Talk:Alexander Mackenzie (politician)

1874 Free Trade Agreement

The article says, "In 1874, Mackenzie negotiated a new free trade agreement with the United States, eliminating the high protective tariffs on Canadian goods in US markets. However, this action did not bolster the economy, and construction of the CPR slowed drastically due to lack of funding." Is this referring to the Brown-Thornton-Fish Convention? If so, this reads as if the trade deal was successful, but according to the Canadian Encyclopedia, the trade deal was rejected by the U.S. This is confusing on two fronts. 1) It makes it appear that the trade deal went through and 2) It makes it seem that the free trade deal was the cause of economic strife within Canada when, in fact, it was never implemented. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BigDaddyDouglas (talk • contribs) 16:18, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

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There was also an Alexander Mackenzie who was an explorer. Can somebody write something on him? -- Zoe

There was another one who was a violinist and head of the Royal Academy of Music for about 40 years. Not as good as being head of Canada, but still... I guess a disambiguation block, or a disambig page is the order of the day. --Camembert

I added A.M. the explorer, but since I know nothing of the violinist I will leave him to you, Camembert, or to another party to volunteer later. - Montréalais

Why he is not styled as "The Right Honourable"

I am wondering, why did Mackenzie not have the title of "The Right Honourable" since he was the Prime Minister, shouldn't this title have been automatic ? Is this an error or vandalism - or is there some reason. I realize that he did not accept British Knighthood but that has nothing to do with the Rt. Hon. title. -- Michael Drew 01:45, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

• see reply under Talk:Mackenzie Bowell -- Fawcett5 02:49, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

"Alexander Mackenzie declined all offers of a British knighthood because of his Scottish heritage." This is a rather puzzling statement, and perhaps deserves an explanation. Plently of Scots receive knighthoods, so it is not obvious what this means.

Alexander Mackenzie, along with Abbott and Bowell, were Honourable, but not Right Honourable. This is because it wasn't until Pearson's government that the style of "Right Honourable" came automatically with the position of Canadian Prime Minister. Before Pearson's government changed this in 1967, Canadian Prime Ministers became members of the Imperial Privy Council in London, England. (Supreme Court Chief Justices, and certain senior members of the Canadian Cabinet also received the title of "Right Honourable" before 1967 by being appointed to the Imperial Privy Council) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.94.241.123 (talk) 03:36, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Mackenzie is properly styled as "The Honourable" and not as "The Right Honourable". This is confirmed on his official Parliament of Canada biography page. Some Canadian PMs (Mackenzie, Abbott, and Bowell) were not entitled to the style of "The Right Honourable", and the explanation is given at Talk:Mackenzie_Bowell#Why_some_Canadian_PMs_are_not_styled_Right_Honourable. -- Blairall (talk) 19:24, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

Fort Henry Anecdote

The Fort Henry anecdote is pretty questionable: according to the article, Mackenzie came to North America in 1842, but Fort Henry was completed in 1937. It's possible that he worked on an addition to the fort (such as the wall connecting the redoubt to the advanced battery), or that he worked on a lesser-known building in the Kingston area, such as one of the Martello towers. Does anyone have more info? David (talk) 02:09, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

According to Pierre Berton's "The National Dream," Mackenzie worked on the fort and the martello towers. 24.207.127.184 (talk) 16:20, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Birthplace of Alexander Mackenzie

Although the dictionary of Canadian biography supports the recent change of his birthplace from Vernon to Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland, the parliamentary biography says Dunkeld. Does anyone have a source saying which is right? --KenWalker | Talk 03:48, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Alexander Mackenzie (disambiguation) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 19:31, 4 March 2016 (UTC)