John A Macdonald

...''. Mr.Macdonald also used to say ''you caught more flies with honey than with vinegar and when he was mad he used to say skin your own skunks. Mr.Macdonald was knighted for his efforts in bringing confederation in canada and the realization of his dream to build a transcontinental railway which now has fixed his place in canadian history. Sir John A Macdonald got married to Isabella Clark Macdonald on September 1 1843. They got married in St.Andrews Curch. When they got married Sir John A Macdonald was 28 and Isabella Clark was 34 years old. Sir John A Macdonald used to call her Isa.SirJohn A Macdonald and Isa moved to a house on Brock street Kingston. King ston was a scottish byterian and conservitive town. Sir john a macdonald was a legislature before he became the prime minister of canada. Sir john a macdonald is the second son of Mr.Hugh Macdonald. When Mr.Macdonald was 16 years old his father took him out of schooland put him in a office of gearge mackenzie and that's when he applied himself at the stude of law. In 1844 Mr. Macdonald was elected for legig lature of Kingston defeating Mr.Manahan. Mr.Macdonald was was a brilliant and loved campaign leader.Mr.Macdonald was a staunch supporter of the conservitive party in power and and throughout the early 1860's supportedthe confederation movement.On July1867 the British Parliment passed the British North American act. This established the domini on of canada and allowed the canadian goverment to pass new laws. The ...

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