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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Trudeaumania creates election win
Posted in Chrétien, Diefenbaker, Trudeau, Turner, tagged Canadian election, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, Jean Chrétien, John Diefenbaker, John Turner, Pierre Trudeau on June 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1968 — In his first test since becoming Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau wins Canada’s 28th federal election, defeating the Progressive Conservatives under their new leader, Robert Stanfield. Benefiting from a national attack of Trudeaumania, he attracts enough votes to gain majority government status. Other former and future PMs re-elected are John Diefenbaker, John Turner and [...]
Diefenbaker’s Tories lose more than 90 seats
Posted in Diefenbaker, Pearson, Turner, tagged Canadian election, Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, John Diefenbaker, John Turner, Lester B. Pearson on June 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1962 — Prime Minister John Diefenbaker wins Canada’s 25th federal election, but loses the country’s biggest majority he acquired in the last election four years ago. He now faces a minority government after the three opposition parties all make impressive gains. The Liberals under Lester Pearson double their number of seats in the Commons, with [...]
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 [...]
Turner’s budget sparks non confidence vote
Posted in Trudeau, Turner, tagged Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, John Turner, Pierre Trudeau on May 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1974 — The New Democratic Party joins the Conservatives to defeat the Pierre Trudeau government on a non-confidence vote. They oppose tax incentives for corporations recommended in the third budget of Finance Minister John Turner. Trudeau later maintains he, Turner and other Liberals engineered the vote so they could go to the polls. Heading into [...]
Trudeau’s win makes him the next PM
Posted in Trudeau, Turner, tagged Canadian Prime Ministers, Gary Schlee, John Turner, Leadership Convention, Pierre Trudeau on April 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1968 — Pierre Trudeau (Justice) wins the Liberal leadership on the fourth ballot, defeating Robert Winters (Trade and Commerce) at the party’s leadership convention in Ottawa. Trudeau led on all four ballots. On the final ballot, Trudeau receives 50.9% of the vote to Winters’ 40.3%. Placing a distant third is John Turner (Consumer & Corporate [...]
Cabinet as a PMs’ playground
Posted in Abbott, Bowell, Chrétien, Macdonald, Pearson, Thompson, Trudeau, Tupper, Turner, tagged Canadian cabinet, 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 April 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1967 — Lester Pearson shuffles his cabinet, bringing two more future PMs onto his team: Pierre Trudeau as Justice Minister, and Jean Chrétien as Minister Without Portfolio. Chrétien replaces another future PM, John Turner, who becomes Registrar-General. It is the second and last time that four Prime Ministers serve in cabinet together. There were actually [...]
