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The oldest first minister, François Legault of Quebec, is 67; the youngest first minister, P.J. Akeeagok of Nunavut, is 40. Of the current first ministers, two (Danielle Smith of Alberta and Susan Holt of New Brunswick) are women and three (P.J. Akeeagok of Nunavut, Wab Kinew of Manitoba, and R.J. Simpson of the Northwest Territories) are ...
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 Appointment (7th Parl.) Liberal–Conservative: MP for Antigonish, NS: 5th [13] [14] Minister of Justice; first Catholic ...
These are lists of Canadian first ministers Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. C. Lists of prime ministers of Canada (12 P) Pages in ...
This is a list of the prime ministers of Canada by date, birthplace, and age. 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 .
Chris Hadfield OOnt MSC LLD DEng (born 1959) – first Canadian to walk in space, first Canadian to command the International Space Station; Steven MacLean ScD (born 1954) Julie Payette CQ FMC (born 1963) David Saint-Jacques (born 1970), B.Eng., Ph.D., M.D. Robert Thirsk (born 1953) – holds Canadian record for longest time spent in space (204 ...
The following is a partial list of First Nations peoples of Canada, organized by linguistic-cultural area. It only includes First Nations people, which by definition excludes Métis and Canadian Inuit groups. The areas used here are in accordance to those developed by the ethnologist and linguist Edward Sapir, and used by the Canadian Museum of ...
However, some sources, instead, put this date at 1535, when the word Canada was first used to refer to the French colony of Canada, [21] which was founded in the name of King Francis I. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Monarchical governance subsequently evolved under a continuous succession of French, British, and eventually uniquely Canadian sovereigns. [ 28 ]
First Canadian Muslim Senator Mobina Jaffer, one of the six senators for British Columbia since 2001. First Canadian Muslim MP Rahim Jaffer, Reform MP for Edmonton Strathcona from 1997 till 2008. First Female Canadian Muslim MP Yasmin Ratansi, Liberal MP for Don Valley East from 2004 till 2011 and 2015; First Muslim MLA (Alberta) and Cabinet ...