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Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott
(Liberal-Conservative)
June 16, 1891 - November 24, 1892
Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott (Liberal-Conservative Party of Canada) served as the Prime Minister of Canada from June 16, 1891, to November 24, 1892. During his time as Prime Minister, one of John Abbott's major accomplishments was the signing of a reciprocity treaty with the United States. He was the first Prime Minister to lead the country from the Senate. Mr. Abbott first sat as a Member of Parliament in 1867. Prior to entering national political life, he was a lawyer and Mayor of Montreal from 1887 to 1889. John Abbott was born on March 12, 1821, in St. Andrews, Lower Canada, and died on October 30, 1893, in Montreal, Quebec.
