Sir john abbott biography books

          Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, PC, KCMG, QC (March 12, – October 30, ) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the third prime minister.

        1. Title: The late Hon. Sir John Abbott, K.C.M.G.
        2. Fascinating biography of Sir John Abbott, third Prime Minister of Canada.
        3. Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott PC KCMG QC was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the third prime minister of Canada from to He held office as the leader of the Conservative Party.
        4. Title, The Reluctant P.M.: Notes on the Life of Sir John Abbott, Canada's Third Prime Minister.

          5. Fascinating biography of Sir John Abbott, third Prime Minister of Canada..

          CANADA HISTORY - Prime Ministers

          When Sir John A. Macdonald passed away in , the Conservative Party found itself in a leadership crisis, scrambling to find a successor for the towering figure who had dominated Canadian politics for so long.

          Charles Tupper and John Thompson were seen as potential leaders, but both men declined for personal and political reasons. The task of leading the country ultimately fell to Sir John Abbott, although he was far from eager to take on the role.

          Abbott himself famously remarked that he was chosen because "I am not particularly obnoxious to anybody," likening his selection to the way some candidates are chosen for the U.S. presidency—harmless and inoffensive, with no strong enemies.

          Born in St.

          Andrews, Lower Canada (now Quebec), in , Abbott’s early political career had been shaped by a variety of experiences. He had initially opposed Confederation and, at one point, even supported the idea of Canada joining the United States, a position that