Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott

3rd Prime Minister of Canada

June 16, 1891 - November 24, 1892

Born

• March 12, 1821, St.Andrews, Lower Canada

Education

• University of McGill College, B.C.L. 1854

Personal Status

• Married 1849, Mary Bethune (1823-1898)
• Four sons, four daughters

Professional Life

• Lawyer (called to the Bar of Canada East in 1847)
• 1853-1876 Professor of Law, McGill
• 1855-1880 Dean of Law, McGill
• 1862 President, Canada Central Railway
• 1862-1884 Raised and commanded the Argenteuil Rangers
• 1885-1891 Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Pacific Railway
• 1887, 1888 Elected Mayor of Montreal

Died

• October 30, 1893, Montreal, Quebec

Buried

• Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec

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

• Chair, House of Commons Banking Committee 1867-1874
• Senator and Leader of the Government in the Senate 1887-1893
• The first prime minister to lead the country from the Senate