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The Liberal Party of Canada has never had a female leader. Three women have been candidates – Sheila Copps, Martha Hall ...

The federal Liberal Party faces a tumultuous start to 2025, as it scrambles to select a successor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before Canadians head to the polls later this year.

Whoever becomes the next leader of the federal Liberal party could become the shortest-serving prime minister in Canadian ...

Chrystia Freeland, the former Canadian finance minister who helped bring Justin Trudeau’s political career to an end when she resigned in December, has joined the race to replace him as prime minister ...

We make major decisions about life based on the input of others we trust and respect. Religion is no different than politics ...

The winner of that contest will become the party leader and Canada’s 24th prime ... convention where they selected Kim Campbell. She became prime minister – still the only woman in Canadian ...

“Now that the Prime Minister has made his decision to ... and first since Kim Campbell, to serve as Canada’s defence minister. More on Politics A year later, she would be moved to president ...

He became prime minister at age 45 ... sought the leadership, with Kim Campbell — an experienced politician, yet first-term MP who had served as Canada's justice minister and attorney general ...