Canada lost one of her finest public servants on this date in 2003 with the death of Robert Stanfield. A ground-breaking Premier of Nova Scotia, Mr. Stanfield entered national politics and was elected leader of Canada’s Conservatives in 1967. Along the way he attracted the support of -- and offered mentorship to -- young Tories that included Hugh Segal, Brian Mulroney, Joe Clark and Lowell Murray, to name but a few.
He fought elections against Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1968, 1972 and 1974. While Mr. Stanfield was defeated by Trudeau each time, he calmed the waters in the fractious Tory caucus and in many ways set the stage for future Conservative victories in the years that followed.
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Robert Stanfield and Joe Clark/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.
Robert Stanfield and Joe Clark/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.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.