It is a special anniversary day for one of my favourite people in public life today.  I speak, of course, about former Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne.  She made history on this day in 2013, becoming Ontario’s first-ever female Premier.  And at the same time, she made history again as the province’s first openly gay Premier. Over the years, when she was Premier and through today in Opposition, Ms. Wynne has been an incredible supporter of my work in the field of political history and I owe her a great deal.  She even once took time out from her punishing schedule as Premier to co-lead, along with yours truly, a historical walking tour of the Queen’s Park grounds for students.  So, it is a particular pleasure to send out happy anniversary greetings to this pioneering Canadian on her special anniversary day. caption id="attachment_537382" align="aligncenter" width="480" Art Milnes with Premier Wynne at Laurier Walk for Kingston students (2016): Photo credit: Steve Paikin/caption     Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist.  He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy.  A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.