- Stephen Harper is a Canadian retired politician who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada, from February 6, 2006 to November 4, 2015
- He was the first prime minister to come from the modern Conservative Party of Canada, which was formed by a merger of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance
| Born: | 30 April 1959 Comment | | How old is Stephen Harper in 2024? / Age: | 64 years
| | Zodiac sign: | Taurus |
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Who is Stephen Harper? / Facts
- Harper was member of parliament for the riding of Calgary Heritage in Alberta from 2002 to 2016 (previously known as Calgary Southwest from 2002 to 2015)
- Earlier, from 1993 to 1997, he was the MP for Calgary West, representing the Reform Party of Canada
- He was one of the founding members of the Reform Party, but did not seek re-election in the 1997 federal election
- Harper instead joined and later led the National Citizens Coalition, a conservative lobbyist group
- In 2002, he s쳮ded Stockwell Day as leader of the Canadian Alliance, the successor to the Reform Party and returned to parliament as Leader of the Opposition
- In 2003, he reached an agreement with Progressive Conservative leader Peter MacKay for the merger of their two parties to form the Conservative Party of Canada
- He was elected as the party's first leader, in March 2004
- Harper stepped down as MP on August 26, 2016
- The 2006 federal election resulted in a minority government led by the Conservative Party with Harper becoming the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
- By proportion of seats, this was Canada's smallest minority government since Confederation
- Despite this, it was the longest-serving minority government overall
- In the 2008 federal election, the Conservative Party won a stronger minority, showing a small increase in the percentage of the popular vote and increased representation in the Canadian House of Commons, with 143 of 308 seats
- The 40th Canadian Parliament was dissolved in March, 2011, after a no-confidence vote that deemed the Cabinet to be in contempt of parliament
- In the federal election that followed, the Conservatives won a majority government, the first since the 2000 federal election; the party won 166 seats, an increase of 23 seats from the October 2008 election
- Though Harper won his seat of Calgary-Heritage in the October 19, 2015, federal election, the Conservative Party was defeated by the Liberal Party of Canada, led by Justin Trudeau, who was sworn-in as Harper's successor on November 4, 2015
- Harper resigned as party leader on October 19, 2015, and the Conservative Party caucus chose an interim leader, Rona Ambrose, on November 5, 2015, to serve until a leadership election
- Harper moved back to Calgary, Alberta, and commuted to Ottawa as an opposition backbench member of parliament
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Last update: 27 June 2020
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