Arguably one of the most influential men to ever be leader of the official opposition, but not become prime minister was Lucien Bouchard. His role as a founding member of the Bloc Quebecois would completely change the Canadian politics forever. For...
Following Erik Nielsen’s time as Leader of the Official Opposition in 1983, we have to jump ahead to 1990 to get to the next individual who led the Official Opposition but never became prime minister. That person was Herb Gray. He would only serve...
Last week we looked at one of the most well-known individuals to serve as the Leader of the Official Opposition, who never became Prime Minister, Robert Stanfield. Now, I am going to look at a man who had a multi-decade career in the House of...
He is referred to as the best prime minister Canada never had and from 1967 to 1976, he served as the Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Leader of the Official Opposition. In that time, he took part in three elections, more than...
As we are back looking at the Opposition leaders who never became prime minister, we have reached the 1960s. John Diefenbaker had taken over as leader of the Progressive Conservatives on Dec. 14, 1956, and he would remain in charge until Sept. 8...
Well, we made it folks. We have hit the final election in the series. It has been a long 36 days and we have covered a lot of elections and I want to thank all of you for following along. After gaining the second most seats in the history of the...
After Stephen Harper was able to obtain a majority government in 2011, it would mean that Canada would get several years before another election was called. During that time, the major parties would go through some major changes in leadership. While...
Following the 2008 federal election, the Conservatives remained in power with a minority government. The government would almost fall twice but Prime Minister Stephen Harper would prorogue Parliament in December in 2008 to end an attempted...
After almost 13 years of Liberals in power, 2006 came along and it would appear that Canadian public was ready for a change. Unlike every election since 1984, this was not called by a prime minister but through a vote of no-confidence, the first...
After 10 years leading the government, the growing Sponsorship Scandal and divisions in the Liberal Party, led Jean Chretien to retire as leader of the party, ending his term as prime minister. This election would see several changes prior to the...