…acdonald followed the contemporary custom of supplying the voters with large quantities of alcohol.[31] In the era preceding the secret ballot when votes were publicly declared, Macdonald defeated his opponent, Anthony Manahan, by 275"shouts" to 42 when the two-day election concluded on 15 O...
Anthony Manahan (ca 1794 January 21, 1849) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in County Galway in the Ireland around 1794