The mansion at 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa would stand for 80 years before becoming the official residence of the Prime Minister. However, when it was built in 1868, one of its first visitors was Sir John A. Macdonald, the first PM. The owner, successful lumber baron Joseph Currier, built the house for his wife [...]
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Sir John at 24 Sussex Drive
Posted in Campbell, Macdonald, Mulroney, St. Laurent, tagged 24 Sussex Drive, Brian Mulroney, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, John A. Macdonald, Kim Campbell, Louis St. Laurent on September 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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; [...]
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 [...]
Job preparation is the law
Posted in Abbott, Bennett, Borden, Campbell, Chrétien, Diefenbaker, Laurier, Macdonald, Martin, Meighen, Mulroney, St. Laurent, Thompson, Trudeau, Turner, tagged Arthur Meighen, Brian Mulroney, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, Jean Chrétien, John A. Macdonald, John Abbott, John Diefenbaker, John Thompson, John Turner, Kim Campbell, Louis St. Laurent, Paul Martin, Pierre Trudeau, R.B. Bennett, Robert Borden, Wilfrid Laurier on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Interested in being the Canadian Prime Minister? Consider becoming a lawyer. That’s the exactly the kind of job training two-thirds of the country’s leaders had prior to their shift into politics. Prime Ministers called to the bar were Sir John A. Macdonald, Sir John Abbott, Sir John Thompson, Sir WIlfrid Laurier, Sir Robert Borden, Arthur [...]
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.
Quebec garners the most PMs
Posted in Abbott, Chrétien, King, Laurier, Martin, Mulroney, St. Laurent, Trudeau, tagged Brian Mulroney, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, Jean Chrétien, John Abbott, Louis St. Laurent, Paul Martin, Pierre Trudeau, Wilfrid Laurier, William Lyon Mackenzie King on September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Seven of Canada’s 22 Prime Ministers have represented Quebec while leading the country (Abbott, Laurier, St. Laurent, Trudeau, Mulroney, Chretien and Martin), making it the most fertile ground for leaders since Confederation. Three provinces have had no Prime Ministers serving in Ottawa (New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland), although King was a PEI MP before [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
