He remained leader of the Liberal Party for another two years, and continued on as a Member of Parliament (MP) until his death, due to a stroke. ==Early life== Mackenzie was born on 28 January 1822 in Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland, the son of Mary Stewart (Fleming) and Alexander Mackenzie, Sr (born 1784), who were married in 1817.
Alexander Mackenzie, Sr., was a carpenter and ship's joiner who had to move around frequently for work after the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815.
He remained leader of the Liberal Party for another two years, and continued on as a Member of Parliament (MP) until his death, due to a stroke. ==Early life== Mackenzie was born on 28 January 1822 in Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland, the son of Mary Stewart (Fleming) and Alexander Mackenzie, Sr (born 1784), who were married in 1817.
Alexander Mackenzie, (January 28, 1822 – April 17, 1892) was a Scottish-Canadian politician who served as the second prime minister of Canada, in office from 1873 to 1878. Mackenzie was born in Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland.
He remained leader of the Liberal Party for another two years, and continued on as a Member of Parliament (MP) until his death, due to a stroke. ==Early life== Mackenzie was born on 28 January 1822 in Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland, the son of Mary Stewart (Fleming) and Alexander Mackenzie, Sr (born 1784), who were married in 1817.
Mackenzie's father died on 7 March 1836 and at the age of 13, Alexander Mackenzie, Jr., was thus forced to end his formal education to help support his family.
Together with the Neils, he immigrated to Canada in 1842 to seek a better life.
While in Kingston, Mackenzie became a vocal opponent of religious and political entitlement and corruption in government. Mackenzie married Helen Neil (1826–52) in 1845 and with her had three children, with only one girl, Mary, surviving infancy.
Helen and he moved to Sarnia, Ontario (known as Canada West) in 1847 and Mary was born in 1848.
Helen and he moved to Sarnia, Ontario (known as Canada West) in 1847 and Mary was born in 1848.
In 1851, he became the secretary for the Reform Party for Lambton.
After convincing him to run in Kent/Lambton, Mackenzie campaigned relentlessly for George Brown, owner of the Reformist paper The Globe in the 1851 election, helping Brown to win his first seat in the Legislative Assembly.
Helen died in 1852, finally succumbing to the effects of excessive doses of mercury-based calomel used to treat a fever while in Kingston.
In 1852, Mackenzie became editor of another reformist paper, the Lambton Shield.
In 1853, he married Jane Sym (1825–93). ==Early political involvement== Mackenzie involved himself in politics almost from the moment he arrived in Canada.
He even bid, unsuccessfully, on the construction of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa in 1859.
Mackenzie was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1861, as a supporter of George Brown. In 1867, Mackenzie was elected to the new House of Commons of Canada for the Liberal Party.
After his brother, Hope Mackenzie, declined to run, Alexander was petitioned to run and won his first seat in the Legislative Assembly as a supporter of George Brown in 1861.
When Brown resigned from the Great Coalition in 1865 over reciprocity negotiations with the United States, Mackenzie was invited to replace him as the president of the council.
Mackenzie was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1861, as a supporter of George Brown. In 1867, Mackenzie was elected to the new House of Commons of Canada for the Liberal Party.
Wary of Macdonald's motivations and true to his principles, Mackenzie declined. He entered the House of Commons of Canada in 1867, representing the Lambton, Ontario, riding.
Alexander Mackenzie, (January 28, 1822 – April 17, 1892) was a Scottish-Canadian politician who served as the second prime minister of Canada, in office from 1873 to 1878. Mackenzie was born in Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland.
However, it made little progress on the transcontinental railway, and struggled to deal with the aftermath of the Panic of 1873.
Mackenzie did not believe he was the best qualified for the position, and although he resisted offers of the position, he nevertheless sat as the de facto leader of the Official Opposition. ==Prime Minister (1873–1878)== When the Macdonald government fell due to the Pacific Scandal in 1873, the Governor General, Lord Dufferin, called upon Mackenzie, who had been chosen as the leader of the Liberal Party a few months earlier, to form a new government.
Above all else, he was known and loved for his honesty and integrity. However, his term was marked by economic depression that had grown out of the Panic of 1873, which Mackenzie's government was unable to alleviate.
Mackenzie and the Liberals won a clear majority at the 1874 election.
Mackenzie formed a government and asked the Governor General to call an election for January 1874.
He introduced the secret ballot; advised the creation of the Supreme Court of Canada; the establishment of the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston in 1874; and the creation of the Office of the Auditor General in 1878.
In 1874, Mackenzie negotiated a new free trade agreement with the United States, eliminating the high protective tariffs on Canadian goods in US markets.
In 1876, the Conservative opposition announced a National Policy of protective tariffs, which resonated with voters.
Alexander Mackenzie, (January 28, 1822 – April 17, 1892) was a Scottish-Canadian politician who served as the second prime minister of Canada, in office from 1873 to 1878. Mackenzie was born in Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland.
At the 1878 election, Mackenzie's government suffered a landslide defeat.
The Liberals won a majority of the seats in the House of Commons having garnered 40% of the popular vote. Mackenzie remained prime minister until the 1878 election when Macdonald's Conservatives returned to power with a majority government. For a man of Mackenzie's humble origins to attain such a position was unusual in an age which generally offered such opportunity only to the privileged.
He introduced the secret ballot; advised the creation of the Supreme Court of Canada; the establishment of the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston in 1874; and the creation of the Office of the Auditor General in 1878.
Alexander Mackenzie, (January 28, 1822 – April 17, 1892) was a Scottish-Canadian politician who served as the second prime minister of Canada, in office from 1873 to 1878. Mackenzie was born in Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland.
Sitting in silence, he nevertheless remained an undefeated MP until his death in 1892 from a stroke that resulted from hitting his head during a fall.
He died in Toronto and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Sarnia, Ontario. ==Character== Mackenzie's first biography in 1892 referred to him as Canada's Stainless Statesman.
Carrigan, who was the College Pipe Major 1973 to 1985. Mackenzie Hall in Windsor, Ontario Alexander Mackenzie Scholarships in Economics and Political Science at McGill University and the University of Toronto Alexander MacKenzie Park in Sarnia, Ontario Alexander Mackenzie High School in Sarnia Alexander Mackenzie Housing Co-Operative Inc.
Carrigan, who was the College Pipe Major 1973 to 1985. Mackenzie Hall in Windsor, Ontario Alexander Mackenzie Scholarships in Economics and Political Science at McGill University and the University of Toronto Alexander MacKenzie Park in Sarnia, Ontario Alexander Mackenzie High School in Sarnia Alexander Mackenzie Housing Co-Operative Inc.
Unlike Caesar, he owed his political overthrow to his incorruptible honesty and unswerving integrity. ==Legacy== In their 1999 study of the Prime Ministers of Canada, which included the results of a survey of Canadian historians, J.
The house in which he was born was built by his father and is still standing in 2019.
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