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In 1820 John Macdonald set foot on North American soil after being at sea for 42 days with a boatload of other immigrants
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John a Macdonald's always wanted to be a lawyer so he opened a law office
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Upper and Lower canada were united into the province of Canada
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John and his wife Isabella had their first baby John Macdonald II
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John Macdonald II died today just 1 year old
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Citizens of Toronto did not want the new Capital to be in Montreal because of Riots that had happened in 1849
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John's second son was born in 1850 but after his birth his wife fell ill
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Sir John a Macdonald was elected Prime Minister of the Province of Canada
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John's Wife died after being ill for 7 years
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during the early 1860s the machinery of the government came to a halt political deadlock
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during the 1860s it was impossible to get any bills posted because both the government and the Opposition had the same amount of seats in the Assembly
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by 1861 the population of Canada West was greater than Canada East
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Macdonald's government wa defeated by 2 votes and he could have called for an election but it wouldn't have changed anything but he was saved by George Brown
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Canada West Population was 1525000
and Canada East was 1123000
