Canada’s greatest Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald (equaled only by Sir Wilfrid Laurier) celebrated his birthday throughout his life on January 11. But there is also evidence that he was in fact born on January 10, 1815, with his birth being registered in Glasgow, Scotland, his birthplace, the next day. Regardless of the confusion, it is a great pleasure to send out birthday greetings to the Father of Confederation up there in the great House of Commons in the sky as he celebrates his 209th birthday this week. Happy birthday Sir John A.!
Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.
Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.