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Introduction. A master of the art of compromise and a brilliant tactical politician, Sir John A. Macdonald played a pivotal role in the formation, consolidation, and expansion of the Canadian confederation. His career generated – and continues to generate – considerable controversy. Macdonald has been revered as “the man who made Canada ...
Macdonald was chosen as the obvious man to become the first Prime Minister and was proclaimed Knight Commander of the Bath and hence became Sir John A. Macdonald. On July 1 st, 1867 Sir John A. Macdonald and his wife led the ceremonies which official oversaw the birth of Canada in the sleepy lumber tow of Ottawa.
Sir John A. Macdonald is remembered for his role in the expansion of Canada’s boundaries from sea to sea, the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the creation of the North-West Mounted Police, and the development of a National Policy that levied high tariffs on imported goods to shield Canadian manufacturers from American competition.
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC (Can), QC (11 January 1815 – 6 June 1891), was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career which spanned almost half a century
31 de jul. de 2013 · Sir John Alexander Macdonald, premier ministre du Canada de 1867 à 1873 et de 1878 à 1891, avocat, homme d’affaires, politicien (né le 10 ou 11 janvier 1815 à Glasgow, en Écosse; décédé le 6 juin 1891 à Ottawa, en Ontario). John A. Macdonald a été le premier premier ministre du Canada et le deuxième premier ministre à avoir été ...
modifier. John Alexander Macdonald, né le 11 janvier 1815 à Glasgow en Écosse et mort le 6 juin 1891 à Ottawa au Canada, est un avocat, juriste et homme d'État canadien-anglais. Il est le premier titulaire de la fonction de premier ministre du Canada ( 1867 - 1873, 1878 - 1891) et l'un des principaux pères de la Confédération.
Nation-builder. Sir John A. Macdonald was the chief architect of modern Canada. In his youth, British North America was a patchwork of separate colonies; by the time of his death, Canada stretched from sea to sea. Shrewd and charismatic, Macdonald persuaded New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to join Québec and Ontario in forming Confederation in 1867.
