Electoral history of John Abbott

This article is the Electoral history of Sir John Abbott, the third prime minister of Canada.

A Conservative, he became prime minister upon the death in office of Sir John A. Macdonald.

He served a short term as prime minister of just over one year (1891–1892) and did not lead his party in a general election.

He retired in 1892 for health reasons and was succeeded by John Sparrow David Thompson.

Prior to Confederation, Abbott served three terms in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada.

Abbott ranks eighteenth out of twenty-three prime ministers for time in office, serving one short term of just over a year (1891–1892).

Abbott stood for election to the House of Commons of Canada seven times, all in the constituency of Argenteuil, Quebec.

He is one of two prime ministers who sat in the Senate during his term in office, rather than in the House of Commons.

Abbott stood for election to the Canadian House of Commons seven times, all in the constituency of Argenteuil, Quebec.

On May 12, 1887, he was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Macdonald, for the Quebec senatorial division of Inkerman, which included Abbott's old riding of Argenteuil.