Sir John Sparrow David Thompson

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Born 1845, Died 1894

Born

• November 10, 1845, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Education

• Free Church Academy, Halifax

Personal Life

• 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

Political 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

Died

• December 12, 1894, Windsor Castle, England, while still in office
• Grave site: Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Source: Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867-1994. [Ottawa]: National Archives of Canada, c1994. 20 p.