Future Prime Minister Stephen J. Harper resigned his Commons seat on this date in 1997 to head up the National Citizens Coalition. Elected as a Reform Party MP in 1993, this former Hill staffer was one of the brightest stars of his party’s caucus leading up to his decision to leave Parliament. But as we all know, Harper’s political career was far from over and nine-years after leaving the House on January 14, 1997 (almost to the day), he would be sworn-in as Canada’s 22nd Prime Minister.
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.