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JOHN SANDFIELD MACDONALD (1812-1872)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 212 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN SANDFIELD See also:MACDONALD (1812-1872)  , See also:Canadian statesman, was See also:born at St See also:Raphael, Glengarry See also:county, See also:Ontario, on the 12th of See also:December 1812 . He was admitted to the See also:bar in 1840, and settled in See also:Cornwall . In the same See also:year he married See also:Miss Waggaman, the daughter of an See also:American senator from See also:Louisiana . In 1841 he was elected to-the Canadian See also:parliament for Glengarry, which seat he held for sixteen years . In 1842 he joined the Reformers in the cry for constitutional See also:government, and from 1852 to 18J4 was See also:Speaker of the See also:house . He was always uncertain in his party See also:allegiance, and often attacked See also:George See also:Brown, the Liberal See also:leader . Indeed, he well described himself as " the See also:Ishmael of parliament." In 1862 he was called on by See also:Lord Monck, the See also:governor-See also:general, to See also:form a See also:ministry, which by manifold shifts held See also:office till See also:February 1864 . In the debates on federation he opposed the measure, but on its passage was in 1867 entrusted by the Conservatives with the task of organizing the provincial government of Ontario . He ruled the See also:province with See also:economy and efficiency, but was defeated in December 1871 by the Liberals, resigned the premier-See also:ship, and died on the 1st of See also:June 1872 .

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