The Right Honourable
Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott
THE POLITICAL POWER
- 16 June 1891 - 24 November 1892
BORN
- 12 March 1821, St. Andrews, Lower Canada
EDUCATION
PERSONAL STATUS
- Married 1849, Mary Bethune (1823 - 1898)
- Four sons, four daughters
OCCUPATION
- Lawyer (called to the Bars in 1847)
- From 1853 Professor, McGill
- 1855 - 1880 Dean of Law, McGill
- 1862 Appointed President, Canada Central Railway Company
- After 1885 Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- 1887, 1888 Mayor of Montreal
PARTY
- Liberal Conservative
- 1891 - 1892 Party Leader
CONSTITUENCIES
- 1867 - 1874, 1881 - 1887 Argenteuil, Quebec
OTHER MINISTRIES
- 1862 - 1863 Solicitor General (Province of Canada)
- 1887 - 1891 Minister Without Portfolio
- 1891 - 1892 President of the Privy Council
POLITICAL RECORD
- Organized the Departement of Trade and Commerce 1887
- Senator 1887 - 1893
- The first Prime Minister to lead the country from the Senate
DIED
- 30 October 1893, Montreal, Quebec
BURIED
- Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec
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