About Donald Swainson Donald Swainson was Professor of History at Queen's University and a prominent citizen in the Kingston community, with homes in the city and on Garden Island. Books by Donald Swainson Sir John A. Macdonald The Man and the Politician by (author) Donald Swainson The Last Forty Years The Union of 1841 to Confederation by (author) J.C. Dent introduction by Donald Swainson Historical Essays on the Prairie Provinces by (author) Donald Swainson