Parte deKingston Picture collection
Head and shoulders profile of Sir. John A. Macdonald.
Parte deKingston Picture collection
Parte deKingston Picture collection
Portrait photo of Sir John A. Macdonald at age 45, taken in Napanee in 1860.
Parte deKingston Picture collection
Watercolour on card byunknown artist. The original is in a case with a lock of hair.
Parte deKingston Picture collection
Macdonald (1815-1891) was born in Glasgow but came to Upper Canada, with his parents in 1820. He was educated at the Royal Grammer School, Kingston and was called to the bar in 1836. In 1844 he was elected member of the Legislative Assembly for Kingston. He was Receiver-General in the Draper-Administration (1847-1848) and ten years later became Prime Minister in the Macdonald-Cartier ministry. He was the Dominions first Prime Minister. He married Isabelle Clarke (d.1848) and then Susan Agnes Bernard.
Parte deKingston Picture collection
Portrait photo of Sir John A. Macdonald.
Parte deKingston Picture collection
Portrait photo of Sir John A. Macdonald.
Parte deKingston Picture collection
Portrait photo of Sir John A. Macdonald at 65 years of age.
Parte deKingston Picture collection
Sir John A. Macdonald sitting on a couch and holding a stack of papers in one hand.
Parte deKingston Picture collection
Engraving captioned "RT. HON. SIR JOHN ALEXANDER MACDONALD 1867-1873".
Markwardt, H.