Stephen Harper (22nd Prime Minister of Canada)
Harper was a Conservative Party politician and the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada, serving between 2006 and 2015.
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Stephen Harper

Profession: 22nd Prime Minister of Canada

Biography: Harper was a Conservative Party politician and the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada, serving between 2006 and 2015.

Born: April 30, 1959

Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Age: 65 years old

Generation: Baby Boomer

Chinese Zodiac: Pig

Star Sign: Taurus

Married Life

Canada's PM Stephen Harper (34) weds Laureen Teskey (30)

Historical Events

Stephen Harper wins the leadership of the newly created Conservative Party of Canada, becoming the party's first leader.

Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Parliament Stephen Harper, introduces a motion of no confidence. The motion is passed on November 28 leading to the dissolution of the 38th Canadian Parliament.

After losing the federal election to Stephen Harper, Paul Martin resigns as leader of the Liberal party

The Canadian House of Commons endorses Prime Minister Stephen Harper's motion to declare Québécois a nation within a unified Canada.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made an official historic apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to a residential school abuse in which children were isolated from their homes, families and cultures for a century

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