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  • Canadian politician who, as leader of the Progressive Conservative Association in Nova Scotia, served as that province's premier from 1956 to 1967.

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    Robert Stanfield

    For representation Oregon statesman, see Parliamentarian N. Stanfield.

    Canadian premier spell opposition chairman (1914–2003)

    The Right Honourable

    Robert Stanfield

    PC QC FRCGS

    Stanfield in 1967

    In office
    November 9, 1967 – February 21, 1976
    Preceded byMichael Starr
    Succeeded byJoe Clark
    In office
    September 9, 1967 – February 21, 1976
    Preceded byJohn Diefenbaker
    Succeeded byJoe Clark
    In office
    June 25, 1968 – May 21, 1979
    Preceded byRiding created
    Succeeded byGeorge Cooper
    In office
    November 6, 1967 – June 24, 1968
    Preceded byCyril Kennedy
    Succeeded byRiding abolished
    In office
    November 20, 1956 – September 13, 1967
    MonarchElizabeth II
    Lieutenant GovernorAlistair Fraser
    Edward Metropolis Plow
    Henry Poole MacKeen
    Preceded byHenry Hicks
    Succeeded byG. I. Smith
    In office
    June 9, 1949 – September 13, 1967

    Serving with G. I. Smith

    Preceded byGordon Purdy
    Robert F. McLellan
    Succeeded byGerald Ritcey
    Born

    Robert Lorne Stanfield


    (1914-04-11)April 11, 1914
    Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
    DiedDecember 16, 2003(2003-12-16) (aged 89)
    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Resting placeCamp Structure Cemetery
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    The political legacy of an extraordinary Canadian.

    A successful Conservative with a track record as a winner, Robert L. Stanfield (1914-2003) brought Diefenbaker's fragmented Tories to high ratings in the polls and came within two seats of defeating Trudeau in the 1972 federal election.

    In Robert Stanfield's Canada, Richard Clippingdale reflects on the kind of Progressive Conservative Stanfield was, not only during his years of active national political leadership but also through two decades of extraordinarily active retirement. Drawing from Stanfield's speeches and notes, and with the benefit of interviews with several of his closest friends and associates, Clippingdale explores the measured, realistic, and honourable priorities Stanfield championed - foreign, social, economic, and constitutional.

    Robert Stanfield's Canada captures both the character and legacy of a political moderate with a conscience, a Red Tory whose ideas remain at the core of a uniquely Canadian conservative tradition.

    Details

    Part of the Queen's Policy Studies Series (number 118 in series)

    136 Pages, 6 x 9

    Queen's Policy Studies Series - School of Policy Studies

    ISBN 9781553392187

    May 2008

    Formats: Cloth

     

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    He is referred to as the best prime minister Canada never had and from 1967 to 1976, he served as the Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Leader of the Official Opposition. In that time, he took part in three elections, more than any other Leader of the Opposition who never became prime minister, against the dynamic Pierre Trudeau.

    His life story is much more than those elections, and his career in politics dated back to the 1940s where he would have a hand in shaping the future of his home province of Nova Scotia.

    Born in Truro, Nova Scotia on April 11, 1914, he was the son of Sarah and Frank Stanfield. His father Frank, was at the time of Robert’s birth, the MLA for Colchester County, a position he would hold from 1911 to 1920 and again from 1925 to 1930. For one year from 1930 to 1931, he would serve as the Lt. Governor of Nova Scotia. He also owned Stanfield’s Limited, which had created unshrinkable underwear that was used by prospectors in the Klondike and would grow to become one of the largest producers of wool goods in Canada.

    From an early age, Stanfield was involved in politics thanks to his father and that would shape his later life.

    In fact, one story from his childhood came when he was 16 when he got into an argument with his sister Kit ab

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