{"id":14393,"date":"2026-01-10T14:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=14393"},"modified":"2026-01-11T11:29:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T16:29:57","slug":"sir-john-a-macdonald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=14393","title":{"rendered":"Sir John A. Macdonald"},"content":{"rendered":"

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John Alexander Macdonald was Canada\u2019s first Prime Minister, a Father of Confederation, and the greatest visionary leader of our fledgling nation state in the mid- to later-1800\u2019s. Canada grew under PM Macdonald\u2019s political acumen, stewardship and unwavering national vision to establish for its people a promising country with unlimited potential.<\/p>\n

In tribute to Sir John A. Macdoanld, this is By George Journal\u2019s menu of posts on the country\u2019s great prime minister.<\/p>\n

Learned Perspectives on Canada\u2019s First PM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In defence of Sir John A. Macdonald and his legacy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

10 Favourite Quotes of Sir John A. Macdonald<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Great Quotes of Sir John A. Macdonald<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Celebrating Sir John A. (PM Wilfred Laurier\u2019s observations<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Our lament for the accomplished life of Sir John A. Macdonald<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

3 favourite photos of Sir John A.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A favourite Sir John A. cartoon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s Prime Ministers on Politics (Sir John A.’s quips on politics<\/em>)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Chris George provides reliable PR & GR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer and experienced communicator? Call 613-983-0801 @<\/em>\u00a0CG&A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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  John Alexander Macdonald was Canada\u2019s first Prime Minister, a Father of Confederation, and the greatest visionary leader of our fledgling nation state in the mid- to later-1800\u2019s. Canada grew under PM Macdonald\u2019s political acumen, stewardship and unwavering national vision to establish for its people a promising country with unlimited potential. In tribute to Sir…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[35,29,32],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14393"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16368,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14393\/revisions\/16368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}