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The Richt Honourable
Stephen Harper
PC, MP
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22nt
Prime Meenister o Canadae
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In office
Februar 6, 2006 ? November 4, 2015
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Monarch
| Elizabeth II
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Precedit bi
| Paul Martin
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Succeedit bi
| Justin Trudeau
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Leader o the Opposeetion
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In office
Mairch 20, 2004 ? Februar 6, 2006
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Monarch
| Elizabeth II
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Prime Meenister
| Paul Martin
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Precedit bi
| Grant Hill
(Actin)
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Succeedit bi
| Bill Graham
(Actin)
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In office
Mey 21, 2002 ? Januar 8, 2004
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Monarch
| Elizabeth II
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Prime Meenister
| Jean Chretien
Paul Martin
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Precedit bi
| John Reynolds
(Actin)
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Succeedit bi
| Grant Hill
(Actin)
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Member o the
Hoose o Commons o Canadae
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Assumed office
Juin 28, 2002
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Precedit bi
| Preston Manning
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Constituency
| Calgary Soothwast
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In office
October 25, 1993 ? Juin 2, 1997
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Precedit bi
| James Hawkes
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Succeedit bi
| Rob Anders
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Constituency
| Calgary West
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Personal details
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Born
| Stephen Joseph Harper
(
1959-04-30
)
30 Aprile 1959
(age 65)
Toronto
,
Ontario
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Poleetical pairty
| Conservative Pairty
(2003?present)
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Ither poleetical
affiliations
| Liberal Pairty
(Afore 1985)
Progressive Conservative Pairty
(1985?1986)
Reform Pairty
(1987?1997)
Canadian Alliance
(2002?2003)
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Spoose(s)
| Laureen Teskey
(m. 1993?present)
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Bairns
| Benjamin, Rachel
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Residence
| 24 Sussex Drive
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Ottawa
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Ontario
(Offeecial)
Calgary
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Alberta
(Private)
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Alma mater
| Varsity o Calgary
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Profession
| Economist
[1]
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Religion
| Christian an Missionary Alliance
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Leid
| Inglis, French
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Signatur
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Wabsteid
| Official website
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Stephen Joseph Harper
(born Aprile 30, 1959),
PC
,
MP
, is the
twenty-seicont
prime meenister
o
Canadae
an leader o the
Conservative Pairty
. Harper becam prime meenister whan his pairty fairmed a
minority govrenment
efter the
2006 federal election
. He is the first prime meenister frae the newly reconstitutit Conservative Pairty, follaein a merger o the
Progressive Conservative
an
Canadian Alliance
pairties.
Harper is an evangelical Christian wi a pouer base in Alberta, home o Canadae's ile boom. Kent as an ally o Canadian fossil fuels, he haes promotit thair export tae the U.S. an Cheenae. He haes helped the federal govrenment tae dismantle some environmental restrictions on economic growth. Harper increased federal defense spendin bi nearly $1 billion annually in his first fower years in affice, wi mair projectit. Canadae haes amassed a federal debt ower $600 billion bi mid-2013.
[2]
Harper haes been the
Member o Parliament
(MP) for the
ridin
o
Calgary Soothwast
in
Alberta
syne 2002. Earlier, frae 1993 tae 1997, he wis the MP for
Calgary Wast
. He wis ane o the foondin members o the
Reform Pairty
, but did nae seek re-election, an instead joined, an shortly thareefter led, the
Naitional Citizens Coalition
.
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In 2002, he succeedit
Stockwell Day
as leader o the
Canadian Alliance
(the successor tae the Reform Pairty) an returned tae parliament as Leader o the Opposeetion. In 2003, he reached an agreement wi
Progressive Conservative
leader
Peter MacKay
for the merger o their twa pairties tae fairm the Conservative Pairty o Canadae. He wis electit as the pairty's first non-interim leader in Mairch 2004.
Harper's Conservative Pairty wan a stranger minority in the
October 2008 federal election
, shawing\ a smaa increase in the percentage o the
popular vote
an increased representation in the
Canadian Hoose o Commons
, wi 143 o 308 seats. The
40t Canadian Parliament
wis dissolved in Mairch 2011, efter his govrenment failed a
na-confidence vote
on the issue o the
Cabinet
bein in
contempt o parliament
.
[4]
In the
Mey 2011 federal election
, Harper's Conservative Pairty wan a majority govrenment, the first syne the
2000 federal election
. His pairty wan 166 seats, an increase o 23 seats frae the October 2008 election.
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