There have been eight. Since the creation of the Order of Canada on July 1, 1967, only two former Prime Ministers have not received it. John Diefenbaker was still an MP at the time of his death in 1979; sitting politicians are ineligible for the honour. Paul Martin stepped down as an MP in 2008; [...]
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How many PMs have received the Order of Canada?
Posted in Campbell, Chrétien, Clark, Diefenbaker, Martin, Mulroney, Pearson, St. Laurent, Trudeau, Turner, tagged Brian Mulroney, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, Jean Chrétien, Joe Clark, John Diefenbaker, John Turner, Kim Campbell, Lester B. Pearson, Louis St. Laurent, Paul Martin, Pierre Trudeau on December 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Which Prime Ministers were bilingual?
Posted in Borden, Chrétien, Clark, Harper, Laurier, Martin, Mulroney, St. Laurent, Trudeau, tagged Brian Mulroney, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, Jean Chrétien, Joe Clark, Louis St. Laurent, Paul Martin, Pierre Trudeau, Robert Borden, Stephen Harper, Wilfrid Laurier on November 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Realistically, there were eight. Four of them were francophones: Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Louis St. Laurent, Pierre Trudeau and Jean Chretien. Four were English: Joe Clark, Brian Mulroney, Paul Martin and Stephen Harper. The PM with the broadest facility for languages was English-speaking Sir Robert Borden who had a working knowledge of French, German, Greek and [...]
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 [...]
Cabinet experience not a requirement
Posted in Borden, Clark, Diefenbaker, Harper, Mulroney, tagged Brian Mulroney, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, Joe Clark, John Diefenbaker, Robert Borden, Stephen Harper on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Every Canadian Prime Minister has served as a Member of Parliament prior to assuming the leadership, but five of them — all Conservatives — reached the top job with no experience as a cabinet minister. They are Sir Robert Borden, John Diefenbaker, Joe Clark, Brian Mulroney and Stephen Harper.
Who lived the longest after term as PM?
Posted in Clark, Meighen, tagged Arthur Meighen, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, Joe Clark on September 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Arthur Meighen died in 1960, nearly 34 years after completing his second term as Prime Minister in 1926. The only other former Prime Minister to live more than three decades after resigning is Joe Clark, who was PM 30 years ago. And his meter is still running.
Who was Canada’s youngest Prime Minister?
Posted in Campbell, Clark, Harper, Meighen, Mulroney, tagged Arthur Meighen, Brian Mulroney, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, Joe Clark, Kim Campbell, Stephen Harper on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Eight of the country’s 22 PMs were under the age of 50 when assuming office. 3rd youngest Prime Minister — Arthur Meighen, 46. PMs Kim Campbell and Stephen Harper were also 46 on assuming office. 2nd youngest Prime Minister — Brian Mulroney, 45. Youngest Prime Minister — Joe Clark, 39. He turned 40 the day [...]
Clark marries his research assistant
Posted in Clark, tagged Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, Joe Clark on June 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1973 — Rookie MP Joe Clark and one of his staffers, Maureen McTeer, are married quietly. He had hired the University of Ottawa Arts student, then 20, after she had been let go from the Conservatives’ Parliamentary research staff for moonlighting too heavily in last fall’s election campaign. When Clark eventually asked McTeer out for [...]
Conservatives choose first female party leader
Posted in Campbell, Clark, Mulroney, tagged Brian Mulroney, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, Joe Clark, Kim Campbell on June 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1993 — Justice Minister Kim Campbell wins the Progressive Conservative Leadership Convention on the second ballot to become party leader. Her win over Jean Charest means she will succeed Brian Mulroney as Canada’s first female Prime Minister. Campbell went into the convention as the party favourite. Other potential contenders, like Joe Clark and Michael Wilson, [...]
Mulroney gets nod as leader on fourth ballot
Posted in Clark, Mulroney, tagged Brian Mulroney, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, Joe Clark, Leadership Convention on June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1983 — Brian Mulroney wins the leadership of the Progressive Conservative party, beating the party leader and former Prime Minister, Joe Clark. It is a doubly satisfying day for Mulroney, since his daughter Caroline turns nine. Clark had hoped to quell disenchantment with his leadership by agreeing to call a convention and attempt to succeed [...]
Canada’s youngest PM takes office
Posted in Clark, Trudeau, tagged Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, Joe Clark, Pierre Trudeau on June 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1979 — One day before his fortieth birthday, Joe Clark becomes Canada’s youngest Prime Minister. He had been able to capitalize on the voters’ disenchantment with growing inflation and unemployment under Pierre Trudeau‘s Liberal government. But it won’t be easy for the young PM. His Progressive Conservative party has not been in power for 16 [...]
