander Macdonald, who was born in Glasgow's Merchant City 200 years ago, is little-known in the city of his birth but he is a household name to Canadians and is often referred to as the ...
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