|
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
Top Home |