Ontario’s fourth Lt.-Governor, the Hon. Donald Alexander Macdonald, was sworn-in as the Crown’s representative to the province on this date in 1875. From 1867 until that date, he had been the Liberal MP for the Ontario riding of Glengarry. Macdonald held vice-regal office until 1880 and passed into history in 1896. Of interest is the fact he was the brother of Ontario’s first Premier, John Sandfield Macdonald, and another sibling, Francis Macdonald, also served as a federal MP.
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.