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Alexander Mackenzie
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...the Reformers of this country will remember...
— Speech 1877
Alexander Mackenzie
2nd Prime Minister of Canada (1822-1892)
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Lived 1822–1892, aged 70Canada
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Canada's second prime minister came to power on the back of a corruption scandal, then presided over the creation of the Indian Act and the residential school system — institutions that would shape the country's relationship with Indigenous peoples for more than a century.
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Born in Logierait, Scotland, in 1822, Mackenzie left school at 13 after his father died and apprenticed as a stonemason. He immigrated to Canada at 19, built a successful masonry business in Ontario, and turned his attention to Reform politics, editing the Lambton Shield before winning a seat in the Legislative Assembly in 1862. Elected to the new House of Commons in 1867, he became Liberal leader in mid-1873 and prime minister months later when John A. Macdonald resigned over the Pacific Scandal. His government won decisively in 1874 on the strength of his working-class origins and democratic…
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Alexander Mackenzie
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I have always held those political opinions which point to the universal brotherhood of man, no matter in what rank of life he may have taken his origin
— Speech to Working Men of Dundee July 14, 1875 - Speeches of Alexander Mackenzie during his recent visit...page 43
Alexander Mackenzie
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No Canadian government, whatever political party, will attempt to hinder the extension of the true principle of free trade all over the world
— Speech The Banquet in Dundee July 13, 1875 - Speeches of Alexander Mackenzie during his recent visit...page 34
Alexander Mackenzie
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We shall all respect the principles of each other and do nothing that would be regarded as an act of oppression to any portion of the people.
— Speech to the House of Commons (March 10, 1875)
Alexander Mackenzie
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We shall all respect the principles of each other and do nothing that would be regarded as an act of oppression to any portion of the people
— Speech to the House of Commons, March 10, 1875
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