 This filibuster resulted in Tupper's abandoning the bill and asking for a dissolution.Parliament was dissolved on April 24, 1896, and the 7th Canadian Ministry with Tupper as prime minister was sworn in on May 1 making him, with John Turner and Kim Campbell, one of the only three prime ministers to never sit in Parliament while in office as Prime Minister.Tupper remains the oldest person ever to become Canadian prime minister, at age 74.