monarch death_date constituency_mp birth_date term_end death_place governor_general term_start order image name relations predecessor parliament birth_place party office successor premier article_title
victoria 10 june 1896 glengarry 17 february 1817 1875 30 june 1880 montreal , quebec the earl of dufferin marquess of lorne 1867 18 may 1875 4th donaldalexandermacdonald23.jpg donald alexander macdonald alexander brother francis macdonald , brother john sandfield macdonald , john willoughby crawford canadian st. raphael , upper canada liberal lieutenant governor of ontario archibald mcnab john beverley robinson oliver mowat donald alexander macdonald

donald alexander macdonald

donald alexander macdonald , pc -lrb- february 17 , 1817 -- june 10 , 1896 -rrb- was a canadian politician .
born in 1817 in st. raphael 's , ontario , donald alexander macdonald studied at st raphael 's college under the first catholic bishop of ontario , alexander macdonell .
he became a railway contractor and was elected as a member of the legislative assembly of the province of canada from 1857 to 1867 .
he was the liberal member of parliament for glengarry in the canadian house of commons from 1867 to 1875 , and served as postmaster general of canada .
in 1875 macdonald was appointed the fourth lieutenant governor of ontario and held that post until 1880 .
he died in montreal in 1896 .
he was the brother of john sandfield macdonald , the first premier of ontario , and alexander francis macdonald , the mp for cornwall from 1874 to 1878 .
