Hugh John Macdonald
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The Honourable Sir Hugh John Macdonald PC |
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| 8th Premier of Manitoba | |
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In office January 10, 1900 – October 29, 1900 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Lieutenant Governor |
James C. Patterson Daniel Hunter McMillan |
| Preceded by | Thomas Greenway |
| Succeeded by | Rodmond Roblin |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Winnipeg |
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In office March 5, 1891 – May 4, 1893 |
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| Preceded by | William Bain Scarth |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Martin |
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In office June 23, 1896 – March 29, 1897 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Martin |
| Succeeded by | Richard Willis Jameson |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Winnipeg South | |
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In office December 7, 1899 – October 29, 1900 |
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| Preceded by | John Donald Cameron |
| Succeeded by | James Thomas Gordon |
| Personal details | |
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March 13, 1850 Kingston, Upper Canada, Province of Canada |
| Died | March 29, 1929 (aged 79) Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Jean Murray King (1876–1881, her death) Gertrude Agnes VanKoughnet (1883–1929, his death) |
| Relations | Sir John A. Macdonald, father; Isabella Clark, mother; Agnes Bernard, stepmother |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Profession | politician |
| Cabinet | Minister of the Interior (1896) Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1896) President of the Council (1900) Attorney-General (1900) Municipal Commissioner (1900) Railway Commissioner (1900) |
| Religion | Anglican |
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Sir Hugh John Macdonald, PC (March 13, 1850 – March 29, 1929) was the only surviving son of the first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald, and was a politician in his own right, serving as a member of the Canadian House of Commons and a federal cabinet minister, and briefly as the eighth Premier of Manitoba.
Macdonald was born in Kingston, Canada West (now Ontario) to Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald and his first wife Isabella Clark Macdonald (1811–1857). After Isabella died leaving Macdonald a widower with a seven-year-old son, Hugh John Macdonald would be principally raised by his paternal aunt and her husband. In 1869, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto and then studied law in Toronto and Ottawa. He was called to the Bar in 1872, and became a member of his father's firm. Grieved by the death of his first wife, Macdonald moved to Winnipeg in 1882 and set up his own law practice.
Macdonald enrolled in The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada on 13 October 1868 as a Rifleman. He spent the summer of 1866 with the 14th Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles near Cornwall, in anticipation of a Fenian invasion. He rose to the rank of Sergeant before being commissioned as an Ensign on 22 April 1870. Macdonald then joined the expedition of Colonel Garnet Joseph Wolseley and made the trek to the Red River settlement in Manitoba. The Wolseley Expedition was formed to put down Louis Riel's Red River Rebellion. After taking part in the bloodless capture of Upper Fort Garry (after Riel's departure) he returned to Toronto, but would take part in putting down Riel's second rebellion. He retired from the QOR on 26 April 1882 and moved to Winnipeg. During the North-West rebellion in 1885, Macdonald served as a Lieutenant in the 90th (Winnipeg) Battalion of Rifles, a unit which he helped to organize. He later fought at Fish Creek in Saskatchewan.
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