Alexander MacKenzie    Liberal

Term -Nov. 5, 1873-Oct. 9, 1878

Age on becoming PM- 51

Born-Jan 28, 1822 Scotland. Came to Canada at age 20.  Married with 3 children- the first two named Mary. The first Mary lived only a year. 

First Liberal Prime Minister. Died while still a member. Declined knighthood. 

Biography and Links

Died: at age 70, April 17, 1892, of a stroke; buried in Lake Viewalexmack.jpg (32111 bytes) Cemetery, Sarnia, Ont.

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His statue on Parliament Hill In print, see the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume XII, pp. 647-658

Dictionary Canadian Biography Vol. XII    DCB Online

 

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