What is John A. Macdonald?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Sir John A. Macdonald | honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] | honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=CAN|size=100%|PC|GCB|KCMG|QC}} | image = John A Macdonald (ca. 1875).jpg | signature = John A Macdonald signature.svg | party = [[Conservative Party of Canada (1867-1942)|Conservative]] | governor_general1 = [[Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck|The Viscount Monck]]<br />[[John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar|The Lord Lisgar]]<br />[[Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava|The Earl of Dufferin]] | monarch1 = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]] | order1 = | office1 = 1st & 3rd [[Prime Minister of Canada]] | predecessor1 = Office established<br /><small>(see [[Canadian Confederation]])</small> | successor1 = [[Alexander Mackenzie (politician)|Alexander Mackenzie]] | term_start1 = 1 July 1867 | term_end1 = 5 November 1873 | successor2 = [[John Abbott]] | term_start2 = 17 October 1878 | term_end2 = 6 June 1891 | governor_general2 = The Earl of Dufferin<br />[[John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll|Marquess of Lorne]]<br />[[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne|The Marquess of Lansdowne]]<br />[[Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby|The Lord Stanley of Preston]] | monarch2 = Victoria | predecessor2 = Alexander Mackenzie | birth_name = John Alexander Mcdonald | birth_date = January 11, 1815 | birth_place = [[Glasgow]], Scotland | death_date = June 6, 1891 (aged 76) | death_place = [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada | restingplace = [[Cataraqui Cemetery]] | education = [[Apprenticeship]] | otherparty = [[Upper Canada Tories|Upper Canada Tory]] (1843–1867)<br />[[Great Coalition]] (1864–1867)<br />[[Liberal-Conservative Party|Liberal-Conservative]] (1867–1873) | spouse = {{marriage|[[Isabella Macdonald|Isa