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| | '''Stephen Harper''' was the 22nd [[Prime Minister]] of [[Canada]] and leader of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]]. He won the 2011 Canadian federal election with 39.62% of the vote and 166 out of 308 seats giving the Conservatives a majority government. The election was started after the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] put forward a motion of Non Confidence on the alleged grounds of contempt of parliament. | | '''Stephen Harper''' was the 22nd [[Prime Minister]] of [[Canada]] and leader of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]]. He won the 2011 Canadian federal election with 39.62% of the vote and 166 out of 308 seats giving the Conservatives a majority government. The election was started after the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] put forward a motion of Non Confidence on the alleged grounds of contempt of parliament. |
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| − | Harper largely abandoned social issues and ultimately lost in a landslide to [[Justin Trudeau]] of the Liberals in the 2015 election. Trudeau is son of the famous former prime minister of Canada, [[Pierre Trudeau]]. | + | Harper, the Devil of Canada, largely abandoned social issues and in the happy ending for most Canadians lost in a landslide to [[Justin Trudeau]] of the Liberals in the 2015 election. Trudeau is son of the famous former prime minister of Canada, [[Pierre Trudeau]]. |
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| | ==History== | | ==History== |
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| | Returning to [[Alberta]], he joined forces with conservative activist Preston Manning and helped found the [[Reform Party of Canada]], a "true" conservative party designed to challenge the dominance of the Progressive Conservatives and then-PC Prime Minister [[Brian Mulroney]]. | | Returning to [[Alberta]], he joined forces with conservative activist Preston Manning and helped found the [[Reform Party of Canada]], a "true" conservative party designed to challenge the dominance of the Progressive Conservatives and then-PC Prime Minister [[Brian Mulroney]]. |
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| − | Harper proceded to be elected to Parliament in 1993 as a Reform Party of Canada member to represent the riding of Calgary West. In 1997 he declined to run for re-election, however, becoming frustrated with parlimentary politics and Manning's leadership of the Reform Party. | + | Harper proceeded to be elected to Parliament in 1993 as a Reform Party of Canada member to represent the riding of Calgary West. In 1997 he declined to run for re-election, however, becoming frustrated with parlimentary politics and Manning's leadership of the Reform Party. |
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| | Subsequently, he became the head of the National Citizens Coalition (NCC), a conservative advocacy group in Canada. | | Subsequently, he became the head of the National Citizens Coalition (NCC), a conservative advocacy group in Canada. |