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Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. He is to date the only prime minister to have come from the modern-day Conservative Party of Canada, serving as the party's first leader from 2004 to 2015.
A conservative, Harper was unsuccessful in his first general election as leader of the Conservative Party, which re-elected then-Prime Minister Paul Martin and the Liberals. However, two years later Harper defeated Martin in the general election of 2006 and formed a minority government.
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 ...
Stephen Harper: Conservative (modern) Christian: Protestant: Christian and Missionary Alliance [7] February 6, 2006 – November 4, 2015: Raised in the United Church of Canada. [8] Justin Trudeau: Liberal: Christian: Catholic: Latin Church: November 4, 2015 –present
Stephen Harper: 20 March 2004: 19 October 2015 Acting: 19 October 2015 – 4 November 2015: Calgary Southwest, Alberta: First official leader of the modern Conservative Party of Canada; Served as Leader of the Official Opposition from 2004–2006, and Prime Minister from 2006–2015. — Rona Ambrose: 5 November 2015: 27 May 2017: Sturgeon ...
Stephen Harper, the former leader of the Canadian Alliance, was elected on the first (and only) ballot. Tony Clement , a former Ontario Progressive Conservative health minister, and Belinda Stronach , the former chief executive officer of Magna International , were the other candidates on the ballot.
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) 4,750 5 R. B. Bennett, Robert Borden (1911–1917), Mackenzie Bowell, Arthur Meighen (1926), and Charles Tupper Conservative Party of Canada (2003–present) 3,559 1 Stephen Harper Unionist Party: 1,003 1 Robert Borden (1917–1920) National Liberal and Conservative Party: 538 1 Arthur Meighen (1920 ...
The premiership of Stephen Harper began on February 6, 2006, when the first Cabinet headed by Stephen Harper was sworn in by Governor General Michaelle Jean.Harper was invited to form the 28th Canadian Ministry and become Prime Minister of Canada following the 2006 federal election, where Harper led his Conservative Party to win a plurality of seats in the House of Commons of Canada, defeating ...