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OCR: YOUTH AND POLITICAL EXPERIENCE Sir John David Thompson, Canada 's fourth Prime Minister, was born in Halifax on November 10,1845. Like Macdonald, Thompson articled in a law office after primary schooling and was certified asa lawyer atage 20. By 1872 his legal practice well- -established he was happily married had converted Catholicism and had entered municipal politics By 1878 Thompson was ttorney General lin the provincial Conservative government and in 882 became premier Nova Scotia for short time Defea ted in the 1882 election, Thompson was appointed to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court where he established reputation for fearlessness and independence In 1885 after founding Dalhousie Law School Thompson was coaxed to enter federal politics as Macdonald's Minister of Justice BIOGRAPHY of No ...