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Fourth Prime Minister of Canada: December 5, 1892 - December 12, 1894

Born November 10, 1845 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

He married Annie Affleck (1845-1913) in 1870 and with her had two sons and three daughters with four other children not surviving infancy. He was a lawyer called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1865.

John Thompson had served briefly as Nova Scotia premier before being appointed to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. When Sir John A. Macdonald recruited him to Ottawa in 1885, he quickly became a leading member of the Conservative government. His achievements included the first Criminal Code of Canada.

Sir John Thompson had been Prime Minister of Canada for only two years when he died suddenly at the age of 49 on December 12, 1894, at Windsor Castle, where Queen Victoria had just made him a member of her Privy Council.

He is buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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 John Thompson had served briefly as [[Nova Scotia]] premier before being appointed to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. When Sir John A. Macdonald recruited him to Ottawa in 1885, he quickly became a leading member of the Conservative government. His achievements included the first Criminal Code of Canada.
-Sir John Thompson died suddenly at the age of 49 on December 12, 1894, at Windsor Castle, where Queen Victoria had just made him a member of her Privy Council.
+Sir John Thompson had been [[Prime Minister of Canada]] for only two years when he died suddenly at the age of 49 on December 12, 1894, at Windsor Castle, where Queen Victoria had just made him a member of her Privy Council.
 He is buried in the  Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.