... as a Conservative for the electorate of Kingston. Following his election, he acted as the Receiver-General until the defeat of this government in 1848. After this defeat, Macdonald displayed his true colors, the integrity that made him the man he was. He did not quit or leave, but remained and spent time in opposition working for the interests of his party ... the Canadian economy. When the election of 1878 rolled around, he had ironed out the intricacies of the National Policy, "He had regained and consolidated that dominion of affection and loyalty which the Canadians were so willing ...

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