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Sir John A. Macdonald 1815-1891

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted September, 2007

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This statue of Sir John stands at the southern end of Queen's Park. A plaque beneath it has this to say:

Coordinates: 43.660727 -79.390908

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Canada's first Prime Minister was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and immigrated with his family to Kingston, Upper Canada, in 1820. A successful lawyer, he was elected to the provincial legislature in 1844 and became leader of the Conservative Party. He played a leading role in the effort to achieve a federal union of Britain's North American colonies which resulted in the formation of the Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867. Macdonald served as Prime Minister, 1867-73 and 1878-91, and under his administration large territories were added to Canada, a transcontinental railroad built and settlement of the west encouraged. At his death Canada's autonomy, based on rapid economic development and a close British-Canadian relationship, was assured.

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Posted January 17, 2015
This week marks the bicentennial of John Macdonald's birth, commemorated with a postage stamp and coin, both issued in his hometown of Kingston on his birthday, January 11, 2015. The city continues celebrating, this year, including at Bellevue House National Historic Site, Macdonald's home in 1848-49.
Few figures in history attain the larger-than-life stature which is his; a mind which filled a nascent nation with dreams of the continental empire it would become. -Wayne

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