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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.
Harper ranks sixth out of twenty-three prime ministers for time in office, serving as prime minister for nine years, 271 days. [1] He is the third Conservative to win three elections, following Sir John A. Macdonald and John Diefenbaker , and the second-longest serving Conservative prime minister, after Macdonald.
He took office after defeating Prime Minister Campbell in the 1993 general election and stayed in power for ten years. After a leadership challenge within the Liberal Party from Paul Martin, he retired as prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party on December 12, 2003, and was replaced by Martin. [63] [64] 6: Stephen Harper: 9 years, 271 ...
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 ...
The prime ministership is part of Canada's constitutional convention tradition. The office was modelled after that which existed in the United Kingdom at the time. John A. Macdonald was commissioned by the Viscount Monck on 24 May 1867, to form the first government of the Canadian Confederation. On 1 July 1867, the first ministry assumed office ...
Prior to Stephen Harper taking office in November 2006, during the last two years of the premiership of Paul Martin, the Canadian economy was experiencing steady growth and there were large fiscal surpluses—$1.4 billion in FY 2004-2005 (0.1% of GDP) and $13.2 billion in FY 2005-2006 (0.9% GDP).
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 ...
Premiership of Stephen Harper; 0–9. 2008–2009 Canadian parliamentary dispute; 2010 Canada anti-prorogation protests; B. 2006 Canadian federal budget;