John.A.Macdonald
A leader is emotionally stable,competitive, enthusiastic, mature, responsible, empathetic and spontaneous. All those characteristics make a great leader and a lot of those make john.a.macdonald the best prime minister to Canada also father of the confederation.
John.A.Macdonald was born on January 11, 1815, in Glasgow,Scotland. Early in his life, he became a lawyer's apprentice later on he became a lawyer himself. Soon he became a business owner and then he thought that since he knew so much about business and law making a transition to politics is a good idea.he started politics in 1843 as the representative for Kingston.he took part in making the liberal and conservative party.in 1844 he became a part of the conservative party. In
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One of his big mistakes was the scandal of the pacific railway. The Pacific Scandal was a political scandal in Canada involving allegations of bribes being accepted by 150 members of the Conservative members in the attempts of interests to influence the bidding for a national rail contract.he also made a very controversial decision to approve the execution if the first nations metis leader Louis-riel. There were allegations that john.a.macdonald and Louis-riel were enemies but killing someone like that is not right. It was also said that john had a very bad temper, drank heavily and was allegedly racist. Even though mr.macdonald had many mistakes and bad qualities he still has many good qualities. He was very devoted to his family and his disabled daughter and he was determined to make the french Canadians work with the English to make an amazing nation. He was really tenacious,competitive, spontaneous and very empathetic. Some great achievements he had were promoting the tax of the national policy,building the pacific railway (even if there were scandals) and his great speeches that were sometimes 5 hours
Tommy Douglas was a remarkable Canadian whose contributions have helped to shape our nation. During his forty two years in politics, Tommy Douglas proved himself to be an outstanding Canadian leader. He is largely responsible for our central banking, old age pensions, unemployment insurance, and our universal medicare. Though he never became Prime Minister, he is highly regarded by the general public. Tommy Douglas was one of the greatest Canadians that ever lived.
Lastly, Sir John A. Macdonald’s large significance in Canadian history has a lot to do with his belief for confederation, and his effort to bring Canada together as a country. Macdonald joined the Great Coalition as the leader of the Conservative party in Canada West. Furthermore, during the conferences leading up to confederation, Macdonald fought for a joined Canada. Additionally, he helped convince leaders of the separate colonies in Canada to unite together. By doing this, he helped establish the country that we know today and made
Many individuals appear to have honourable intentions but often their objectives are flawed. John Strachan lived through and influenced many key events of Canadian history. He was a highly esteemed teacher of wealthy Loyalist children, a pastoral leader during the War of 1812, a supporter of education, a member of the government, he played a prime role in the Rebellions of 1837 and he eventually rose to become the first Bishop of Toronto. John Strachan had a highly Loyalist view towards the governing of Upper Canada; he was especially faithful to the betterment of the Church of England. Strachan was in favour of a purely British Upper Canada or at least one run according to British standards. Although Strachan believed that the best way was the British way, many individuals in Upper Canada disagreed. Strachan's attempts to monopolize all opportunities in favour of the British caused public uproar and debate. His controversial role in government was regarded by some as unnecessary and ungodly since he was a supposed man of God. His manipulation of events were protested but usually accepted; his skills of influencing were uncontested. John Strachan used his powerful status to negatively influence Upper Canadian society. John Strachan's harmful intentions are evident in his supporting of the monopolization of the clergy reserves, controlling of non-British immigration, lobbying strictly for Anglican education in schools, his manipulation of the government and his poor reputation amongst the public.
William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada’s longest serving prime minister, is known for both the great contributions he brought to Canada and for the scandals he was involved in. The one event that makes him most famous to Canadians is the King-Byng Affair of 1926. During this event, Mackenzie King asked Lord Byng to dissolve parliament in order to force a new election as he had lost with a minority. Because King’s intentions were to regain a majority government, Byng refused out of distrust for King’s plans and King was replaced in power by the Conservatives. While William Lyon Mackenzie King’s actions were in accordance with all the laws regarding his power as Prime Minister, he acted for selfish reasons thus putting him in the wrong. Mackenzie King’s and Lord Byng’s histories will be quickly analyzed to understand their actions in the affair. Right after, King’s options and reasons for dissolving parliament will be analyzed. Thirdly, Byng’s options and reasons for refusing King’s request will be researched. Once enough evidence has been collected, the end results of this affair will be discussed and the conclusion as to whether or not King was right to go against responsible government will be made.
“Let us be English or let us be French . . . and above all let us be Canadians.” Born on January 11, 1815, in Glascow, Scotland, Sir John A. Macdonald became the first prime minister of Canada and one of the most transcendent that Canada has ever seen. He immigrated to Canada in 1820, at the age of five, where his family, including his mother, father and two siblings, settled in Kingston, Ontario. He spent his childhood studying at the Midland District Grammar School, where he developed his passion for the English language and at the same time, realizing his new dream of becoming a lawyer. He was unable to attend university as a result of the financial problems within his family; however, that did not stop him from achieving his goal. At the age of fifteen, Sir John A. Macdonald entered a law office as a junior and as a result of his perseverance and dexterous personality, he was called to the bar in 1836. He then began his law practice with extensive success as a commercial lawyer in Toronto and Kingston. His commendable efforts as a lawyer were well recognized by many and he became extensively popular and was regarded as a positive leader that could make a difference. By 1844, he was elected to represent Kingston in the Legislative Assembly of Canada. In 1854, he helped create the Conservative party and on July 1, 1867, the day of Confederation, he became Canada’s first prime minister. Sir John A. Macdonald contributed to Canadian history in a significant way as his actions had a positive impact on Canada, which helped it develop and prosper.
The Conservatives, still lead by John A. Macdonald, were re-elected in 1879 for economic reasons that we shall discuss in the next lecture. They came to an agreement in 1880 with a Montreal based group to build a transcontinental railway from Montreal to Vancouver by 1891 in exchange for the following subsidies.
"It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government." (Mackenzie King august 26, 1936) This statement sums up the best secrets of Mackenzie King's success as prime minister, and perhaps, the key to governing Canada effectively. King's record of prime minister is sometimes difficult to judge. He had no uninteresting images, he gave no repetitive speeches, and he champions no drastic stage. He is remembered for his easygoing, passive compromise and conciliation (Gregory, page 267). Yet Mackenzie King led Canada for a total of twenty-two years, through half the Depression and all of the Second World War. Like every other prime minister, he had to possess ambition, endurance and determination to become prime minister and, in spite if appearances, his accomplishments in that role required political acuity, decisiveness and faultless judgment.
Sir John A. Macdonald was one of Canada's founding fathers. He is most remembered as being Canada's first Prime Minister, running the government from July 1, 1867 until November 5, 1873. Macdonald would become Prime Minister once again on October 17, 1878 and would stay in this position until June 6,1891. While he was leader of the country he faced his own share of political obstacles, including Confederation, the Metis rebellion and threats of an American he is among the greatest leaders Canada has ever seen and played a significant part in the forming of Canada as a country.
The importance of this controversy is tremendous. Especially because he was the first prime minister of Canada, I feel as if he set an example for the future leaders and important people of Canada. The Impacts his actions left on people regardless of race were, and still are huge. Without John A, Canada would not be a thing, or at least be like it is today. He led the nation to confederation, and did wonderful things for the country, not all the citizens, and not in the most humane of ways. John had a vision for Canada: a pure country, and his definition of pure would be white (caucasian). Going by racial standard back in the 1800’s,
William Lyon Mackenzie King was one of the greatest prime ministers in Canada, although he did not give a fascinating speech or had an exciting image and supported few radical policies . King’s opinions were very strong and would not be changed no matter what. No one could influence King and this was shown through his leadership during the Great Depression and the election in 1930.
He may have truly believed that indigenous people were savages at the time. Other than the belligerent view of Macdonald, he had also contributed a great amount to the country of Canada. “He played a key role in the confederation”,which created the independent country of Canada. Due to the confederation, he was also named Prime Minister which resulted in many positive things for Canadian society. One of the things that he accomplished was the Canadian Pacific Railway. Macdonald was a key part of the creation of the long and expensive project as “he agreed to introduce legislation for the further financial support of the railway”. Due to his dedication, he united different parts of Canada and also allowed people to begin living on the west coast of Canada. Other than providing Canadians with nationwide transportation, Macdonald was also able to offer the country national protection by creating the North-West Mounted Police, later renamed Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Also, while Indigenous people were originally given the ability to vote in 1960, Macdonald proposed this nearly 60 years earlier. Along with pushing for Indigenous voting rights, “In the 1880s, Macdonald became ‘the first national leader in the world to attempt to grant women the vote,’ wrote biographer Richard
Mackenzie King was the longest serving Prime Minister of Canada (Neatby, 2005). For many King was a great and effective Prime Minister. But for others, he was ineffective due to his “5 cent speech”, racist behavior and lastly for his strong spiritual beliefs. Therefore this makes William Lyon Mackenzie King to be an ineffective Prime Minister of Canada from the years 1921-1929.
John A. Macdonald became well known for the way he treated people. He was kind
In my opinion, being a good leader firstly he should be able to take full advantage of favorable circumstance, able to rule the country under a chaotic situation. Besides he made attractive promises to gain popular support, skilled in using of propaganda, amoral. Moreover he should have the organizational ability and has the ambition to make his country powerful in the world. In addition, he could use his words to twist and manipulate the minds of people into believing that what he was saying. Using this power, he could get people to do anything for him, which prove his amorality. He should be skillful in carry out successful policy to bring the country to economic prospect, since economy is very important to a country.
What makes a good leader? What makes a good leader is having the experience, knowledge, and skills to undertake the tasks and responsibilities.A leader would work toward their goals and succeed. There are many different characteristics to become a leader “Leadership is the art of leading others to deliberately create a result that wouldn’t have happened otherwise” (Search Inside Yourself). This is a great definition of being a leader and how they should rule. Some leaders can either have all or only some qualities to become a good leader.