From 1867 to 1896, Canada was mostly under a Conservative government, with one gap during 1873 to 1878 when Alexander Mackenzie and the Liberals led the country. During that stretch for the Conservatives, there would be five Conservative prime...
Today, we come to our third of four prime ministers who were in power for two years or less following the death of Sir John A. Macdonald and before the arrival of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. This time, its Mackenzie Bowell, a man who came to power...
With the death of Sir John A Macdonald, we begin a stretch of four prime ministers during the 1890s who all ruled for roughly one to two years on average. It was a chaotic time for the Conservative Party, which had lost its leader of decades and the...
In Canadian history, there have been two very famous Alexander Mackenzies. The first was a man who explored much of what would one day be Canada, and the first to accomplish the first east to west crossing of North America north of Mexico. That is...
His Life Every school child in Canada knows the name Sir John A. Macdonald. He is the first prime minister of our country and the man who helped, along with many others, move Canada towards Confederation. It would be incorrect to call him the Father...