Twenty Prime Ministers in all have had their official portraits hung in the Centre Block. Only the two most recent — Paul Martin and Stephen Harper — await their turns. There is no set schedule for determining when a Prime Minister will have his or her portrait painted and added to the collection. Two PMs [...]
Archive for the ‘Bowell’ Category
How many PMs hung on Parliament Hill?
Posted in Abbott, Bennett, Borden, Bowell, King, Macdonald, Mackenzie, Thompson, tagged Alexander Mackenzie, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, John A. Macdonald, John Abbott, John Thompson, Mackenzie Bowell, R.B. Bennett, Robert Borden, William Lyon Mackenzie King on December 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
How many PMs were Senators?
Posted in Abbott, Bennett, Bowell, Meighen, tagged Arthur Meighen, Canadian Prime Ministers, Canadian Senate, Gary Schlee, John Abbott, Mackenzie Bowell, R.B. Bennett on October 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There were three. Sir John Abbott and Sir Mackenzie Bowell both served as Prime Minister while sitting in the Senate as that chamber’s government leader. Arthur Meighen became a Senator six years after his final term as PM. After sitting in the red chamber for a decade, he resigned so that he could again run [...]
Any PMs with a military background?
Posted in Abbott, Bowell, Campbell, Diefenbaker, Macdonald, Mackenzie, Pearson, tagged Alexander Mackenzie, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, John A. Macdonald, John Abbott, John Diefenbaker, Kim Campbell, Lester B. Pearson, Mackenzie Bowell on October 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Only Lester Pearson and John Diefenbaker served in the armed forces, as part of the Canadian Army in the First World War. Pearson was hit by a bus during a London air raid and sent home with leg wounds. Diefenbaker returned home after being hit in the back with a shovel while digging trenches in [...]
Catholics predominant in past 30 years
Posted in Abbott, Bennett, Borden, Bowell, Campbell, Chrétien, Clark, Diefenbaker, Harper, King, Laurier, Macdonald, Mackenzie, Martin, Meighen, Mulroney, Pearson, St. Laurent, Thompson, Trudeau, Tupper, Turner, tagged Alexander Mackenzie, Arthur Meighen, Brian Mulroney, Canadian Prime Ministers, Charles Tupper, Gary Schlee, Jean Chrétien, Joe Clark, John A. Macdonald, John Abbott, John Diefenbaker, John Thompson, John Turner, Kim Campbell, Lester B. Pearson, Louis St. Laurent, Mackenzie Bowell, Paul Martin, Pierre Trudeau, R.B. Bennett, Robert Borden, Stephen Harper, Wilfrid Laurier, William Lyon Mackenzie King on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Five of the seven Prime Ministers still living are Roman Catholics. Although, historically, most Catholic leaders tended to be French Canadians, that profile began to disappear by the late 1970s. Of the five living Catholic PMs — Joe Clark, John Turner, Brian Mulroney, Jean Chretien and Paul Martin — only one is French Canadian. For [...]
Which cabinet had the most Prime Ministers?
Posted in Abbott, Bowell, Chrétien, Macdonald, Pearson, Thompson, Trudeau, Tupper, Turner, tagged Canadian Prime Ministers, Charles Tupper, Gary Schlee, Jean Chrétien, John A. Macdonald, John Abbott, John Thompson, John Turner, Lester B. Pearson, Mackenzie Bowell, Pierre Trudeau on August 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The cabinet of Sir John A. Macdonald in 1987-88 included John Abbott (Without Portfolio), John Thompson (Justice), Mackenzie Bowell (Customs) and Sir Charles Tupper (Finance). The next largest collection of PMs-to-be was in the cabinet of Lester Pearson in 1967-68. They were Pierre Trudeau (Justice), John Turner (Consumer & Corporate Affairs) and Jean Chrétien (Without [...]
Who was Canada’s oldest Prime Minister?
Posted in Abbott, Bowell, Tupper, tagged Canadian Prime Ministers, Charles Tupper, Gary Schlee, John Abbott, Mackenzie Bowell on July 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Six of the country’s 22 PMs were over the age of 65 when assuming office. The three oldest were all part of the series of short-term ‘caretaker’ PMs to replace Macdonald after his death. 3rd oldest Prime Minister — John Abbott, 70 2nd oldest Prime Minister — Mackenzie Bowell, 70, just six days short of [...]
Macdonald wins his fourth majority
Posted in Abbott, Bowell, Laurier, Macdonald, Mackenzie, Thompson, Tupper, tagged Alexander Mackenzie, Canadian election, Canadian Prime Ministers, Charles Tupper, Gary Schlee, John A. Macdonald, John Abbott, John Thompson, Mackenzie Bowell, Wilfrid Laurier on June 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1882 — Canada’s fifth federal election is won Sir John A. Macdonald‘s Conservative party, defeating the Liberals led by Edward Blake. Having been elected in both the Lennox and Carleton ridings, Macdonald chooses to represent Carleton. Alexander Mackenzie, although bedridden with a stroke, is re-elected in York East. John Abbott is acclaimed in Argentueil, the [...]
Manitoba Schools Question jeopardizes Bowell’s leadership
Posted in Bowell, tagged Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, Mackenzie Bowell on June 15, 2010 | 4 Comments »
1895 — Manitoba rejects the federal order-in-council to restore Catholic school rights, saying the request requires more study. The province’s refusal to act creates a cabinet crisis for Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell. His Minister of Agriculture from Quebec quits in protest, and by 1896 six more ministers threaten to resign. The polarizing issue remains unresolved [...]
Turner second PM born in England
Posted in Bowell, Turner, tagged Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, John Turner, Mackenzie Bowell on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1929 — A son is born to Leonard and Phyllis Turner in the London, England suburb of Richmond. John Turner grows up to become the first Canadian Prime Minister born outside the country since Mackenzie Bowell 90 years earlier. Like Bowell, Turner moved to Canada from England as a young boy. He was three when [...]
Second stroke paralyzes Macdonald
Posted in Bowell, Macdonald, Tupper, tagged Canadian Prime Ministers, Charles Tupper, Gary Schlee, John A. Macdonald, Mackenzie Bowell on May 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1891 — Customs minister, Mackenzie Bowell visits his old friend and leader, Sir John A. Macdonald who is recuperating at his Earnscliffe home after suffering a stroke two days ago. Later in the day, Macdonald has a second, more severe stroke that paralyzes the right side of his body. Neither man is in the Commons [...]
