page_title: Electoral history of Mackenzie Bowell
section_title: Summary
hierarchical_section_title: Electoral history of Mackenzie Bowell / Summary
caption_attribution_description: Map of the provinces and territories of Canada as they were between 1889 and 1895. In 1889, the disputed area between Manitoba and Ontario was generally reward to Ontario, which expanded west and north. In 1895, the District of Keewatin expanded to the southeast, taking a part of the North-West Territories. Made by User:Golbez.
context_page_description: A Conservative, he became prime minister upon the sudden death in office of Prime Minister Sir John Thompson in 1894. Bowell served a short term of just over one year as prime minister, until he was forced to resign over the Manitoba Schools Question. He never led his party in a general election. When he died in 1917, he was one of the last surviving members of the first House of Commons of Canada elected in 1867.
context_section_description: Bowell ranks nineteenth out of twenty-three prime ministers for time in office, serving a short term of just over one year (December 1894-April, 1896).  He became prime minister upon the death in office of Sir John Thompson and was only in office for a total of 1 year and 128 days.
  Bowell was the third of five prime ministers from Ontario, the others being Sir John A. Macdonald, Alexander Mackenzie, William Lyon Mackenzie King, and Lester B. Pearson.
  Although he was the leader of the combined Liberal-Conservative Party and the Conservative Party, he did not lead the party in a general election. He resigned as Prime Minister after a Cabinet revolt over the Manitoba Schools Question.
  Bowell stood for election to the House of Commons of Canada eight times, all in the constituency of Hastings North, Ontario. He was elected all eight times, once by acclamation.
  In 1892, Prime Minister Thompson appointed Bowell to the Senate of Canada. Bowell is one of two prime ministers who sat in the Senate during his term in office, rather than in the House of Commons.
  Bowell was a member of the House of Commons for over 25 years, and a member of the Senate for over 25 years, for a combined total service in Parliament of 50 years, 2 months, and 4 days.
caption: Canada had seven provinces, one territory and one semi-autonomous district during Bowell's term as Prime Minister.
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