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Today in Canada's Political History: September 26, 1990, A sitting PM is joined by a future PM and a past one to honour Lester B. Pearson

  • Arthur Milnes

  • National Newswatch

  • September 26, 2026

Arthur Milnes, creator of Art's History on National Newswatch, is an accomplished public historian, award-winning journalist, and in-house historian at the Frontenac Club Hotel who brings Canada's political history to life through engaging stories, historical insights, and personal anecdotes drawn from his encounters with many of the country's leading figures.

Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was joined by future PM Jean Chrétien and former PM Pierre Trudeau in paying tribute to Lester B. Pearson on this date in 1990. All three were there as Mr. Pearson’s statue on Parliament Hill was dedicated.

I’d also like to pause today to send birthday wishes out to former Senator Lowell Murray as he celebrates his milestone 90th birthday. One of the most important members of the Red Chamber who spent a lifetime at the heart of Canada’s Progressive Conservative movement, Murray is someone I owe a great deal as he has taken time over the years to assist me with countless historical projects. Happy 90th from Sir John A.’s town, Senator Murray!


 

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.