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Avril Phædra Douglas "Kim" Campbell
PC
CC
OBC
QC
(known as
Kim Campbell
) (born March 10, 1947), is a
Canadian
politician
,
lawyer
,
diplomat
, and
writer
who was the 19th
Prime Minister of Canada
from June 25, 1993 to November 4, 1993.
Kim Campbell was born on March 10, 1947, in
Port Alberni
,
British Columbia
. Her Parents were George Thomas Campbell and Phyllis "Lisa" Cook.
She entered the PC Party leadership race after Prime Minister
Brian Mulroney
announced his retirement from politics. She defeated
Jean Charest
at the Progressive Conservative leadership convention and was appointed Prime Minister on June 25, 1993 by
Governor General
Ray Hnatyshyn
. She served as Prime Minister from June 25, 1993 to November 4, 1993. She was the first and only to date female Prime Minister of Canada, the first Prime Minister to have been born in British Columbia and the first Prime Minister to be a
baby boomer
.
When Campbell became Prime Minister, there had to be a general election. This is because
elections in Canada
have to take place at least every five years. During the
1993 federal election
campaign
, she became very unpopular after the
writ was dropped
. Because of this, on the day of the election, the Progressive Conservatives won only two seats in
Parliament
. Campbell lost her own seat.
[1]
- ↑
McLaughlin, David.
Poisoned Chalice: The Last Campaign of the Progressive Conservative Party?
(Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994), p. 276
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