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In 2020, Canada lost its bid to join the United Nations Security Council. This was the second time Canada had failed an attempt to join the Security Council, the first time being in 2009 under Prime Minister Stephen Harper. [298] Trudeau, US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the NATO Summit in Vilnius on July 12 ...
Order of Death Name Date of death Order of Office Cause of death Age at Death Lifespan after office Place of death Place of burial Image 1 John A. Macdonald: June 6, 1891 1 Stroke: 75 years, 330 days 0 days Ottawa, Ontario. Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario. 2 Alexander Mackenzie: April 17, 1892 2 Stroke from a fall hitting his head
Twenty-three people have served as Prime Minister of Canada since the office came into existence in 1867. Nineteen of Canada's prime ministers have been born in Canada. Four of Canada's prime ministers have been born outside Canada: John A. Macdonald, Alexander Mackenzie, Mackenzie Bowell, and John Turner.
Minister without Portfolio; Succeeded on Macdonald's death due to objections to the Catholic John Thompson. In ill health; retired. First prime minister born in what would become Canada, and first of only two prime ministers to serve while in the Senate. 4: John Sparrow David Thompson (1845–1894) 5 December 1892 12 December 1894
Bowell served one short term of just over a year. After Thompson's sudden death in office in late 1894, Bowell was appointed prime minister by the governor general, the Earl of Aberdeen. [15] Bowell was the third prime minister to lead the Conservative government after Macdonald's death in 1891, prior to the next election in 1896. He had a ...
September 27 – George Grant, philosopher, teacher and political commentator (born 1918) October 15 – Victor Copps, politician and Mayor of Hamilton (born 1919) October 31 – Alfred Pellan, painter (born 1906) November 26 – John Dahmer, politician (born 1937) December 20 — Alphonse Ouimet, president of CBC from 1958 to 1968 (born 1908)
October 9 – Colleen Peterson, singer (born 1950) October 11 Joe Morris, trade unionist and president of the Canadian Labour Congress (born 1913) William Vickrey, professor of economics and Nobel Laureate (born 1914) October 14 – Marcel Bourbonnais, politician (born 1918) October 17 – Laura Sabia, social activist and feminist (born 1916)
Canada sends a delegation to the Paris Peace Talks, the conference resolving war issues. Canada signs the Versailles treaty as part of the British Empire, with parliament's approval. [91] Prohibition in Canada ends federally. [92] 1919: May 15 -June 26: The largest strike in Canadian history; the Winnipeg General strike occurs. Soldiers ...