1. Kingston’s favourite son ...

2. Macdonald’s early years ...
Childhood home near Picton
Macdonald’s mother Helen >

3. A busy young man ... Age 10 – attends school in Kingston
Age 15 – leaves school – works for lawyer
Age 17 – operates law branch for lawyer in Napanee
Age 20 – sets up practice in Kingston
Age 21 – officially becomes a lawyer
Age 27 – gets married; sets up law partnership; runs for Town Council
Age 28 – runs for MP for Province of Canada

4. Macdonald as a young lawyer and politician ...

5. Macdonald was on Kingston Council when the Town Hall was built.

6. Medallion from building of City Hall

7. Politician on the move ... 1843 – elected to Kingston Town Council
1844 – elected to Parliament of Province of Canada
1844 – parliament moves from Kingston to Montreal
1857 – Prime Minister of Province of Canada; first wife dies
1867 – marries for second time; knighted; becomes Prime Minister of Canada

8. Local support is not always strong, but there’s always Eliza ...
Macdonald’s strongest supporter is Eliza Grimason:
“... there’s not a man like him in the livin’ earth…”
Her hotel / tavern on Princess St. is the unofficial headquarters for his local campaigns.

9. The last hurrah ...
Macdonald’s final campaign, in 1891, is based on Canada’s continuing ties to Great Britain.
He declares:
“A British subject I was born – a British subject I will die”.

10. Kingston mourns ... City Hall, June, 1891

11. Statue of Sir John A Macdonald in City Park, Kingston.