Alexander Mackenzie, PC (January 28, 1822 – April 17, 1892), a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.

In 1789 the North West Company began its own search. Alexander Mackenzie was a twenty-five-year-old fur trader who had been born in Scotland on the Isle of Lewis. Mackenzie combined ambition ...

Alexander Mackenzie really got around. On this day in 1798, the Scottish explorer reached the mouth of the Dehcho River (‘big river’ in the language of the Dehcho Dene indigenous people).

ROCHESTER — Alexander "Bud" Mackenzie, 70, passed away peacefully in his sleep Thursday, Nov. 15, 2013, at his home in Tara Estates. Born Aug. 21, 1943, in ...