To find a Conservative prime minister who served longer then Stephen Harper, you have to go back all the way to Sir John A. Macdonald. The only Conservative Party of Canada leader to become prime minister so far, Harper helped take Canada from the...
Following the retirement of Jean Chretien, Paul Martin came in as the 21st prime minister of Canada during a time when Canada was going through several changes as a culture and on the political landscape as well. Paul Martin is the example of a...
After the collapse of the Progressive Conservatives, the rise of the Reform Party and the Bloc Quebecois, a new man would arrive in the role of prime minister. He was not new to the job by any means and had a role in Parliament that dated back to...
Born on March 10, 1947 as Avril Phaedra Douglas Campbell, to Phyllis and George Campbell, Campbell was surrounded by the law from an early age. Her father was a barrister, who had served with The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada during the Second...
Born Martin Brian Mulroney in Baie-Comeau (BAY-COMO), Quebec to Irish immigrants to Mary and Benedict on March 20, 1939, he was born into a town that got its start thanks to newspapers. The town had its start thanks to Colonel Robert McCormick, who...
When John Turner died last year, most news reports focused on the fact that he was prime minister for only a very brief time. For Turner, there is much more to him than his time as prime minister and in many ways, he led a life more interesting than...
During the 15 years that Pierre Elliott Trudeau was in power, there was a brief gap in 1979 and 1980 when he was in the Official Opposition, the only time he was ever Leader of the Opposition. It was in that gap that Joe Clark came in as the 16th...
In 1659, the first of the Trudeau family would arrive in New France, beginning the line of the family that would produce two prime ministers. Etienne Trudeau arrived on Sept. 7 of that year, and by 1663 was a master-carpenter. He and his wife would...
Support the history site tour here: He led Canada through the bulk of the 1960s, with two minority governments. During that time, he brought immense changes to Canada and helped the country gain more prominence on the world stage. Today, I am...
From 1935 to 1957, Canada was under a Liberal government, the longest stretch for a major political party in Canadian history. That streak came to an end thanks to a man they called Dief the Chief, but who history knows better as John Diefenbaker...