Canadian federal election, 1891
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The 1891 Canadian election was won by John A. Macdonald. Macdonald led a conservative campaign emphasizing stability, and retained the Conservative Party's majority in the House of Commons. Macdonald died a few months after the election.
John Abbott succeeded Macdonald as Conservative leader and Prime Minister. Abbott's most famous political comment was "I hate politics."
This was Wilfrid Laurier's first election as leader of the Liberals. Although he lost this election, he returned in 1896 to win a solid majority.
