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Clark, Joe |
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Clark, Joe (Charles Joseph Clark), 1939–, prime minister of Canada (1979–80), b. High River, Alta. He entered the Canadian House of Commons from Alberta in 1972 and became leader of the Progressive Conservative party in 1976. In the 1979 elections he led his party to victory and briefly replaced Pierre Trudeau Trudeau, Pierre Elliott (Joseph Philippe Pierre Ives Elliott Trudeau) (tr ..... Click the link for more information. as prime minister. His election represented the new political importance of W Canada, especially oil-rich Alberta. Brian Mulroney Mulroney, Brian (Martin Brian Mulroney) (mŭlrō`nē, –r ..... Click the link for more information. replaced him as party leader in 1983. Clark served as external affairs minister (1984–91) and constitutional affairs minister (1991–93) under Mulroney. Clark left politics in 1993; UN Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali appointed him special UN representative for Cyprus. In 1998, Clark again became leader of the Progressive Conservatives, who faced a strong challenge on the right from the Reform party (now the Canadian Alliance Reform party of Canada, which was founded in 1987 in Winnipeg, Man., as a W Canada–based conservative alternative to the Progressive Conservative party . Fiscally conservative and strongly in favor of tax cuts, the Alliance was also strongly federalist. ..... Click the link for more information. ), and in 2000 he was elected to parliament from Nova Scotia. Clark resigned as party leader in 2003, and became an independent later that year when the party joined the Canadian Alliance to form the Conservative party of Canada. He retired in 2004. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Invited guests included Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson, federal Minister of External Affairs Bill Graham, former prime minister Joe Clark and representatives of religious denominations from around the world. If the Conservative Party had taken over the Alliance party, instead of the other way around, and if Joe Clark were still their leader, he would be prime minister today with a huge majority government. Gordon, editor of the Harvard Education Letter, reminds us that the same year the report was released Joe Clark became the best-known principal in an American high school. |
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