Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell
(Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell)

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1993

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 1947.03.10 - Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada.

OCCUPATION: Lawyer, University Lecturer.

POLITICAL PARTY:
Social Credit Party: 1980-88.
Progressive Conservative: 1988-93.

PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA:
Served: 25 June 1993 - 3 November 1993.

HOUSE OF COMMONS:
1993.10.25 - Vancouver Centre, British Columbia - Defeated.
1988.11.21 - Vancouver Centre, British Columbia - Elected.

SENIOR GOVERNMENT:
Minister of National Defence (1993.01.04 - 1993.06.24).
Minister of Veterans Affairs (1993.01.04 - 1993.06.24).
Minister of Justice / Attorney General of Canada (1990.02.23 - 1993.01.03).
Minister of State for Indian Affairs and Northern Development (1989.01.30 - 1990.02.22).
Member, Queen's Privy Council for Canada.

BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE (MLA):
Resigned in November 1988.
1986.10.22 - Vancouver-Point Grey - Elected.
1983.05.05 - Vancouver Centre - Defeated.

VANCOUVER SCHOOL BOARD (SCHOOL DISTRICT 39):
Served: 1980-84 (Elected 1980; Chair, 1983; Vice Chair, 1984).

PARTY LEADERSHIP:
Candidate for Leader of the British Columbia Social Credit Party, July 1986. First ballot: 12th place (out of 12 candidates) with 14 votes - 1.1%. Eliminated as a candidate after the first ballot.

Candidate for Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, June 1993. First ballot: 1st place (out of five candidates) with 1,664 votes - 48%. Second ballot: Elected over Jean Charest by a vote of 1,817 (52.7%) to 1,630 (47.3%).

Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1993.06.13 - 1993.12.13). The PC won 2 seats in the 1993 elections, a loss of 149 seats.

MISCELLANEOUS:
First female Prime Minister of Canada.

WEBSITE: CBC Archives: Kim Campbell and First Among Equals: Kim Campbell