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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.