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Sir John Sparrow David Thompson

 
4th Prime Minister of Canada

December 5, 1892 - December 12, 1894

 

Born

  • November 10, 1845, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Education

  • Free Church Academy, Halifax

Personal Status

  • Married 1870, Annie Affleck (1845-1913)
  • Two sons, three daughters (four other children died in infancy)

Professional Life

  • Lawyer (called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1865)
  • 1871-1877 Alderman, Halifax
  • 1882-1885 Justice, Supreme Court of Nova Scotia

Died

  • December 12, 1894, Windsor Castle, England, while still in office

Buried

Party

  • Liberal-Conservative
  • 1892-1894 Party Leader

Constituencies

  • 1885-1894 Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Other Ministries

  • 1878-1882 Attorney General (Province of Nova Scotia)
  • 1885-1892 Justice

Political Record

  • Premier of Nova Scotia 1882
  • Fisheries treaty 1888
  • Creation of Canadian Criminal Code 1892
  • Bering Sea Tribunal 1893

 
Source:  Government of Canada
   

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