. secondly 1890 Stella Macdonald, and they had a daughter; d. 21 March 1908 in Kingston

. Read seems to have preferred less partisan civic involvement. In 1856 Attorney General John A. Macdonald* appointed him to a

.” The year following this investigation, Strong, as a friend and legal adviser of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald

. Macdonald*. For example, in 1886 he pointed out to the commons the benefits of the National Policy for the agrarian community while loyally ignoring the design’s shortcomings. He was never slavish in

 A. Macdonald*, co-premier from 1856, did his best to attend to Lindsey’s

Macdonald*, provincial co-premier in 1862–64, whose Scottish brand of Catholicism and whose support for the principle of the double majority as a

 John A. Macdonald*’s government, which had thrown its full weight behind the prosecution. In a case in 1876 that reached back to

Macdonald and the following year they sent McKay to northern Manitoba, where it was hoped he could do “little or no harm.” Despite his numerous pleas for a transfer he remained the Indian agent in

Upper Canada’s separate schools, which passed on the strength of Lower Canadian votes [see Sir John A. Macdonald

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

. 16 Sept. 1875 in Toronto Margaret Josephine Macdonald, daughter of Donald Alexander Macdonald

Minister Sir John A. Macdonald* of 21 March, before the vote, explains his dilemma: “If I support the Government against

Railway were, however, consistently disallowed by the federal government [see Sir John A. Macdonald*]. Meanwhile

disappointments in securing patronage, Boyle eventually had the ear of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald* and those of his Irish

“the little Trickster.” And even Sir John A. Macdonald*, who was

government of Sir John A. Macdonald* disallowed legislation passed by the government of Premier John

with John Macdonald*, a leading Toronto wholesaler and a fellow Methodist. (Eaton had

Macdonald*, premier and attorney general of the province. Convention permitted the crown’s senior law officer to pursue a private practice and Macdonald retained his in Cornwall, which from 1868 became

. Macdonald*’s National Policy, both of which caused, among other things, an exodus of young Islanders to the United States: Through want and care

elected as an independent Conservative to represent Brandon City in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. A supporter of Hugh John Macdonald