John Abbott
Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott (March 12, 1821 – October 30, 1893) was the third Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the office for seventeen months, from June 16, 1891 to November 24, 1892.[1][2] Through his daughter, Abbott is the great-grandfather of Canadian Academy Award-winning actor Christopher Plummer.[3]
Sir John Abbott | |
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| 3rd Prime Minister of Canada | |
| In office June 16, 1891 – November 24, 1892 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | John A. Macdonald |
| Succeeded by | John Thompson |
| 19th Mayor of Montreal | |
| In office 1887–1888 | |
| Preceded by | Honoré Beaugrand |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Grenier |
| Senator for Inkerman, Quebec | |
| In office May 12, 1887 – October 30, 1893 | |
| Appointed by | John A. Macdonald |
| Preceded by | John Hamilton |
| Succeeded by | William Owens |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Argenteuil | |
| In office 1860[1] – 1874 | |
| Succeeded by | Lemuel Cushing, Jr. |
| In office 1880–1887 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Christie |
| Succeeded by | James Crocket Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Joseph Caldwell Abbott March 12, 1821 St-Andre-Est, Lower Canada |
| Died | October 30, 1893 (aged 72) Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Martha Bethune |
| Relations | Joseph Abbott, father |
| Children | 5 sons, 5 daughters |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Profession | Lawyer (corporate), Professor |
| Cabinet | Minister Without Portfolio (1887-1891) President of the Privy Council (1891-1892) Leader of the Government in the Senate (1887-1893) |
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Abbott died on March 12, 1893 from complications of pneumonia in his Montreal, Quebec home. He was 72 years old.
John Abbott Media
Abbott as Mayor of Montreal.
Abbott's funeral monument in Mount Royal Cemetery.
Sir John Abbott's house on Sherbrooke Street, Montreal, Quebec
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Abbott, Sir John". Encyclopedia Britannica (15th) I: A-Ak - Bayes. (2010). Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.. 13.
- ↑ "Canadian Encyclopedia". Archived from the original on 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
- ↑ CBC: Life And Times. CBC.ca. November 12, 2002. http://www.cbc.ca/lifeandtimes/plummer.html. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
Other websites
Media related to Sir John Abbott at Wikimedia Commons- Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske and Stanley L. Klos. Six volumes, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889
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