Sir John Macdonald: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified title of Web site: BBC News - John A Macdonald: Son of Glasgow, ‘Father of Canada’. Nov 10, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jun 02, 2026
Add new Web site: Electric Scotland - Sir John A MacDonald. Feb 26, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jan 07, 2026
Add new Web site: Open Library Publishing Platform - Canadian History: Post-Confederation - John A. Macdonald’s Canada. Dec 27, 2025
Add new Web site: National Historic Person - Sir John A. Macdonald (1815-1891). Oct 14, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC News - John A Macdonald: Son of Glasgow, ‘Father of Canada’. Apr 11, 2025
Add new Web site: CBC - John A. Macdonald. Feb 26, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Mar 22, 2024
Add new Web site: Marianopolis College - Quebec History - Sir John A. Macdonald. Mar 08, 2024
Add new Web site: BCcampus Open Publishing - Canadian History: Post-Confederation ? 2nd Edition - John A. Macdonald?s Canada. Apr 14, 2023
Add new Web site: Government of Canada - Library and Archives Canada - Sir John A. Macdonald. Nov 30, 2020
Add new Web site: Undiscovered Scotland - Biography of Sir John Alexander Macdonald. Jan 14, 2019
Add new Web site: Canada History - Biography of John Macdonald. May 05, 2017
Clarified that Macdonald's loyalty was to the British Empire rather than the Commonwealth. Jan 13, 2017
Add new Web site: The Prime Ministers of Canada - Biography of John A. Macdonald. Dec 05, 2016
Add new Web site: Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Sir John Alexander Macdonald. Dec 14, 2012
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Biography of Sir John Alexander Macdonald. Dec 13, 2012
Added new Web site: City of Kingston - Biography of John Alexander Macdonald. Jan 03, 2007
Added new Web site: Biography of Sir John A. Macdonald. Dec 26, 2006
Added new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Biography of Sir John A. Macdonald. Dec 11, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 28, 1999
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