Kim Campbell
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| 19th Prime Minister of Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office June 25 – November 4, 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Governor General | Ray Hnatyshyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Jean Charest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Brian Mulroney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jean Chrétien | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office June 13 – December 14, 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Brian Mulroney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jean Charest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office November 21, 1988 – October 25, 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Pat Carney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Hedy Fry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Point Grey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office September 24, 1986 – November 21, 1988 Serving with Darlene Marzari | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Succeeded by | Tom Perry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Avril Phaedra Douglas Campbell March 10, 1947 Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Independent (since 2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Spouses | Howard Eddy
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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.
Campbell was also the first baby boomer to hold the office, as well as the only prime minister born in British Columbia. She was the chairperson for the Canadian Supreme Court advisory board.