“Governments are not always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosing economic ailments and prescribing the right treatment”
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Kim Campbell
Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell is a Canadian politician who was the 19th prime minister of Canada from June to November 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…
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politics · Prime Minister of Canada in 1993 · politician · lawyer · autobiographer · political scientist · lecturer · consul general · also Kim Campbell, Campbell
Born 10 March 1947 · Q128553
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2026· 3 entries
“s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. The President”
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“told the press [that] Mulroney was much too good a lawyer to intervene improperly”
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2019· 1 entry
That she could not survive in the Conservative Party
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2016· 1 entry
Liberal prime minister Justin Trudeau announced that Campbell had agreed to chair a seven-person committee to prepare a short list of candidates to succeed Thomas Cromwell on the Supreme Court of Canada
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2015· 1 entry
Published “A global reference for human genetic variation” in Nature — cited 17,878 times.
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2013· 1 entry
Before launching the Independent Senators Group in 2016
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded Order of British Columbia (2012).
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2011· 1 entry
For Maclean's magazine broadened the number of historians surveyed; in this new survey of over 100 Canadian historians, Campbell again finished last, this time coming at number 22 out of Canada's first 22 prime ministers
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2004· 2 entries
Campbell's official portrait for the parliamentary prime minister's gallery was unveiled
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Was included in the list of 50 most important political leaders in history in the Almanac of World History compiled by the National Geographic Society
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2003· 1 entry
As a result of a merger of the Canadian Alliance with the party that Campbell had formerly led, the Progressive Conservatives); however, she later clarified in 2019 that she had, in fact, never joined the Conservative Pa
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1996· 1 entry
Campbell was appointed consul general to Los Angeles by the Chrétien government, a post in which she remained until 2000
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1993· 8 entries
Campbell resigned as party leader; Jean Charest succeeded her
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Election lost: 1993 federal election.
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Awarded Canadian Newsmaker of the Year (1993).
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Could not and could only say "Hello Mr
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Canada (1993–1993).
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Career landmark: Minister of National Defence (1993–1993).
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Campaign: 1993 federal election.
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Campbell was transferred to the posts of minister of national defence and minister of veterans affairs
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1990· 1 entry
Following the Supreme Court's decision to invalidate the country's abortion law, Campbell was responsible for introducing Bill C-43 to govern abortions in Canada
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1989· 1 entry
Campbell was appointed to the cabinet as minister of state (Indian affairs and northern development), a junior role to the minister of Indian and northern affairs
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1988· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Commons of Canada (1988–1993).
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1987· 1 entry
“Because of who you are and what you can do, lots of doors will open for you, and you have to decide which ones to go through.”
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1986· 1 entry
Before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a PC in 1988
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1985· 1 entry
Joined the office of Premier Bill Bennett as an executive assistant and policy adviser
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1984· 1 entry
And practised law in Vancouver until 1986
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1983· 2 entries
And Campbell married Howard Eddy in 1986, a marriage that lasted until shortly before she became prime minister
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The chair of that board and serving in 1984 as its vice-chair
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1970· 2 entries
To study towards her doctorate in Soviet government and spent three months touring the Soviet Union from April to June 1972
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And spent decades trying to clear his name before being exonerated in 1993
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1959· 1 entry
Published “Convergent and discriminant validation by the multitrait-multimethod matrix.” in Psychological Bulletin — cited 11,550 times.
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1947· 1 entry
Born 1947-03-10.
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