Support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at On a warm quiet afternoon, Ottawa residents were preparing for the last long weekend of the summer. Ottawa on Friday, Aug. 29, 1958 seemed like a perfect day until 4:12pm when the city was rocked...
If the 1957 election was the arrival of Diefenbaker, then the 1958 election would be his greatest triumph. In fact, for the Progressive Conservative Party, it would be a success they scarcely could have believed. Due to the Diefenbaker and the...
Support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at 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...