History was made in 1991 when Nellie Cournoyea became premier of the Northwest Territories. Before we get to that, let’s look at her life. Nellie Cournoyea was born in Aklavik, Northwest Territories on March 4, 1940 and was of mixed Norwegian and...
We began the 1980s with the first premier, sort of, in the history of the Northwest Territories. Now we are finishing the decade with the fourth premier in our series.Dennis Patterson was born on Dec. 30, 1948 in Vancouver. He spent most of his...
Nick Sibbeston was born in Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories on Nov. 21, 1943. As a child, he described his early years as idyllic. He was raised by his mother and an elderly woman named Ehmbee, whom he considered to be his grandmother. He would...
Richard Nerysoo was born in 1953 at a camp near the Peel River in the Northwest Territories. From an early age, Nerysoo was attracted to advocating for Indigenous rights in Canada. After the 1969 White Paper was released, that advocated for the end...
After the very short term of Tom Rideout, Clyde Wells was ready to serve as the first Liberal premier of Newfoundland since the days of Joey Smallwood two decades in the past.Clyde Wells was born on Nov. 9, 1937 at Buchans Junction, Newfoundland...
For the first 30 years that Newfoundland existed as a province in Canada, it had only two premiers. In 1979, after the resignation of Frank Moores, it was time for a new man to step into the top job. That man was Brian Peckford. Brian Peckford was...
Succeeding from a Newfoundland legend like Joey Smallwood is no easy task, but after 23 years it was Frank Moores who came in as the new premier of the province, only the second in Newfoundland’s history. Frank Moores was born on Feb. 18, 1933 in...
It is now time to begin our look at the premiers of Newfoundland, the most recent province to join Confederation. While in this series we have seen premiers who have had minor roles in their provinces, things are kicking off big with one of the most...
We have come to the last of our first five premiers of Manitoba. After this, we look at the first five premiers of Newfoundland. So, for number five, we have the man who led the province for nine years, through four elections, and remains the eighth...
1993 The year of 1993 was a big year of change in Canadian politics. It was the year of the federal election that reshaped Canadian politics forever, and began to rise of the Bloc Quebecois and the Reform Party. In Alberta, it was a time of change...