21st Canadian Ministry
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The Twenty-First Canadian Ministry was the cabinet
chaired by Prime Minister
Joe Clark
. It governed Canada
from 4 June 1979 to 3 March 1980, including all of the 31st Canadian Parliament
. The government was formed by the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
.
Cabinet of Canada
The Cabinet of Canada is a body of ministers of the Crown that, along with the Canadian monarch, and within the tenets of the Westminster system, forms the government of Canada...
chaired by Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Canada
The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...
Joe Clark
Joe Clark
Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician...
. It governed Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
from 4 June 1979 to 3 March 1980, including all of the 31st Canadian Parliament
31st Canadian Parliament
The 31st Canadian Parliament was a briefly lived parliament in session from October 9 until December 14, 1979. The membership was set by the 1979 federal election on May 22, 1979, and it was dissolved after the minority government of Joe Clark failed to pass a Motion of Confidence on December 13,...
. The government was formed by the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
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Ministers
- Lincoln AlexanderLincoln Alexander-External links:* * *...
- Martial AsselinMartial AsselinMartial Asselin, is a retired Canadian politician and the 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec .Born in La Malbaie, Quebec, the son of Ferdinand Asselin and Eugénie Tremblay, he was called to the Quebec Bar in 1951. He was created Queen's Counsel in 1967...
- Ron Atkey
- Walter Baker
- Perrin BeattyPerrin BeattyHenry Perrin Beatty, PC is a corporate executive and former Canadian politician.Perrin Beatty first won election to the Canadian House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative at the age of 22 in the 1972 election....
- Joe ClarkJoe ClarkCharles Joseph "Joe" Clark, is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician...
- David Crombie
- John CrosbieJohn CrosbieJohn Carnell Crosbie, PC, OC, ONL, QC is a retired provincial and federal politician and the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...
- Robert de CotretRobert de CotretRobert René de Cotret, PC was a Canadian politician.Robert de Cotret was an economist and corporate executive before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a 1978 by-election...
- Jake EppJake EppArthur Jacob "Jake" Epp, PC, OC is an executive and former Canadian politician.Born into a Mennonite family in Manitoba, Jake Epp was a high school history teacher in Steinbach, Manitoba before entering politics...
- Jacques FlynnJacques FlynnJacques Flynn, PC, OC, QC was a Canadian politician and Senator.Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, the grandson of the Premier of Quebec Edmund James Flynn, he graduated in law from Université Laval in and was called to the Quebec Bar both in 1939.A Progressive Conservative, Flynn ran unsuccessfully...
- John Allen FraserJohn Allen FraserJohn Allen Fraser, PC, OC, OBC, CD, QC is a retired Canadian parliamentarian and former Speaker of the House of Commons....
- Heward GraffteyHeward GraffteyWilliam Heward Grafftey, PC, QC was a Canadian politician and businessman.-Early life:Born in Montreal, Quebec, to a prosperous family, he was a cousin of artist Prudence Heward, and wrote "Chapter Four: Prudence Heward" in the 1996 book Portraits of a Life..His father, Major Arthur Grafftey, was...
- Ray HnatyshynRay HnatyshynRamon John Hnatyshyn , commonly known as Ray Hnatyshyn, was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 24th since Canadian Confederation....
- Robert HowieRobert HowieJ. Robert Howie, PC is a former Canadian politician.Howie was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1972 federal election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for York—Sunbury...
- Ron HuntingtonRon HuntingtonArthur Ronald Huntington, was a Canadian politician.-Early life:Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was a member of the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander....
- William H. JarvisWilliam H. JarvisWilliam Herbert "Bill" Jarvis, PC is a former Canadian politician.Jarvis attended the London Central Collegiate Institute and the University of Western Ontario where he was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society....
- Roch La SalleRoch La SalleRoch La Salle, PC was a Canadian politician who served in the province of Quebec. He spent 18 years as a Federal Member of Parliament. He represented the riding of Joliette...
- Allan Lawrence
- David MacDonald (politician)
- Flora MacDonald (politician)
- James McGrath
- Elmer MacKayElmer MacKayElmer MacIntosh MacKay, PC, QC is a retired Canadian politician.-Life and career:MacKay was born in Hopewell, Nova Scotia. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Central Nova through a 1971 by-election...
- Don MazankowskiDon MazankowskiDonald Frank "Don" Mazankowski, PC, OC, AOE is a Canadian politician who served as a cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney. He was also Deputy Prime Minister under Mulroney....
- Allan McKinnonAllan McKinnonAllan Bruce McKinnon, PC, MC, CD, was a Canadian politician.Born in Canora, Saskatchewan, he served with the Royal Canadian Artillery and was officer with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. In 1945, he was awarded the Military Cross. After the war, he remained in the Canadian Army...
- Erik NielsenErik NielsenErik Hersholt Nielsen, PC, DFC, QC was a Canadian politician, and longtime Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Yukon....
- Steve PaproskiSteve PaproskiSteven Eugene Paproski, PC was a Canadian politician and pro football player. He played in the CFL from 1949 to 1954 and served as a federal Member of Parliament from 1968 to 1993.-Early life:...
- Sinclair StevensSinclair StevensSinclair McKnight Stevens, PC is a Canadian lawyer, businessman and former parliamentarian.-Early life:He was born in Esquesing Township , the third child of Northern Irish immigrants Robert Murray Stevens and Anna Bailey McKnight...
- Michael Wilson (politician)Michael Wilson (politician)Michael Holcombe Wilson, PC, CC is a Canadian diplomat, politician and business leader.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Wilson attended Upper Canada College, Trinity College at the University of Toronto where he joined The Kappa Alpha Society...
- John Wise (politician)John Wise (politician)John Wise, PC is a Canadian farmer and politician from Ontario.Born in St. Thomas, Ontario, he was first elected as a Progressive Conservative to the Canadian House of Commons representing the riding of Elgin in 1972. He was re-elected in 1974, 1979, 1980, and 1984...