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| | Hugh John Macdonald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Honourable Sir Hugh John Macdonald, PC, BA (March 13, 1850– March 29, 1929) was the only surviving son of Sir John A. Macdonald and was a politician in his own right, serving as a member of the Canadian House of Commons and a federal cabinet minister, and briefly as premier of Manitoba. | | | Macdonald succeeded in passing a prohibition bill (known as the "Macdonald Act"), but was again prevailed upon to run for the federal Conservatives in the 1900 federal election. | | | Macdonald abandoned electoral politics after this loss, and returned to his law practice. |
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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 did prosper, becoming a lawyer in 1836 and earning the esteem of many in his defence of American raiders in the Rebellions of 1837. | | | They had two children: a son John who died at the age of one, and a second son Hugh John who went on to become premier of the Province of Manitoba. |
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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. | | | Macdonald held the office'of minister of militia jointly with that of attorney-general from January to May, 1862, and from August, 1865, until the union. | | | 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. |
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| | CBC.ca - The Greatest Canadian - Top Ten Greatest Canadians - Sir John A. Macdonald |
| | Macdonald was educated in the area's finest schools, and he established his own law practice in Kingston at the age of 19. | | | Macdonald was chosen to be its first Prime Minister and was proclaimed Knight Commander of the Bath, bestowing him the title of "Sir." Macdonald easily won the election in the summer of 1867. | | | Macdonald oversaw many changes in the 1850s: the state assumed responsibility for social welfare, standards were set for government institutions and places were constructed for the poor who had no means of support. |
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| | Science Fair Projects - John A. Macdonald |
| | 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 did prosper, becoming a lawyer in 1836 and earning the esteem of many in his defence of American raiders in the Rebellions of 1837. | | | 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. |
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| | Dictionary of Canadian Biography |
| | Macdonald, and Governor General Edmund Head*, but privately he was convinced that Browns impatience to seize office had led to the Reform downfall. | | | Sandfield accepted and was sworn in as attorney general west on 24 May 1862, with Sicotte as his associate (he had been passed over lest the British authorities be enraged because he had caused the militia bill to fail). | | | Sandfield was furious with Brown and the Grits and he vainly argued that the passage of Scotts bill did not really invalidate the double majority because his government retained the support of the two majorities. |
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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 on June 6, 1891. | | | Macdonald did prosper, becoming a lawyer in 1836 and earning the esteem of many in his defence of American raiders in the Rebellions of 1837. | | | 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. |
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| | John Sandfield Macdonald |
| | Macdonald passed his preliminary examination before the Law society, and in June, 1840, was admitted to the bar, and begum practice in Cornwall. | | | Macdonald, though regarded as a reformer during the greater part of his public life, never claimed political consistency, nor permitted his allegiance to party to influence his judgment or determine his actions. | | | Macdonald separated from his former political associates, and thenceforward acted as an independent reformer. |
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| | History - Sir John A. Macdonald |
| | Macdonald spoke of the advantages in strength that federation would bring, Cartier stressed the preservation of provincial rights, Brown pointed out the safeguards of an upper house on the lines of the U.S. Senate, (see Congress of the United States) and Galt explained the financial advantages of federation. | | | Macdonald's government fell in 1862 as an indirect result of the American Civil War. | | | Macdonald was called to the bar a year later. |
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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 entered politics in 1844, when he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada as the Conservative member for Kingston. | | | Macdonald's last election, in the spring of 1891, gave him a 27-seat working majority. |
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| | 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 |
| | Macdonald held the office'of minister of militia jointly with that of attorney-general from January to May, 1862, and from August, 1865, until the union. | | | 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. | | | 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. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Sir John MacDonald |
| | Macdonald was called to the bar a year later. | | | The election of 1848 swept a rival party, the Reformers, into office, and Macdonald was one of the few Conservatives to retain his seat. | | | Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1815. |
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| | Macdonald family members |
| | Hugh was born on March 13, 1850 to Isabella and John Alexander Macdonald. | | | It was Macdonald and this resulted in his retirement as an elected politician. | | | It was a battle royal between Sifton (the Minister of the Interior and a powerful political force in the Liberal party) and Macdonald (son of the former prime minister, the former Minister of the Interior, and the freshly elected premier of Manitoba), but in the end one man had to lose. |
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| | 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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| | The Scot in British North America - Chapter VII. The Dominion from 1867 to 1882. Part A |
| | William John Macdonald, Senator from British Columbia, can boast descent from the Lord of the Isles. | | | John Sutherland served as a member of the Assiniboine Council from 1866 until the annexation of the territories of Canada. | | | John McMurrich, who had previously represented the Division, at first intended to contest it, but retired before the day of nomination. |
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| | John Alexander Macdonald was born at Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Hugh Macdonald and Helen Shaw. | | | It was because of his role in Confederation that Macdonald was asked to be the first prime minister of the new Dominion government, a position he would hold almost continuously for the rest of his life. | | | Macdonald, while defeated in Kingston, was later elected in Victoria, British Columbia and Marquette, Manitoba (he chose to represent Victoria). |
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| | MacDonald john S., Sketch |
| | John Sandfield Macdonald was born at St. Raphael, Glengarry, a county in which that surname is by no means uncommon on December 12th, 1812. | | | As Confederation approached, Sandfield took a strong stand in opposition to it and to its chief proponent, John A. Macdonald. | | | Macdonald was called to the Bar in 1840 and set up practice in Cornwall. |
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| | CHARLES BRAY's LiveJournal |
| | Toronto: Charles Bray took this picture of the monument of Sir John Alexander Macdonald [January 11th 1815- June 6th 1891] in which he was as the first Prime Minister of Canada from July 1st 1867- November 5th 1873, and in October 17th 1878-June 6th 1891. | | | A Reformer and advocate of responsible government, Macdonald served in all eight Assemblies of the United Province of Canada and in several pre-confederation administrations including a period as co-premier of the United Province from 1862 to 1864. | | | Macdonald did prosper, becoming a lawyer in 1836 and earning the esteem of many in his defense of American raiders in the Rebellions of 1837. |
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| | Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online |
| | Macdonald had been caught, as he admitted, between the devil and the deep blue sea, between his role as a British commissioner and as Canadian prime minister. | | | Macdonald insisted, and got his way, that the priority should be a union of all the provinces. | | | Macdonald spoke first, beginning a process that was to culminate with the passage of the British North America Act three years later. |
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| | Sir John A Macdonald |
| | 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. | | | The leaders of the movement, with John A MacDonald at the forefront sailed to Prince Edward Island in 1864 and meet with the maritime leaders who themselves were looking at their own union. | | | MacDonald appointed William McDougal as the Lieutenant Governor of the huge territory and he set out for the Red River settlement to establish his authority. |
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| | John Sandfield Macdonald -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Macdonald, John A. The first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald held that office from 1867 to 1873 and again from 1878 to 1891. | | | MacDonald, John D. American fiction writer whose mystery and science-fiction works were published in more than 70 books. | | | Macdonald was called to the bar in 1840, and the next year he was elected to the Canadian Parliament for Glengarry, a seat he held for 16 years. |
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| | Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba |
| | Hugh John Macdonald became Premier following in the 1899 election, but resigned shortly thereafter to re-enter federal politics. | | | The next year, Hugh John Macdonald (son of former Prime Minister John A. Macdonald) became the party's official leader, while Roblin continued to lead the opposition in parliament. | | | John Thomas Haig subsequently became their parliamentary leader, and Fawcett Taylor was chosen as the official party leader in early 1922. |
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| | Macdonald, Sir John Alexander on Encyclopedia.com |
| | MACDONALD, SIR JOHN ALEXANDER [Macdonald, Sir John Alexander] 1815-91, Canadian statesman, first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada, b. | | | 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. | | | Macdonald was the most potent figure in bringing about confederation (1867) of the provinces as the Dominion of Canada. |
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| | Sir John A. Macdonald - Canadian Confederation |
| | John Alexander Macdonald was born at Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Hugh Macdonald and Helen Shaw. | | | It was because of his role in Confederation that Macdonald was asked to be the first prime minister of the new Dominion government, a position he would hold almost continuously for the rest of his life. | | | Macdonald, while defeated in Kingston, was later elected in Victoria, British Columbia and Marquette, Manitoba (he chose to represent Victoria). |
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| | Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online |
| | Macdonald had been caught, as he admitted, between the devil and the deep blue sea, between his role as a British commissioner and as Canadian prime minister. | | | Macdonald insisted, and got his way, that the priority should be a union of all the provinces. | | | Macdonald spoke first, beginning a process that was to culminate with the passage of the British North America Act three years later. |
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| | Macdonald, Sir John Alexander on Encyclopedia.com |
| | 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. | | | Macdonald was the most potent figure in bringing about confederation (1867) of the provinces as the Dominion of Canada. | | | 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. |
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