where did sir john a macdonald die?
Ottawa
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 Stewart travelled to New Zealand on holiday in August 1934 , and resumed many of his past military acquaintances . While returning to England he died unexpectedly aboard the ship Akaroa and was buried at sea . He was survived by his third wife and his three children . 

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 After the election , Macdonald suffered a stroke , which left him partially paralysed and unable to speak . " The Old Chieftain " lingered for days , remaining mentally alert , before dying in the late evening of Saturday , 6 June 1891 . Thousands filed by his open casket in the Senate Chamber ; his body was transported by funeral train to his hometown of Kingston , with crowds greeting the train at each stop . On arrival in Kingston , Macdonald lay in state again in City Hall , wearing the uniform of an Imperial Privy Counselor . He was buried in Cataraqui Cemetery in Kingston , his grave near that of his first wife , Isabella . 

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 Macdonald was survived by Susan Agnes , son Hugh and daughter Mary ( d . 1933 ) . Both Susan and Mary left Canada for England , where they both lived for the rest of their lives . 

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 After the war he was offered a permanent commission , which he initially accepted . Having resigned his commission in March 1946 he re @-@ enlisted briefly . After struggling to find a career that would support his family , Braham emigrated to Canada with his family and enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force ( RCAF ) in 1952 . Having held office at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe Braham retired from military life and began working as a civilian for the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development . He continued to work there until his death from an undiagnosed brain tumor in 1974 , aged 53 . 

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 Macdonald 's five years in Ottawa were tumultuous ones . He oversaw a massive increase in Canada 's naval forces and played a key role in a political crisis that threatened to tear the Liberal government and the country apart . He also incurred the wrath of Mackenzie King , a political leader whom Macdonald grew to loathe . When he entered the federal cabinet in 1940 , Macdonald seemed a likely candidate to replace the aging King and one day become prime minister himself . By the time he resigned in 1945 , Macdonald 's federal political career was in tatters . 
