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 ALEXANDER
MACKENZIE
1822 - 1892
Canada's
Stonemason
The
Right Honourable Alexander Mackenzie was born on January
28, 1822 at Logierait near Dunkeld. He emigrated to
Canada in 1842 for love, following Helen Neil whom
he married in 1845. He became a successful stonemason,
building contractor, and served as editor of the Lambton
Shield, before entering politics in 1867.
Alexander
Mackenzie became head of the Liberal Party in 1873
and later that year became Prime Minister following
the fall of the Conservatives after the Pacific Railway
Scandal.
Alexander
Mackenzie was a quiet, honest, methodical man who
was never able to capture the imagination of the public
as was his rival Sir John A. MacDonald. But it was
these traits, which enabled Alexander Mackenzie to
leave a great legacy in the Canadian Institutions
he was to create and implement;
- The
Secret Ballot
- the
Royal Military College
- the
Supreme Court of Canada
- the
Office of the Auditor-General
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