Yes, only for awhile. His wife had died from being ill, she was taking a form of heroine which was considered medicine in the 1800s. Then he went back into politics.
Frankly, Sir John A Macdonald was most interested in consuming alcohol. His alcoholism prevented him from dealing effectively with many important and urgent matters of state. Canada prospered and grew not because of him but in spite of him.
John A. Macdonald liked to consume copious amounts of booze. His excessive alcohol consumption interfered in the affairs of state. Macdonald frequently went on a bender whenever a difficult decision had to be made. He was often drunk while on a platform making a speech.
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John Alexander MacDonald
John A. Macdonald was born on January 11, 1815.
John B. Macdonald was born in 1918.
CCGS John A. Macdonald was created in 1960.
John L. MacDonald died in 1903.
John L. MacDonald was born in 1838.
John Denis Macdonald died in 1908.
John Denis Macdonald was born in 1826.