Personal life of sir john a macdonald
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The Private Man
Sir John A. MACDONALD, Canada’s first prime minister, was described by its fourth prime minister, Sir John Sparrow David THOMPSON, as the country’s “father and founder.” Macdonald’s biographers, J. K. Johnson and P. B. Waite, characterize him in this way:
“Macdonald had an elasticity of mind and range of information rare in Canada and unusual anywhere. He joined to that a huge and irreverent sense of humour. He wore the dignity of his office, well and good; he had style, manners, and vocabulary, but they were often a mask and the real Macdonald would show through it, especially if he caught the eye of an old friend. With his friends, he rarely worried about being what later Victorians might have called respectable. He was never a later Victorian anyway. When his affairs were in a tangle, when he was depressed, when he was unable to put things off, he might get drunk: more often he would open up the truth in conversation. He often discovered that talk suggested, to his fertile mind, some way of escape.”
Macdonald was born in Scotland in 1815 and immigrated, at the age of five, with his family to Upper Canada. He had a difficult family life. His first marriage was to his cousin Isabella Clark, and they ha
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John A. Macdonald
Prime Minister of Canada (1867–1873; 1878–1891)
This article is about the Canadian prime minister. For people with similar names, see John Macdonald (disambiguation) and John Alexander Macdonald (disambiguation).
The Right Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald GCB PC QC | |
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Macdonald, c. 1875 | |
| In office 17 October 1878 – 6 June 1891 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governors General | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Mackenzie |
| Succeeded by | John Abbott |
| In office 1 July 1867 – 5 November 1873 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Governors General | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Mackenzie |
| In office 1 July 1867 – 6 June 1891 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | John Abbott |
| In office 1867 – 6 June 1891 | |
| 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 |
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