John Thompson becomes premier of Canada

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.1: Canadian Writing and Culture (Anglophone): Colonial and The Nineteenth Century, 1783-1900.
Vol. editors: Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia), Cynthia Sugars (University of Ottawa)

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Date of occurrence 1892-12-05

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On the resignation of Canadian prime minister John Abbott, his post is filled by John Thompson, who had been offered the position on the death of John MacDonald the previous year but had declined in on the grounds of his controversial Catholicism.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "John Thompson becomes premier of Canada". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19085, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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