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Louisa Macdonald

A formal black and white portrait of Louisa Macdonald, a woman standing in a full-length black dress, holding one hand on the back of a chair. Her dark hair is parted in the middle and arranged at the back. Her expression is distant and serious.

Library and Archives Canada MIKAN 3724086

Louisa Macdonald, sister of Sir John A. Macdonald, remained close to her brother for all their lives; she died two years before him, in 1889.