Canadian Prime Ministers of the 1890s

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1. Which Canadian Prime Minister of the 1890s was the first Roman Catholic to hold that post? Sir John Thompson Sir Charles Tupper Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir John Abbott

2. Who was the first native-born Prime Minister of Canada? Sir John Abbott Sir Mackenzie Bowell Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir John Thompson

3. Which Canadian Prime Minister's son went on the serve briefly as Manitoba's premier in 1900? Sir John Thompson Sir Charles Tupper Sir Mackenzie Bowell Sir John A Macdonald

4. Actor Christopher Plummer is the great-grandson of which Canadian Prime Minister of the 1890s? Sir John Abbott Sir Mackenzie Bowell Sir John Thompson Sir Charles Tupper

5. At the age of 74, which of the following was at the time of his election the oldest person to become Prime Minister of Canada, and then served for only 69 days? Sir John Thompson Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir Mackenzie Bowell Sir Charles Tupper

6. Britain expected this prime minister to send a Canadian militia to South Africa to fight in the Boer War. As a compromise, to try to appease Anglophones (for sending the militia) and Francophones (against sending the militia), he sent a volunteer force. Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir Mackenzie Bowell Sir Charles Tupper Sir John Thompson

7. Which Canadian Prime Minister of the 1890s briefly served as premier of Nova Scotia in 1882? Sir John Thompson Sir Mackenzie Bowell Sir Charles Tupper Sir John Abbott

8. This Prime Minister of the 1890s was also the premier of Nova Scotia. He was premier in the three years before Nova Scotia joined Confederation. He remained premier for four days after Nova Scotia joined Confederation, then resigned thinking he would be in new Prime Minster Sir John A Macdoanld's cabinet in Ottawa. Who was he? Sir John Thompson Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir Mackenzie Bowell Sir Charles Tupper

9. Which Prime Minister of the 1890s was also Canada's first Francophone prime minister? Sir Mackenzie Bowell Sir John Thompson Sir Charles Tupper Sir Wilfrid Laurier

10. Which Canadian Prime Minister of the 1890s served briefly in Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie's cabinet as Minister of Inland Revenue? Sir John Abbott Sir John A Macdonald Sir Mackenzie Bowell Sir Wilfrid Laurier