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'''[[John A. Macdonald]]''' (1815–91) was the first [[List of Prime Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister of Canada]]. The dominant figure of [[Canadian Confederation]], his political career spanned almost half a century, including almost 19 years as prime minister. Macdonald was born in Scotland; his family emigrated to [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]], [[Upper Canada]] (today in eastern Ontario) when he was a boy. He served in the legislature of the colonial [[Province of Canada]] and by 1857 had become premier under its unstable political system. When in 1864 no party proved capable of governing for long, Macdonald agreed to a proposal from his political rival, [[George Brown (Canadian politician)|George Brown]], that the parties unite in a [[Great Coalition]] to seek federation and political reform. A series of conferences resulted in the [[British North America Act, 1867|British North America Act]] and the birth of Canada as a nation on 1 July 1867. Macdonald became the first prime minister of the new nation, and served in that capacity for most of the remainder of his life, losing office for only five years in the 1870s over the [[Pacific Scandal]], involving bribery in the financing of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]. After regaining his position, he saw the railroad through to completion in 1885, a means of transportation and freight conveyance which helped unite Canada as one nation. ('''[[John A. Macdonald|more...]]''') |
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