Cartier*, the French Canadian Conservative leader, Ross broke with the government of Cartier and John A. Macdonald* over the
. Macdonald* were cemented by the National Policy, which placed no duty on imported wool but protected producers of woollen clothing. In 1891 Rosamond won the federal by-election in Lanark North; he sat in
. Macdonald*’s government, which had thrown its full weight behind the prosecution. In a case in 1876 that reached back to the Pacific Scandal and partisan allegations of electoral fraud, Robinson argued
adventure: the autobiography of Ralph Connor (New York, 1938; new ed., intro. Clara Thomas, Toronto, 1975). Catherine Macdonald, “James Robertson and Presbyterian Church extension in Manitoba
. Macdonald* had helped create a strong market for this wood-based industry, which was served by the same lumber mills as the contracting operations. In 1893 Rhodes, Curry acquired the Harris Car Works and
1856 Attorney General John A. Macdonald* appointed him to a commission to revise and consolidate the statutes of Upper Canada
Campbell*, his “good friend” and “ally” in the cabinet of Sir John A. Macdonald*. Provincially Rathbun backed the Liberal
Mowat and Sir John A. Macdonald* to adopt public health programs. This group, made up of both physicians and lay
Journal and proc. of the House of Assembly for 1883–86 and 1898–1909, and the Statutes for the same years. Important manuscript sources include some letters in the Macdonald papers at NA, MG
dsc in 1904, naming him Macdonald professor of botany. His career is remarkable for his work as an outstanding North American plant physiologist and palaeobotanist in the early decades after
Robertson* and philanthropist Sir William Christopher Macdonald*. Improvements to school grounds – the planting of
“L’Électeicr” (Québec, 1883). Marc La Terreur, “Armand Lavergne; son entrée dans la vie publique,” RHAF, 17 (1963–64): 42–45. J. A. Macdonald, Troublous times
Minister Sir John A. Macdonald*, who also held the portfolio of minister of the interior and was thus responsible for Indian
Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald* to persuade him to introduce legislation equivalent to the statute recently passed in
Chapleau and the government of Sir John A. Macdonald*; on the second, he saw the “Manitoban explosion” as nothing more than a
officer, and politician; b. 1 Jan. 1842 in Glen Donald, Charlottenburgh Township, Upper Canada, third of the seven children of Roderick McLennan and Hannah MacDonald; d. unmarried 8
department believed that he incited indigenous people to express dissatisfaction; in 1877, they gave his post to Allan Macdonald
as an independent Conservative to represent Brandon City in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. A supporter of Hugh John Macdonald
strength of Lower Canadian votes [see Sir John A. Macdonald*], helped to unite Brownite, Hincksite, and Clear Grit
MacDONALD, JAMES, Roman Catholic priest and educator; b. 12 May 1819 in