As readers of Art’s History know, I love nothing better than the unveiling ceremonies held each time a portrait of one of our past Prime Ministers goes up. In our often toxic politics today, these are amongst the rarest of times when politics is put aside and the Parliament Hill community pauses its work and comes together to celebrate the public service of our past prime ministers and their families.
On this date in 2016, it was time to honour Paul Martin – a former PM who I am proud to add has planted a ceremonial tree at my Kingston home. Congratulations, again, Mr. Martin and thank you, from Art’s History and all my readers, for your service – and that of your wife and entire family – to Canada.
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Rt. Hon. Paul Martin, at the unveiling of his official portrait/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.
Rt. Hon. Paul Martin, at the unveiling of his official portrait/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.