John George Diefenbaker was a Canadian politician who served as the 13th prime minister of Canada,from 1957 to 1963. He was the only Progressive Conservative party leader between 1930 and 1979 to lead the party to an election victory,doing so three times,although only once with a majority of the seats in the House of Commons.
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a centre to centre-right federal political party in Canada that existed from 1942 to 2003.
The deputy prime minister of Canada is a minister of the Crown and a member of the Canadian Cabinet. The office is conferred at the discretion of the prime minister and does not have an associated departmental portfolio. Canadian deputy prime ministers are appointed to the Privy Council and styled as the Honourable,a privilege maintained for life.
Allan Joseph MacEachen was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as a senator and several times as a Cabinet minister. He was the first deputy prime minister of Canada and served from 1977 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984.
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.
A Red Tory is an adherent of a centre-right or paternalistic-conservative political philosophy derived from the Tory tradition. It is most predominant in Canada;however,it is also found in the United Kingdom,where it is more commonly known as one nation conservatism. This philosophy tends to favour communitarian social policies,while maintaining a degree of fiscal discipline and a respect of social and political order. It is contrasted with "Blue Tory" or "High Tory". Some Red Tories view themselves as small-c conservatives.
Hugh Segal was a Canadian political strategist,author,commentator,academic,and senator. He served as chief of staff to Ontario Premier Bill Davis and later to Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Segal resigned from the Senate of Canada on June 15,2014,as a result of his appointment as master of Massey College in Toronto.
The 34th Canadian Parliament was in session from December 12,1988,until September 8,1993. The membership was set by the 1988 federal election on November 21,1988,and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1993 election.
Jacques Flynn was a Canadian lawyer and federal politician,serving in both the House of Commons and Senate.
Louis Ralph "Bud" Sherman was a politician in Manitoba,Canada. He served in the House of Commons of Canada during the 1960s and was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1984,serving as a cabinet minister in the government of Sterling Lyon.
The 1976 Progressive Conservative leadership election was held at the Ottawa Civic Centre in Ottawa on February 22,1976,to elect a leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to replace Robert Stanfield,who had resigned after losing the 1968,1972,and 1974 elections. It unexpectedly elected a 36-year-old,little-known PC Member of Parliament from Alberta as the party's new leader. Joe Clark defeated Claude Wagner on the fourth ballot of the convention by a margin of 65 votes.
The 1967 Progressive Conservative leadership election was held to choose a leader for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. The convention was held at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto,Ontario,Canada between September 4 and 9,1967. Robert Stanfield was elected the new leader.
Janis Guðrún Johnson is a retired Canadian politician who served as a senator,representing the province of Manitoba.
David Tkachuk is a Canadian teacher,executive and politician. Tkachuk was a member of the Senate of Canada,representing Saskatchewan from 1993 to 2020.
Jean Bazin was a Canadian lawyer and former senator.
The Twenty-Eighth Canadian Ministry was the Cabinet,chaired by Prime Minister Stephen Harper,that governed Canada from the beginning of the 39th Parliament to the end of the 41st Parliament. Its original members were sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada on February 6,2006,exactly two weeks after the 2006 federal election and nine weeks and six days after the end of the 38th Canadian Parliament. Smaller than its recent predecessors,the Conservative Cabinet originally consisted of 27 members,including the Prime Minister. On January 4,2007,five Secretaries of State were added to the ministry who are not members of the Cabinet itself. The cabinet resigned on the morning of November 4,2015.
Flora Isabel MacDonald was a Canadian politician and humanitarian. Canada's first female foreign minister,she was also one of the first women to vie for leadership of a major Canadian political party,the Progressive Conservatives. She became a close ally of Prime Minister Joe Clark,serving in his cabinet from 1979 to 1980,as well as in the cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney from 1984 to 1988. In her later life,she was known for her humanitarian work abroad. Jimmy Carter has said that 90% of the contribution to freeing American hostages in Iran should be attributed to her and Kenneth D. Taylor. The City of Ottawa recognised MacDonald on July 11,2018,by naming a new bicycle and footbridge over the Rideau Canal the Passerelle Flora Footbridge.
Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell is a former 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 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.
The 40th Canadian Parliament was in session from November 18,2008 to March 26,2011. It was the last Parliament of the longest-running minority government in Canadian history that began with the previous Parliament. The membership of its House of Commons was determined by the results of the 2008 federal election held on October 14,2008. Its first session was then prorogued by the Governor General on December 4,2008,at the request of Prime Minister Stephen Harper,who was facing a likely no-confidence motion and a coalition agreement between the Liberal party and the New Democratic Party with the support of the Bloc Québécois. Of the 308 MPs elected at the October 14,2008 general election,64 were new to Parliament and three sat in Parliaments previous to the 39th:John Duncan,Jack Harris and Roger Pomerleau.
Claude Carignan is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was leader of the Conservative Party in the Senate of Canada,first as Leader of the Government in the Senate from 2013 to 2015 and then as Senate Opposition Leader from 2015 until 2017.
