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Andrew Archibald Macdonald, note-taker at Quebec

Andrew Archibald Macdonald, 1892 (William James Topley). Andrew Archibald Macdonald · William James Topley · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Andrew Archibald Macdonald, a Prince Edward Island merchant and shipbuilder, sat in the Legislative Assembly and Council. He attended the Charlottetown and Quebec conferences of 1864, and his notes from Quebec are one of the few original records of that conference. After the Island joined Confederation he became its Lieutenant-Governor and was later named to the Senate.

Scope & context

Macdonald as described in his designation.

Sources behind this record

Andrew Archibald Macdonald National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

Importance; plaque text