kim Campbell (17h 34min, jun 25, 1993 y – 0h 57min, nov 4, 1993 y)

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Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell was born March 10, 1947. She is a Canadian politician, diplomat, lawyer and writer who filled in as the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, from June 25, 1993, to November 4, 1993. She was the first female prime minister of Canada, the first baby boomer to hold that office, and the only prime minister born in British Columbia.

In February 1993, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney announced his retirement from politics, to take power on June 25, 1993. Campbell entered the party leadership race to succeed Mulroney. Campbell had worked in four cabinet portfolios previous to working for the party leadership, including three years as Minister of Justice, and garnered the support of more than half the PC caucus when she declared for the leadership. She beat Jean Charest at the Progressive Conservative leadership conference that June and Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn selected her Prime Minister on June 25. As a permit to Charest, Campbell elected him to the posts of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Science and Technology-the first largely symbolic, and the second an important cabinet portfolio position. After becoming party leader and Prime Minister, she set about reorganizing the cabinet. Campbell largely battled during the summer, visiting the nation and visiting barbecues and other events. In August 1993, a Gallup Canada poll revealed Campbell as having a 51 percent support rating. She was recognized as Canada's most popular prime minister in 30 years.

Guide for the Progressive Conservative Party had also developed to within some points of the Liberals, while the Reform Party had been reduced to single digits. Campbell was the only Canadian prime minister not to have resided at 24 Sussex Drive since that address became the official home of the Prime Minister of Canada in 1951. Campbell's predecessor Mulroney settled at 24 Sussex while improvements on his new home in Montreal were being completed.
Campbell instead took up residence at Harrington Lake, the PM's summer and weekend retreat, located in rural Quebec, north of Ottawa, and she didn't move into 24 Sussex after Mulroney left.
Like Charles Tupper and John Turner, Campbell never sat in Parliament as Prime Minister, as her term was filled by the summer break and the election campaign.

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