Sir John Thompson (4th Prime Minister of Canada)

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Sir John Thompson was a 19th-century Canadian lawyer, judge, and statesman who briefly served as the fourth Prime Minister of Canada before dying in office in 1894.

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instanceOf Prime Minister of Canada
human
judge
lawyer
statesman
appointedPrimeMinisterBy Governor General Lord Stanley of Preston
burialPlace Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship Canada
dateOfBirth 1845-11-10
dateOfDeath 1894-12-12
educatedAt Halifax Grammar School
Mount Saint Vincent University
surface form: Saint Mary’s College (Halifax)
headOfGovernmentOf Canada
honorificPrefix Sir
honour Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Member of the Imperial Privy Council
Privy Councillor (Canada)
legalTraining articled in law in Halifax, Nova Scotia
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party of Canada
surface form: Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
monarchDuringTerm Queen Victoria
notableFor died in office at Windsor Castle
first Roman Catholic Prime Minister of Canada
notableWork reform of the Canadian Criminal Code in the 1890s
numberOfChildren 5
occupation barrister
judge
politician
officeEndDate 1894-12-12
officeStartDate 1892-12-05
orderInOffice 4
placeOfBirth Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
surface form: Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America
placeOfDeath Windsor Castle
surface form: Windsor Castle, Berkshire, United Kingdom
positionHeld 4th Prime Minister of Canada
Attorney General of Nova Scotia
Judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
Minister of Justice of Canada
Premier of Nova Scotia
precededBy John Joseph Caldwell Abbott
reasonForEndOfOffice died in office
religion Roman Catholicism
representedRiding Antigonish (House of Commons of Canada)
Antigonish (Nova Scotia provincial politics)
spouse Annie Affleck
succeededBy Mackenzie Bowell
termAsPremierOfNovaScotiaEnd 1882
termAsPremierOfNovaScotiaStart 1882
title The Right Honourable

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