5th Canadian Ministry 5e conseil des ministres du Canada | |
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Date formed | 5 December 1892 |
Date dissolved | 12 December 1894 |
People and organizations | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Governor General | Earl of Derby Marquess of Aberdeen |
Prime Minister | John Sparrow David Thompson |
Member party | Liberal-Conservative Party |
Status in legislature | 135 / 215 Majority |
Opposition party | Liberal Party of Canada |
Opposition leader | Wilfrid Laurier |
History | |
Legislature term | 7th Canadian Parliament |
Predecessor | 4th Canadian Ministry |
Successor | 6th Canadian Ministry |
The Fifth Canadian Ministry was the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sir John Sparrow Thompson. It governed Canada from 5 December 1892 to 12 December 1894, including only two years in the middle of the 7th Canadian Parliament. The government was formed by the old Conservative Party of Canada.
Sir John Sparrow David Thompson was a Canadian lawyer, judge and politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Canada from 1892 until his death. He had previously been fifth premier of Nova Scotia for a brief period in 1882.
Sir Mackenzie Bowell was a Canadian newspaper publisher and politician, who served as the fifth prime minister of Canada, in office from 1894 to 1896.
Events from the year 1894 in Canada.
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This article is the Electoral history of Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, the fourth Prime Minister of Canada. A Conservative, he became prime minister upon the resignation of Prime Minister Sir John Abbott in 1892. Thompson served a short term of just over two years as prime minister (1892–1894), until he died suddenly in office and was succeeded by Sir Mackenzie Bowell. He never led his party in a general election.
This article is the Electoral history of Sir Mackenzie Bowell, the fifth Prime Minister of Canada. A Conservative, he became prime minister upon the sudden death in office of Prime Minister Sir John Thompson in 1894. Bowell served a short term of just over one year as prime minister (1894-1896), until he was forced to resign over the Manitoba Schools Question. He never led his party in a general election. When he died in 1917, he was one of the last surviving members of the first House of Commons of Canada elected in 1867.