Electoral history of John Sparrow David Thompson

This article is the Electoral history of Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, the fourth Prime Minister of Canada.

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.

Thompson ranks sixteenth out of twenty-three prime ministers for time in office, serving one short term of just over two years (1892–1894).

[1] He became prime minister upon the resignation of Sir John Abbott and was only in office for a total of 2 years and 7 days.

He died suddenly at Windsor Castle in England, shortly after being sworn a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.

[3] Before entering federal politics in 1885, Thompson was a member of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1877 to 1882, representing the provincial constituency of Antigonish.

Unable to form a majority government after the election, he resigned from the General Assembly and was appointed to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.

With the support of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Arichat, John Cameron, Thompson won the by-election and entered the House of Assembly.

Thompson began his electoral career in 1871, when he was elected an alderman for the City of Halifax, in Ward 5.