1905 On Sept. 1, 1905, Alberta was officially declared to be the newest province in Canada, along with Saskatchewan. Carved out of the Northwest Territories, this new province needed to have an election. Alexander Rutherford, the leader of the...
We have now reached our fourth premier of Manitoba, and the province is only four years old. That is a lot of premiers in a very short amount of time. This premier would be the first to serve more than two years, and the first to go through an...
Henry Joseph Clarke has the distinction of succeeding Marc-Amable Girard and premier of Manitoba, and also being succeeded by him as well. Today, we look at the third premier of Manitoba, the man with the giant beard, Henry Joseph Clarke. Born in...
After Alfred Boyd, we progress to another man who was premier, but also not premier but whom is considered now to be premier, Marc-Amable Girard Born in Lower Canada, in what is now Quebec on April 25, 1822, he attended college and articled with...
We are beginning our look at the premiers of Manitoba, and we are starting with Alfred Boyd, who is considered the first premier of Manitoba even though he was not recognized as such at the time of his appointment. Born in England on Sept. 20, 1835...
1873 After PEI joined Confederation, it needed to proceed with its first general election in 1873. In the April 1, 1873 election, the Conservative Party won with 15 seats. Leading the province would be James Colledge Pope, who now served as the...
After Erin O’Toole resigned as Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Leader of the Opposition, Candice Bergen came in as the interim leader of the party. Bergen was born on Sept. 28, 1964 in Morden, Manitoba and was the youngest of eight...
We have reached the last British Columbia premier in our first five with Robert Beaven. After this, we will take a three week break from the series as I cover the life of Candice Bergen, the 2021 Election and my interview with former Opposition...
The life of British Columbia’s fourth premier began on June 22, 1829 in Ireland. On Nov. 11, 1851, he began to attend law school in England, and was called to the bar in 1854. In 1858, he was in the chambers at Inner Temple Lane but the next year he...
After covering one of the most famous premiers in Canadian history, its time to take a step back to a man who is relatively unknown even in his own province, George Anthony Walkem. Walkem was born in Ireland on Nov. 15, 1834, one of ten children...