The storied 1967 federal Progressive Conservative leadership convention came to an end on this date with Nova Scotia’s Robert L. Stanfield elected the party’s new leader at their Toronto Convention. A past Premier of his home province, Mr. Stanfield would serve in his party’s top job and lead it through the 1968, 1972 and 1974 elections.
While he lost out to Pierre Trudeau each time, he earned the respect and affection of members of his party and most Canadians along the way. Mr. Stanfield also greatly modernized his party in the aftermath of the Diefenbaker years, particularly in coming to terms with French Quebec, a blind spot for many Tory leaders before him.
Birthdays: Sending out birthday greetings to MPs Lawrence MacAulay, Niki Ashton and Mike Kelloway.
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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.
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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.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.