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7 lis 2024 · Sir John Macdonald (born January 11, 1815, Glasgow, Scotland—died June 6, 1891, Ottawa, Ontario, Dominion of Canada) was the first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada (1867–73, 1878–91), who led Canada through its period of early growth.
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31 lip 2013 · Lord Monck, former Governor General of the Province of Canada and the first Governor General of the Dominion, appointed Macdonald as the first prime minister of Canada on 1 July 1867. Macdonald was also knighted (Knight Commander of the Bath), becoming Sir John A. Macdonald.
1 lut 2011 · In 1891, Conservative Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald won his final election as prime minister — successfully campaigning on the fear, real or imagined, that the Liberal promise of "unrestricted reciprocity" with the United States would lead to American annexation of Canada.
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, QC, DCL, LL.D (January 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891), was the first Prime Minister of Canada. He was one of the architects of Confederation in 1867, which created the Dominion of Canada, the first settler colony to be granted independence by the United Kingdom.
In 1867 he was elected its first prime minister. Though post-Confederation Canada was initially quite small, Macdonald sought to grow the country until it encompassed all of northern North America, and could thereby act as a counter-balance to the ever-expanding United States below.
In 1867, the British Parliament passed the British North America Act, setting July 1, 1867, as the date when the new nation of Canada would be born. Macdonald, the obvious choice for leadership, became Canada’s first Prime Minister and was knighted as Sir John A. Macdonald.
