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First Step
At the year 1830, John A. Macdonald set foot to become a lawyer. He passed an examination set by The Law Society of Upper Canada and works for George Mackenzie as an apprentice. -
Becoming a Lawyer
Year 1836 he became a criminal lawyer. Macdonald joined many local organisations, seeking to become well known in the town. He also sought out high-profile cases. -
Rebellions of 1837
The rebellions of Upper and Lower Canada was the pea of MacDonald's legal career. This is because he was given the reputation of a conservative who was not afraid to battle for Liberal principles. -
Start to Politics
Macdonald announces his candidacy for the post of alderman. "alderman" is a member of a council in many jurisdiction founded by the English Law. Which he won against Colonel Jackson. -
Run for Legislative
Macdonald was asked by the local businessmen to stand as Conservative candidate for the upcoming legislative election. Macdonald followed the contemporary custom of supplying the voters with large quantities of alcohol and again that time Macdonald defeated his opponent, and the legislative assembly met in Montreal. -
Gaining Recognition
In 1847, William Henry appointed John A Macdonald to be the Receiver General -
Easily Re-elected
When elections were held in Dec 1848 and January 1849, Macdonald was easily re-elected for Kingston but the Conservatives lost seats and were forced to resign when the legislature reconvened in March 1848. -
Liberal-Conservatives
John helped with the founding of the liberal-conservative party in this year under the leadership of Sir Allan McNab. MacDonald did much of the work of putting the government together and served as Attorney General. -
Colonial Leader
John A Macdonald was appointed premiere to replace Sir Etienne-Paschal Tache. Leading the the Conservatives in a general election. Macdonald won the election in Kingston against John Shaw. However, some Conservatives did badly in Canada West and only French-Canadian support kept Macdonald in power. -
Macdonald's Downfall
The assembly voted to move the seats of government permanently to Quebec City but MacDonald had opposed. Using his power to reconsider the Assembly in 1857, he proposed that Queen Victoria decide which city should be Canada's Capital, and in February 1858 the Queen announced that Ottawa will be the Capital, much to dismay many legislators from both parts of the province. This cause MacDonald's Party members to vote for the address, and the government was defeated.Forcing MacDonald to resign -
George Brown's Perspective
Brown and his ministers also lost their seats in the Assembly by accepting office, and had to face by-elections, giving Macdonald a majority pending the by-elections. Sir Edmund Walker Head, the governor general Refused Brown's request for a dissolution of the Assembly, and Brown and his minister's resigned. -
America's Threat to Canada
The American Civil War led to fears in Canada that once the Americans had concluded their internal warfare, they would invade Canada again. In December 1863, Macdonald's returned to the office with Tache as totular premier. The Tache-Macdonald government was defeated in june. The parties were in deadlocked and the Province of Canada was dead. -
Confederation of Canada
George Brown joined with MacDonald's conservatives and George-Etienne Cartier's Parti Bleu to form the Great Coalition in this year. In October 1864 delegates from for confederation met in Quebec city for the Quebec Conference. -
Dominion Of Canada
Macdonald had favoured the union coming into force and in May 22, it was announced that the Dominion of Canada would come into existence on July 1. The Governor General appointed Macdonald to be the first prime minister. With the birth of Canada Canada east and Canada West became Quebec and Ontario. -
Challenges being the First Prime Minister
Macdonald and his government faced immediate problems in the first year because Canada's economic growth was quite slow at only 1% annually 1867–1896. Canada verged on stagnation so many residents emigrated to the United States, where growth was much more rapid but somehow manage to solve the problems through the help of the withdrawal of the Americans in 1866 from the Reciprocity Treaty. . MacDonald kept up his title being re-elected in 1871 and 1882. -
Taking Pacific Railway Bribe
In his second term as Prime Minister, John was accused of taking bribes to award contracts for the construction of the railway and was forced to resign. -
Third and Fourth Majorities
Part of the National Policy was implemented in the budget presented in February 1879. Under that budget, Canada became a high-tariff nation like the United States and Germany. The tariffs were designed to protect and build Canadian industry—finished textiles received a tariff of 34%, but the machinery to make them entered Canada free. in his third and fourth majorities MacDonald continued to fight for higher tariffs for the remainder of his life.
