Kim Campbell

19th Prime Minister of Canada in 1993

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Kim Campbell was Canada's 19th Prime Minister, serving in 1993. She was notable for being the first woman to hold this position in Canadian history.

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Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell PC CC OBC QC is a Canadian politician, diplomat, lawyer and writer who served as the 19th prime minister of Canada from June 25, 1993, to November 4, 1993. Campbell is the first and only woman to hold the position.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Kim
Family name: Campbell
Gender: female
Citizenship: Canada
Place of birth: Port Alberni
Occupation: consul general
Position held: member of the House of Commons of Canada
Educated at: The Royal Conservatory of Music
Employer: Harvard University
Political party: British Columbia Social Credit Party
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: Anglican Church of Canada
Official website: www.kimcampbell.com
Image: Kim Campbell.jpg
Work location: Ottawa

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Commons category: Kim Campbell
date of birth: 1947-03-10
birth name: Avril Phædra Douglas Campbell
nickname: Kim
social media followers: 41324
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candidacy in election: 1993 Canadian federal election

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Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell (born March 10, 1947) is a Canadian politician who was the 19th prime minister of Canada from June to November 1993. Campbell is the first and only female prime minister of Canada. Prior to becoming the final Progressive Conservative (PC) prime minister, she was also the first woman to serve as minister of justice in Canadian history and the first woman to become minister of defence in a NATO member state.

Campbell was first elected to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as a member of the British Columbia Social Credit Party in 1986 before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a PC in 1988. Under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, she occupied numerous cabinet positions including minister of justice and attorney general, minister of veterans affairs and minister of national defence from 1990 to 1993. Campbell became the new prime minister in June 1993 after Mulroney resigned in the wake of declining popularity. In the 1993 Canadian federal election in October of that year, the Progressive Conservatives were decimated, losing all but two seats from a previous majority, with Campbell losing her own. Her 132-day premiership is the third-shortest in Canadian history.

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