Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott

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Born 1821, Died 1893

Born

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

Education

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

Personal Life

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

Occupations

• 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

Political Party

• Liberal-Conservative (forerunner of the Conservative Party)
• 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

Died

• October 30, 1893, Montréal, Quebec
• Grave site: Mount Royal Cemetery, Montréal, Quebec

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