John A. D. McDonald

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Liberal-Conservative_Party
gptkbp:awards Order of the Bath
gptkbp:birthDate 1820-04-12
gptkbp:children gptkb:George_McDonald
gptkb:Margaret_McDonald
gptkb:John_A._D._McDonald_Jr.
gptkbp:contribution Immigration policies
Economic_development_of_Canada
Development_of_Western_Canada
Expansion_of_Canada
gptkbp:controversy Indigenous relations
Residential schools policy
gptkbp:deathDate 1890-06-15
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:John_Alexander_Douglas_McDonald
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:Architect_of_Canadian_Confederation
First Prime Minister of Canada
Advocate for railway expansion
Key_figure_in_Canadian_history
Influential_in_shaping_Canadian_federalism
Pioneer_of_Canadian_politics
Promoter_of_Canadian_nationalism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John A. D. McDonald
gptkbp:influenced Canadian_politics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Thomas_D'Arcy_McGee
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Confederation_of_Canada
gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Railway
gptkbp:legacy Father of Confederation
gptkbp:nationality Canadian
Scottish
gptkbp:notableWork National Policy
gptkbp:occupation Politician
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Glasgow,_Scotland
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Ottawa,_Ontario,_Canada
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Conservative_Party_of_Canada
gptkbp:politicalRole 1844
1891
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_Canada
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Alexander_Mackenzie
gptkbp:religion Presbyterianism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Ottawa,_Ontario,_Canada
gptkbp:signature Signature_of_John_A._D._McDonald
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Isabella_Clark
gptkbp:successor gptkb:John_Abbott
gptkbp:termEnd 1873-10-06
1891-04-05
gptkbp:termStart 1867-07-01
1878-10-17