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Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. He is the only prime minister to have come from the modern-day Conservative Party of Canada , serving as the party's first leader from 2004 to 2015.
Prior to Stephen Harper taking office in November 2006, during the last two years of the premiership of Paul Martin, the Canadian economy was experiencing steady growth and there were large fiscal surpluses—$1.4 billion in FY 2004-2005 (0.1% of GDP) and $13.2 billion in FY 2005-2006 (0.9% GDP).
The premiership of Stephen Harper began on February 6, 2006, when the first Cabinet headed by Stephen Harper was sworn in by Governor General Michaelle Jean.Harper was invited to form the 28th Canadian Ministry and become Prime Minister of Canada following the 2006 federal election, where Harper led his Conservative Party to win a plurality of seats in the House of Commons of Canada, defeating ...
The Twenty-Eighth Canadian Ministry was the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, that governed Canada from the beginning of the 39th Parliament to the end of the 41st Parliament. Its original members were sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada on February 6, 2006, exactly two weeks after the 2006 federal election and nine ...
Premiership of Stephen Harper; 0–9. 2008–2009 Canadian parliamentary dispute; 2010 Canada anti-prorogation protests; B. 2006 Canadian federal budget;
Gravelle, Timothy B., et al. "Foreign policy beliefs and support for Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party." Canadian Foreign Policy Journal 20.2 (2014): 111-130. online; McCormack, Michael. "More than Words: Securitization and Policymaking in the Canadian Arctic under Stephen Harper," American Review of Canadian Studies (2020) 50#4 pp 436 ...
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This article is the Electoral history of Stephen Harper, the twenty-second prime minister of Canada. Harper served as prime minister from February 6, 2006 to November 4, 2015, having won three general elections.