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Monday, April 17, 2006
Harper overtakes Sir Charles Tupper

That didn’t take long. It remains to be seen what kind of prime minister Harper ends up becoming, but one thing is for certain: as of today, he won’t be the shortest serving. That record belongs to Sir Charles Tupper, just 69 days in office. As a Father of Confederation (Nova Scotia), Tupper had a distinguished record of public service, but he is the least successful of our prime ministers. Even though the old war horse (he was also the oldest PM in history at 74) could command a room and championed the most progressive reforms of his day, he was unfortunately more famous for his reckless private life. The “Ram of Cumberland” was notorious as a womanizer, so nicknamed owing to his forceful character and the manner of his sexuality. Absolutely scandalous by the Victorian standards of the 1890s. It would probably be an understatement to call him the Bill Clinton of his day.

Harper is on the move (see three posts below). In just 10 days from now he will surpass John Turner’s stint, followed by Kim Campbell and Joe Clark. Bets are that before his minority is up, he will have overtaken all the flash in the pan fluff that marked the tenure of our lesser Right Honourables. The bigger question is whether he will prove merely a managerial steward of the country (like Chretien), or one of the very few truly transformative leaders we've had from MacDonald to Mulroney. Methinks the latter, but only time will tell. At 40% in the polls though, things are definitely looking up for the man that is only on day 70 of his new job.

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