There were a lot of Tories across Canada celebrating on this date in 2008 as Prime Minister Stephen Harper was confirmed in Canada’s top political job by Canadian voters.The PM and his party won 16 more seats than they had two years before, while the Liberals under Stéphane Dion lost 18 seats.When Parliament met soon after, 143 Tory MPs were on the government benches while the once mighty Liberals only had 103 seats. Three years later, Harper and his team would earn a majority mandate from voters.You can watch Prime Minister Harper speak to the nation from Calgary on election night 2008 here.[caption id="attachment_588356" align="alignleft" width="432"]
PM Stephen Harper, election night 2008[/caption]Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.
PM Stephen Harper, election night 2008[/caption]Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.