Description
CANADA Sir John A. MacDonald Leroux 1572d 33mm white metal medal 13.20 grams
Obverse: Sir John A. MacDonald looking left MARCH 5TH 1891 OUR COUNTRY'S CHOICE
Reverse: IN MEMORIAM SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD BORN JAN 11TH 1815 DIED JUN 6TH 1891 / W. H. BANFIELD
The rhetoric is from Sir John A MacDonald's 1891 election campaign. Poster is not included.
The 1891 Canadian federal election was held on March 5, 1891, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 7th Parliament of Canada. It was won by the Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald.
The main issue of the 1891 campaign was Macdonald's National Policy, a policy of protective tariffs. The Liberals supported reciprocity (free trade) with the United States.
Macdonald led a Conservative campaign emphasizing stability, and retained the Conservatives' majority in the House of Commons. It was a close election and he campaigned hard. Macdonald died a few months after the election.
Obverse: Sir John A. MacDonald looking left MARCH 5TH 1891 OUR COUNTRY'S CHOICE
Reverse: IN MEMORIAM SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD BORN JAN 11TH 1815 DIED JUN 6TH 1891 / W. H. BANFIELD
The rhetoric is from Sir John A MacDonald's 1891 election campaign. Poster is not included.
The 1891 Canadian federal election was held on March 5, 1891, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 7th Parliament of Canada. It was won by the Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald.
The main issue of the 1891 campaign was Macdonald's National Policy, a policy of protective tariffs. The Liberals supported reciprocity (free trade) with the United States.
Macdonald led a Conservative campaign emphasizing stability, and retained the Conservatives' majority in the House of Commons. It was a close election and he campaigned hard. Macdonald died a few months after the election.
