Sir john a macdonald biography of donald

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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 conversatio

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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
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 offic