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John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald was a Scottish-born Canadian lawyer and Conservative politician, a leader of the Great Coalition of 1864 in the Province of Canada and the main architect of Confederation. He became the first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada in 1867 and held office for most of the years until his death, overseeing westward expansion and the Canadian Pacific Railway.
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