John Alexander Macdonald

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
gptkbp:awards Order of the Bath
Honorary_Doctorate_from_Queen's_University
Honorary_Doctorate_from_University_of_Toronto
gptkbp:birthDate January 11, 1815
gptkbp:children gptkb:John_A._Macdonald_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate May 6, 1891
gptkbp:education gptkb:Kingston_Grammar_School
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Alexander Macdonald
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Canadian_Confederation
Canadian_politics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_A._Macdonald_Sr.
gptkb:George_Brown
gptkbp:knownFor Father of Confederation
gptkbp:nationality Canadian
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:British_North_America_Act,_1867
gptkb:Canadian_Pacific_Railway
National Policy
gptkbp:occupation Lawyer
gptkbp:office gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_Canada
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Glasgow,_Scotland
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Ottawa,_Ontario,_Canada
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Conservative_Party_of_Canada
gptkbp:politicalPosition Minister of Justice
Minister of Militia and Defence
Minister of Railways and Canals
Member_of_Parliament
Leader_of_the_Conservative_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Alexander_Mackenzie
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Confederation_of_Canada
gptkb:Canadian_government
gptkb:British_Empire
Colonial politics
19th-century politics
Canadian_history
Indigenous_relations_in_Canada
Economic_development_in_Canada
Railway_expansion_in_Canada
Immigration_policy_in_Canada
Political_legacy_in_Canada
gptkbp:religion Anglican
gptkbp:signature John_A._Macdonald_signature
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Isabella_Clark
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Sir_John_Thompson
gptkbp:termEnd April 5, 1873
May 6, 1891
gptkbp:termStart July 1, 1867
October 17, 1878