So, we have reached the fifth premier in our series for Nova Scotia. After this, we will be covering the first five British Columbia premiers. I skipped Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, the fifth premier of Nova Scotia since I covered his life in...
The year of 1891 in Canada would be a momentous one, with several important events. So, let’s get right down to it. On Jan. 6, Tim Buck is born in England. He would come to Canada in 1910 and become involved in the labour movement. In 1921, he would...
Other posts in this series at end of post 1927 For the first time in some time, the leaders of the two main parties in Quebec would not change leaders when the next election came along, four years after the last one. Louis-Alexandre Taschereau...
Canada reached its tenth anniversary this year and it had been quite the first decade for the new country. Several notable, tragic and amazing events would happen in this anniversary year for Canada. On Jan. 2, Jonathan McCully would pass away...
Other parts in this series at end of post. 1985 Change was coming to Ontario after four decades of power for the Progressive Conservatives, but that change would not quite come yet. As the election campaign approached, all three of the major parties...
Other parts in this series at end of post. 1898 The 1898 election would bring about monumental changes in Ontario politics, but not in terms of what party was ruling. Sir Oliver Mowat had moved on to federal politics after Sir Wilfrid Laurier took...
Other parts in this series at end of post. 1867 The first general election in Ontario’s history was held on Sept. 3, 1867. The Conservative Party was led by John Sandfield Macdonald, while the Liberals were led by Archibald McKellar. Macdonald was a...
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 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...
The first election of the 21st century would be the last for some, the first for others, and its result would help shape the coming years of the new century. Only three years after winning the 1997 election by a razor-thin margin for a majority...