Macdonald, Andrew Archibald National Historic Person
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Portrait
© None; Credit: William James Topley / Library and Archives Canada / C-011348
Address :
165 Richmond Street, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1939-05-29
Life Date:
1829 to 1912
Other Name(s):
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Macdonald, Andrew Archibald
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Father of Confederation
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: north east side of Province House NHSC 165 Richmond Street, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Born at Three Rivers, Brudenell Point, Macdonald, a merchant and shipbuilder, served as a member of the Legislative Assembly (1853-58) and of the Legislative Council (1867-72). He attended the Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences of 1864 and on the latter occasion compiled notes which provide one of the few original sources of information on that conference. After the entrance of the Island into Confederation in 1873 he became provincial Post Master General and later Lieutenant-Governor for f ive years before being called to the Senate in 1891. He died at Ottawa.
Original Plaque: inside Province House 165 Richmond Street, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
A Father of Confederation
Senator, 1891-1912
Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island, 1884-89
Born at Brudenell Point, 14th Feb. 1829
Died in Ottawa, 21st March, 1912