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his was the start of nearly half a
century of public life for Macdon-
ald, and from that point in his ca-

reer, his life was colorfully referred to by
Bruce Watson as “a whirlwind of activi-
ties.” 7,
"Macdonald himself describes his start in

_ public life'in his memoirs: “This year

(1959) I was induced to seek election as a
_ member of the Legislature for Sooke. Mr.
-~ Naylor, the sheriff and myself proceeded te
“ Seoke in an Indian canoe for the election. .
; Ahasty proclamation was made before
2 election day. *:

: "The few electors, the sheriff and myself

went to the harbor front and used the deck

ofa small steamer, then building, for a hus-
_tings. Mr. Muir seconded the motion, car- .
ried, and I became the member without:

aoe opposition.”

~. We had a stormy trip, so much so that
_we landed at William Head, the Indians
camping 1 for the night. We walked on in the

- face of rain and wind to Belmont, when Mr.
“. Cameron gave us supper and a boat to.

we walked to Victoria, wet and tired. This
year I sat for the first. time i in the Legisle
ture of the colony.”

Macdonald served as a ‘aiietiber of the.

ake - Legislature of Vancouver Island until'30-:
.. May. 1862 and:then as a member of the

, on Nov. 15, 1866:

: ~ tion —Mr. Macdonald, the mayor-elect, ac-
“companied by. the ‘councillorselect, were

sworn into office by Chief Justice Needham.
Ex-Mayor Franklin, who accompanied .

the party, having surrendered the city seal

~ and introduced Mr. Macdonald as his suc-
cessor, the Chief Justice said: “I have -

watched, Mr. Franklin, the proceedings of

the council during the past year and am

~~ highly gratified at the very great i impro ‘ove-
ment that has taken Place.

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~ “Swearing in of the mayor and corpora: :

“| am happy to know that you commit
the seal to the keeping of a gentleman who
Irecognize as the choice of the city, whose
abilities are equal to your own and who has

~ ample leisure in which to discharge the du-

ties of the office.”

"In delivering the seal to Mr. Macdonald,
His Lordship remarked that the present
was a most critical time in the affairs of the
colony and that much depended on the

ability and fidelity of the chief magistrate |

of the city.”

It was not long before Macdonald called -
a public meeting to discuss the change of.
the seat of government because at the time
of the union of the two colonies, New West-

minster became the capital of B.C.

Ever since the creation of the colony of

~ British Columbia in 1858, there had been: ~

a conflict between Victoria and New West-
minster, as to which place was more im-

portant and hence should be the seat of

Government.

It was not until Dec. 17,:1868, after _
much debate and argument that Victoria: - °

became the official Capital of the com-

- bined colony of British Columbia.

~~" ferry us to Esquimalt Harbor, from where — Although Macdonald was active in sup. 5

port of Victoria as the Capital, he was ac-
cused of “paying too much attention to ed-

_cucation. and not enough to Victoria's
‘daim” —

This would result in him losing his bid

"at reelection in November 1868 to Dr.
=. combined Colony of British Columbia and —
<.. Vancouver Island, from January. 1867. to.

‘James Turner.

Union of, Canada.

of their time between Ottawa and Victoria.
- During his long term as a senator, he

vigorously supported British Columbia, |

and Canada as a whole. One of his contri-

butions will be recognized next Monday,

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.., The British Colonist responded to the’
oT sults of the election: “In Macdondk ae a

“Macdonald would: again’ become: the a
Mayor of Victoria in 1871, but would give”
up the position the next year, when he was”
‘appointed one of the three senators to rep-
resent British Columbia, as.part of the
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“William John Macdonald :

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perpetual holiday, celebrating the Queen’s

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.. Concerning the property in Saanich, Lik 2
ias Macdonald spoke of it in th following

“manner: ““T don’t.remember very much.
about Saanich, except. that: we.loved our

~_ Summers at the farm near Mount Newton.’

One year. when there was.an e demic of:

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ety, and on the bad roads. However, wha
with the wraps and being carried, the.
‘throat was cured, but the poor mother laid oe
up for days with exhaustion. ao
“Ay uncle, Duncan. Macdonald, tried :
farming in Saanich, with no success. He:
was only 19 when he left Scotland, andhad ~
never farmed; but the house was a meet-
ing place for everyone who wanted ameal
or assistance, so that very soon had to:
stop. He went to Australia, where he died.”

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