The Man from Halifax: Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister

by P.B. Waite

Book Overview

Sir John Thompson was prime minister of Canada for two years during the period between the death of Sir John A. Macdonald in 1891 and the advent to power of Sir Wilfred Laurier in 1896. In some ways he was greater than either of them although his term as prime minister was relatively brief. He died in office at the tragically early age of forty-nine, at Windsor Castle during a visit to Queen Victoria.
Thompson was born and raised in Halifax and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802066240
• ISBN13: 9780802066244
• Release Date: December 1985
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"