who is sir john a macdonald
Sir John A. Macdonald. Sir John Alexander Macdonald, first prime minister of Canada (1867â73, 1878â91), lawyer, businessman, politician, (born 10 or 11 Jan 1815 in Glasgow, Scotland; died 6 June 1891 in Ottawa). John Alexander Macdonald was the dominant creative mind which produced the British North America Act and the union of provinces which became Canada.