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	Thompson, Sir John Sparrow David
		Thompson, Sir John Sparrow David, lawyer, judge, politician, prime minister (b at Halifax 10 Nov 1845 [not 1844 as often cited]; d at Windsor Castle, Eng 12 Dec 1894).
		Thompson died of a heart attack at Windsor Castle, London, falling dead into the arms of the Queenâs physician (courtesy National Archives of Canada/PA-27084).
		He was sworn in as minister of justice in Sir John A. MACDONALD's government in Sept 1885 and was elected MP for Antigonish, positions he held for the rest of his life.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007971 (371 words)

	John Sparrow David Thompson
		John Thompson had served briefly as Nova Scotia premier before being appointed to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court.
		The previous prime minister, Sir John Abbott, wanted to turn the prime ministership over to him, but religious prejudice against the Roman Catholic Thompson prevented this, and it was delayed until Abbott's retirement in 1892.
		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.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/jo/John_Thompson.html (278 words)

	Thompson, sir John Sparrow David
		Thompson, sir John Sparrow David, avocat, juge, homme politique, premier ministre fédéral (Halifax, N.-É., 10 novembre 1845 [et non en 1844 comme on le mentionne souvent] -- château de Windsor, Angl., 12 décembre 1894).
		Lorsque Holmes prend sa retraite, Thompson occupe le poste de premier ministre pour un court laps de temps, jusqu'à ce que son gouvernement soit battu aux élections de 1882.
		Thompson succombe Ã une crise cardiaque au chÃ¢teau Windsor, Ã Londres, dans les bras du mÃ©decin de la Reine (avec la permission des BibliothÃ¨que et Archives Canada/PA-27084).
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=F1ARTF0007971 (418 words)

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		Thompson was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in July 1865 and from 1878 to 1882 served as Attorney General in the provincial government of Simon H. Holmes.
		Thompson was sworn in as Minister of Justice in September 1885, and subsequently won a seat in Parliament representing Antigonish in October of 1885.
		Sir John Thompson had been Prime Minister of Canada for only two years when he died suddenly from a heart attack 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.
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	John Sparrow David Thompson - Wikinfo
		Sir John Sparrow David Thompson was the fourth Prime Minister of Canada from December 5, 1892 to December 12, 1894.
		Like many Canadian leaders, he married a wife much stronger than he was -- Annie Thompson had the same kind of spirit that had driven Agnes Macdonald to ride the cowcatcher of the CPR train through the British Columbia mountains.
		His rise in government is probably due as much to the influence of Ishbel Aberdeen, the wife of the Governor General, as to MacDonald's mentoring.
	www.internet-encyclopedia.org /wiki.php?title=John_Sparrow_David_Thompson (1087 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		Thompson’s intensity, and Annie’s willingness to countenance it, seems to have been disconcerting to her family and some of their courting was carried on clandestinely.
		Thompson did not seek to convince the house by declamation or sounding phrases, but by the force of his facts, by the reasonableness of what he was saying, and by his transparent fairness.
		Thompson feared, however, lest the regulations the tribunal was authorized to bring in be inimical to the seal hunt in the future, and opposed them so far as he could.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40584&query=Thompson (8484 words)

	Thompson-Biography-First Among Equals
		John Thompson's support for women's rights is only one aspect of the passion for fairness and justice that informed not just his ideals, but his actions as well.
		John Sparrow David Thompson was born in Halifax in 1845.
		Thompson so clearly proved himself as a capable leader, that there were no objections to his succession as prime minister when Abbott resigned in November 1892.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /primeministers/h4-3106-e.html (789 words)

	John Sparrow David Thompson
		The Right Honourable Sir John Thompson was the fourth Prime Minister of Canada from December 5, 1892 to December 12, 1894.
		The previous prime minister, Sir John Abbott, wanted to turn the prime ministership over to him, but religious prejudice against the Roman Catholic Thompson prevented this, and it was delayed until Abbott's retirement in 1892.
		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.
	www.fastload.org /jo/John_Sparrow_David_Thompson.html (317 words)

	John Sparrow David Thompson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sir John Sparrow David Thompson (November 10, 1845 - December 12, 1894) was the fourth Prime Minister of Canada from December 5, 1892 to December 12, 1894 as well as Premier of Nova Scotia in 1882.
		From 1878 to 1882 John Thompson was Attorney General in the provincial government of Simon H. Holmes.
		Sir John Thompson had been Prime Minister of Canada for only two years when he died suddenly of a heart attack 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.
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	The Prime Ministers of Canada - John Thompson Biography
		Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, Canada's fourth prime minister, was born in Halifax on November 10, 1845.
		By 1878 Thompson was attorney-general in the provincial Conservative government and in 1882 became premier of Nova Scotia for a short time.
		Defeated in the 1882 election, Thompson was appointed to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, where he established a reputation for fearlessness and independence.
	www.primeministers.ca /thompson/bio_1.php (527 words)

	John Sparrow David Thompson - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		Thompson was born Captin Jack Sparrow in the middle of what is now known as the Atlantic Ocean.
		Thompson was Prime Mininster from 1892 until his sudden but entirely predicatble death in December of 1894.
		Thompson dropped dead on the lap of Queen Victoria in 1894.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/John_Sparrow_David_Thompson (271 words)

	John Thompson - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Thompson, John Taliaferro (1860-1940), American soldier and firearms inventor.
		Thompson, Sir John Sparrow David (1845-1894), fourth prime minister of Canada (1892-1894).
		Thompson was known for his loyalty and ability in...
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	Right Honourable Sir John Sparrow David Thompson
		He was the son of John Sparrow Thompson, queen's printer in Nova Scotia, superintendent of the money order system, and native of Waterford, and of Catherine Pottinger, who was of Scottish descent.
		Young Thompson made a short course in the common schools and in the Free Church Academy in his native city.
		Sir John Thompson (Toronto, 1895); House of Commons Debates (Ottawa, 1886-94); MORRIS, An Elegy (London, 1894); O'BRIEN, Funeral Sermon on Sir John Thompson (Halifax, 1906); BOURINOT, Builders of Nova Scotia (Toronto, 1900).
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/t/thompson,right_honourable_sir_john_sparrow_david.html (415 words)

	John Sparrow David Thompson - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Thompson married Annie Affleck (1845-1913) in 1870 and with her had two sons and three daughters with four other children not surviving infancy.
		Like many Canadian leaders, he married a strong-willed wife — Annie Thompson had the same kind of spirit that had driven Agnes Macdonald to ride the cowcatcher of the CPR train through the British Columbia mountains.
		He was the second of two Canadian prime ministers to die in office (the first was Sir John A. Macdonald), and the first of three who did not die in Canada.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/John_Sparrow_David_Thompson (389 words)

	Sir John Sparrow David Thompson Quiz Answers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		John Sparrow David Thompson was Prime Minister from 1892 to 1894.
		John Sparrow David Thompson was the premier of Nova Scotia, Attorney General, Justice of Nova Scotia Supreme Court, Dominion Minister of Justice.
		John Sparrow David Thompson was starting to win his party back on his side after he supported Macdonald`s decision to hang Reil when he suffered a fatal heart attack at a luncheon at Windsor Castle.
	schools.hpedsb.on.ca /smood/pm/thomp_an.htm (253 words)

	Thompson Sir John Sparrow David - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Thompson, Sir John Sparrow David (1844-1894), Canadian jurist, statesman, and prime minister of Canada (1892-1894), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia....
		McLoughlin, John (1784-1857), Canadian-American explorer and fur trader, born in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec.
		Thompson, David (1770-1857), Canadian surveyor and explorer, born in London.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/John Thompson (politician)
		Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, KCMG, PC, QC, (November 10, 1845 – December 12, 1894) was a Canadian lawyer and judge who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Canada from December 5, 1892 to December 12, 1894 as well as Premier of Nova Scotia in 1882.
		Thompson married Annie Affleck (1845-1913) in 1870 and with her had two sons and three daughters with four other children not surviving infancy.
		At the time, Thompson was concerned about the possibility of the annexation of Canada by the United States, a goal which was being pursued within Canada by the Continental Union Association, a group of Ontario and Quebec Liberals.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/John_Thompson_(politician) (1004 words)

	John Sparrow David Thompson - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Thompson was born Captin Jack Sparrow in the middle of what is now known as the Atlantic Ocean.
		At the age of 13 he moved onto dry land and changed his name to Denise Jennings, however this was not accepted by the Ku Klux Klan, so he quickly changed his name to John Thompson.
		He was worried that the PMO has a curse and he would die in office as well.
	www.uncyclopedia.org /wiki/John_Sparrow_David_Thompson (283 words)

	John Sparrow David Thompson: Encyclopedia II - John Sparrow David Thompson - Prime Ministership
		His first major speech as PM was given in Toronto in January 1893 covering the topics of tolerance and Canadian nationalism in conjunction with loyalty to the British crown.
		In March 1893 Thompson travelled to Paris, France as one of the judges on the tribunal to settle the Canada-US dispute over the seal harvest in the Bering Sea.
		Other matters of concern during Thompson's Prime Ministership included the reduction of trade tariffs, and questions over schooling in Manitoba and in North-West Territories, where disputes over the role of Catholics and Protestants in administering the school system existed.
	www.experiencefestival.com /a/John_Sparrow_David_Thompson_-_Prime_Ministership/id/5191741 (610 words)

	The Right Honourable Sir John S.D. Thompson
		I think, therefore, that there is a probability of the franchise being extended to the women on the same property qualifications as men." John Thompson, September 1893, on women's suffrage.
		While John Abbott served as PM from the Senate, Thompson represented the government from the House of Commons.
		Thompson was returned to Halifax aboard the battleship HMS Blenheim (painted fl for the task).
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		It is a trade and processing center for a rich farm area irrigated by the Colorado-Big Thompson project.
		It was discovered by David Thompson, a Canadian fur trader, or one of his agents c.1811, and for the next...
		The scientist Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford) was born there; his house is now a museum....
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	Dictionary of Canadian Biography
		Thompson’s frequent notes, with parts in shorthand, were “smuggled” — Annie’s word — into her house.
		Thompson bought it for $12,000 —expensive, for in 1872 prices in Halifax were running high —of which he paid $2,000 down, perhaps using some small property he had picked up.
		Thompson, however, got a good deal of help from John Cameron*, then bishop of Arichat, a strong-minded Scotsman, vigorous and well trained.
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	Sir John Sparrow David Thompson Quiz
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	www.hpedsb.on.ca /smood/pm/thomp.htm (116 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Right Honourable Sir John Sparrow David Thompson
		He was the son of John Sparrow Thompson, queen's printer in Nova Scotia, superintendent of the money order system, and native of Waterford, and of Catherine Pottinger, who was of
		Young Thompson made a short course in the common schools and in the Free
		At the age of fifteen he began the study of law and at the same
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