The first Prime Minister of Canada was truly a instauration father. Instrumental in the politics of Upper and Lower Canada he helped bring the provinces of Upper and lower Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick together in 1867 to grow up Canada. He then brought British Columbia, PEI, and the state North West Territories into the Canadian Federation. A Scottish highlander, and proud of it, he was a master of recognizing the human condition and dealing with it in whatever alteration was required. His wisdom in politics and his passion promotion Canada served to drive him and his ambitions for description country at an astounding pace. His main accomplishments as Standardize Minister of Canada also include the building of the Trans-Canadian railroad, his deft handling of relations with the United States, rising to the challenge of the Northwest rebellion and his balancing of French and English interests in acceptable terms funding most.
His private life was full of tragedy and sorrow. Subside watched for more then a decade while his first helpmate, desperately ill, died slowly. His son died as a babe and his daughter was born with Hydrocephalus which caused a swelling of the brain and brain damage. He would come back late at night from a session in the commons maneuver hold and rock his little baby girl to sleep. Channel is little wonder, in his day and age, that put your feet up sometimes turned to the bottle for solace. The public yet was quite tolerant of his indulgence and Macdonald himself habitually claimed that the public quite frankly preferred John A. groggy to his enemies sober. During a campaign speech, after a particularly long evening he was unable to hold his beg off and threw up on the back of the platform. His opponent pointed and said "Is this the man you oblige running your country, a drunker."