Richard Bedford Bennett,1st Viscount Bennett,,was a Canadian lawyer,businessman,philanthropist,and politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Canada from 1930 to 1935.
The leader of the Official Opposition,formally known as the leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition,is the politician who leads the Official Opposition in Canada,typically the leader of the party possessing the most seats in the House of Commons that is not the governing party or part of the governing coalition.
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party",it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873,although many of its candidates continued to use this name.
The Reconstruction Party was a Canadian political party founded by Henry Herbert Stevens,a long-time Conservative Member of Parliament (MP). Stevens served as Minister of Trade in the Arthur Meighen government of 1921,and as Minister of Trade and Commerce from 1930 to 1934 in the Depression-era government of R. B. Bennett.
Hugh Guthrie,was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister in the governments of Sir Robert Borden,Arthur Meighen and R. B. Bennett.
Robert James Manion was a Canadian politician who led the Conservative Party of Canada from 1938 to 1940. Prior to his leadership of the party,he served in Prime Minister Arthur Meighen and R.B. Bennett's cabinets.
The first Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leadership election was held in 1927,when the party was called the Conservative Party. Prior to then the party's leader was chosen by the caucus or in several cases by the Governor General of Canada designating a Conservative MP or Senator to form a government after the retirement or death of an incumbent Conservative Prime Minister.
Howard Charles Green,was a Canadian federal politician.
The 1935 Canadian federal election was held on October 14,1935,to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 18th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal Party of William Lyon Mackenzie King won a majority government,defeating Prime Minister R. B. Bennett's Conservatives.
The King–Byng affair was a Canadian constitutional crisis that occurred in 1926,when the governor general of Canada,the Lord Byng of Vimy,refused a request by the prime minister,William Lyon Mackenzie King,to dissolve parliament and call a general election.
The Komagata Maru incident involved the Japanese steamship Komagata Maru,on which a group of people from British India attempted to immigrate to Canada in April 1914,but most were denied entry and forced to return to Calcutta. There,the Indian Imperial Police attempted to arrest the group leaders. A riot ensued,and they were fired upon by the police,resulting in the deaths of 22 people.
The Thirteenth Canadian Ministry was the second cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Arthur Meighen. It governed Canada from 29 June 1926 to 25 September 1926,including only the last three months of the 15th Canadian Parliament,all cabinet ministers were acting cabinet ministers as Meighen hadn't been given the confidence of the house,and any cabinet ministers appointed by him would have had to resign their seats and run for re-election. The government was formed by the old Conservative Party of Canada. Meighen was also Prime Minister in the Eleventh Canadian Ministry.
Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell is a Canadian politician,diplomat,lawyer,and writer who served as the 19th prime minister of Canada from June 25 to November 4,1993. Campbell is the first and so far only female prime minister of Canada. Prior to becoming the final Progressive Conservative (PC) prime minister,she was also the first woman to serve as minister of justice in Canadian history and the first woman to become minister of defence in a NATO member state.
Arthur Meighen was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the ninth prime minister of Canada from 1920 to 1921 and from June to September 1926. He led the Conservative Party from 1920 to 1926 and from 1941 to 1942.
The continuous journey regulation was a restriction placed by the Canadian government that (ostensibly) prevented those who,"in the opinion of the Minister of the Interior," did not "come from the country of their birth or citizenship by a continuous journey and or through tickets purchased before leaving the country of their birth or nationality." However,in effect,the regulation would only affect the immigration of persons from India.
Jasbir Sandhu is a former Canadian politician. He was a Member of Parliament in the 41st Parliament. He was elected to the House of Commons in the 2011 federal election and represented the electoral district of Surrey North for the New Democratic Party. He served as the Official Opposition's critic on Public Safety and for the Asia-Pacific Gateway project. He sought re-election in 2015 but lost to Randeep Sarai of the Liberal Party.
The 1942 Progressive Conservative Party leadership election was held to choose a leader to replace Arthur Meighen for the newly named Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
A National Conservative leadership convention began on July 5,1938,culminating in a leadership ballot on July 7. The Conservative Party of Canada chose Robert James Manion to succeed former Prime Minister R. B. Bennett as party leader.
A Conservative leadership convention was held on October 12,1927 at the Winnipeg Amphitheatre in Winnipeg,Manitoba. The convention was held to choose a new leader of the Conservative Party to choose a successor to former Prime Minister of Canada Arthur Meighen who had led the party since 1920. This was the first time the Conservatives used a leadership convention to choose a leader. Previous leaders had been chosen by the party's caucus,the previous leader,or by the Governor General of Canada designating an individual to form a government after his predecessor's death or resignation.
