Sir John Alexander Macdonald was the first prime minister of Canada,serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation,he had a political career that spanned almost half a century.
Sir George-Étienne Cartier,1st Baronet,was a Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation. The English spelling of the name—George,instead of Georges,the usual French spelling—is explained by his having been named in honour of King George III.
Sir Riley Robert Archibald,more commonly known as Sir Adams George Archibald was a Canadian lawyer and politician,and a Father of Confederation. He was based in Nova Scotia for most of his career,though he also served as first Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba from 1870 to 1872.
Sir Oliver Mowat was a Canadian lawyer,politician,and Ontario Liberal Party leader. He served for nearly 24 years as the third premier of Ontario. He was the eighth lieutenant governor of Ontario and one of the Fathers of Confederation. He is best known for defending successfully the constitutional rights of the provinces in the face of the centralizing tendency of the national government as represented by his longtime Conservative adversary,John A. Macdonald. This longevity and power was due to his maneuvering to build a political base around Liberals,Catholics,trade unions,and anti-French-Canadian sentiment.
Donald Alexander Macdonald was a Canadian politician.
Events from the year 1867 in Canada.
Events from the year 1868 in Canada.
Dominick Edward Blake,known as Edward Blake,was the second premier of Ontario,from 1871 to 1872 and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1880 to 1887. He is one of only three federal permanent Liberal leaders never to become Prime Minister of Canada,the others being Stéphane Dion and the latter's immediate successor Michael Ignatieff. He may be said to have served in the national politics of what developed as the affairs of three nationalities:Canadian,British,and Irish. Blake was also the founder,in 1856,of the Canadian law firm now known as Blake,Cassels &Graydon LLP.
Sir James Pliny Whitney was a Canadian politician and lawyer in the province of Ontario. He served as Conservative member of the legislature for Dundas from 1888 and as the sixth premier of Ontario from 1905 until his death 1914. He is the only premier of Ontario to have died while in office.
The 1867 Canadian federal election was held from August 7 to September 20,1867,and was the first election for the new country of Canada. It was held to elect members representing electoral districts in the provinces of Nova Scotia,New Brunswick,Ontario and Quebec to the House of Commons of the 1st Canadian Parliament. The provinces of Manitoba (1870) and British Columbia (1871) were created during the term of the 1st Parliament of Canada and were not part of this election.
Sir Matthew Crooks Cameron,was a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1878. He represented the riding of Toronto East. He served in the cabinet of the first Premier,John Sandfield Macdonald. After Macdonald's defeat in 1871,he became leader of the Conservative Party and served as Leader of the Opposition until his retirement from politics in 1878. After the legislature,he served as Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas until his death in 1887. In 1887 he was made a Knight Bachelor.
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly are given royal assent by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario to become law. Together,the Legislative Assembly and Lieutenant Governor make up the unicameral Legislature of Ontario or Parliament of Ontario. The assembly meets at the Ontario Legislative Building at Queen's Park in the provincial capital of Toronto.
Alexander Morris was a Canadian politician. He served in the cabinet of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald (1869–1872),and was the second Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (1872–1877). He also served as the founder and first Lieutenant Governor of the District of Keewatin.
Luc Letellier de Saint-Just,was a Canadian politician. He also served as the third Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (1876–1879).
The 1st Parliament of Ontario was in session from September 3,1867,until February 25,1871,just prior to the 1871 general election. This was the first session of the Legislature after Confederation succeeding the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. The 1867 general election produced a tie between the Conservative Party led by John Sandfield Macdonald and the Liberal Party led by Archibald McKellar. Macdonald led a coalition government with the support of moderate Liberals.
Sir Antoine-AiméDorion was a French Canadian politician and jurist.
The Great Coalition was a grand coalition of political parties that brought an end to political deadlock in the Province of Canada. It existed from May 1864 until Confederation in 1867.
George Augustus Waggaman was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in Caroline County,Maryland,he completed preparatory studies under private tutors,studied law,and was admitted to the bar in Caroline County in 1811. He served in the War of 1812 under General Andrew Jackson at New Orleans and settled in Baton Rouge,Louisiana,commencing the practice of law in 1813. He was attorney general of the third district of Louisiana in 1813,judge of the third judicial circuit court in 1818,and assistant judge of the criminal court in New Orleans in 1819. He was interested in sugarcane growing and held the office of Secretary of State of Louisiana from 1830 to 1831.
William Durie Lyon was a merchant and political figure in Ontario,Canada.
This article is the Electoral history of Sir John A. Macdonald,the first Prime Minister of Canada.
