The New Student's Reference Work/Abbott, Hon. John J. J. C.

Ab′bott, Hon. John J. J. C., born in 1821 at St. Andrews (Quebec), educated at McGill University. Called to the Bar in 1847. For ten years Dean of the Faculty of Law at McGill. At one time a Director of the Bank of Montreal. Counsel for the Canadian Pacific Railway. Elected to the House of Commons 1867. Selected by the Government in 1888 for a mission to Australia to further trade relations and cable communication. Called to the Senate in 1887. Leader for the Government in the Senate from 1887 to 1891. Became Premier of Canada in 1891. Author of the Insolvency Act which he carried through Parliament. Was Mayor of Montreal in 1887 and again in 1888. An authority in Parliament on matters of banking and commerce. He died in 1893.