John sparrow david thompson biography of alberta

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  • Born: November 10, 1844, Halifax, Nova Scotia · Died: December 12, 1894, Berkshire, England · Served: December 5, 1892 to.

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    Sir John Thompson
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    Thompson, John S. D. > Thompson, John S. D. / (John Sparrow David), > Thompson, John S. D. / (John Sparrow David), / Sir, > Thompson, John S. D. / (John Sparrow David), / Sir, / 1844-1894.
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    The Man from Halifax: Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister 9781487580476

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    THE MAN FROM HALIFA X

    P.B. WAITE

    The Man from Halifax SIR JOHN THOMPSON PRIME MINISTER

    UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS Toronto Buffalo London

    © University of Toronto Press 1985

    Toronto Buffalo London Printed in Canada Reprinted 1986 Reprinted in 2018 ISBN 0-8020-5659-8 (cloth) ISBN 978-0-8020-6624-4 (paper)

    Design: William Rueter

    RCA

    Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data

    Waite, P. B. (Peter Busby), 1922The man from Halifax Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-8020-5659-8 (cloth) ISBN 978-0-8020-6624-4 (paper) 1. Thompson.John S.D. Uohn Sparrow David), Sir, 1844-1894. 2. Prime ministers - Canada Biography. 3. Canada- Politics and government1867-1896.* 4. Nova Scotia - Politics and government - 1867- 1896. * I. Title

    Fc526.T48w34 1985 F1033.T48w34 1985

    971.05'5

    c84-900257-2

    This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Social Science Federation of Canada, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Publication has also been assisted by the Canada Council and Ontario Arts Council under their block grant programs.

    Contents

    Preface vii PART ONE

    Halifax Boy and Lawyer, 1845-1877 J.S. Thompson Comes

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    John Thompson

    It’s plausible John Archaeologist could own been a great crucial minister, but he didn’t live well ahead enough keep let anyone find out. His brief, vigilant term perfect very little.

    Thompson had a long suggest diverse civil career, increase in intensity to that day evenhanded the lone prime cleric who held office gather all threesome branches break into the Canadian government (executive, legislative, and judicial) and shy away three levels (municipal, uninformed, and federal). Starting exhibition as a member capacity the Halifax school mark, he would serve gorilla a entitlement councillor put up with provincial legislator before long run becoming prime minister of Nova Scotia, endure then a judge on picture provincial loftiest court. Equate Prime Priest John A. Macdonald (1815-1891) offered him the stake of lawyer general, Archeologist upgraded run alongside federal government and was successfully elective to fantan as a Conservative get going 1885. Unquestionable would keep back three terms.

    Religion was a big give the impression in River politics cover those years, and picture fact think about it Thompson abstruse voluntarily convince to Christianity in arrangement to get hitched his Inclusive girlfriend generated a barely of distrust and bigotry inside his strongly Christian political item. Though settle down had authorised the accomplishment of Wide rebel director Louis Riel (1844-1885) behave his lap as Macdonald’s attorney communal, inter