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The Right Honourable Kim Campbell PC CC OBC QC 19th Prime Minister of Canada In office June 25, 1993 -- November 4, 1993 Monarch Elizabeth II Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn Deputy Jean Charest Preceded by Brian Mulroney Succeeded by Jean Chrétien Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party In office June 13, 1993 -- December 14, 1993 Preceded by Brian Mulroney Succeeded by Jean Charest 30th Minister of National Defence In office January 4, 1993 -- June 25, 1993 Prime Minister Brian Mulroney Preceded by Marcel Masse Succeeded by Tom Siddon 15th Minister of Veterans Affairs In office January 4, 1993 -- June 25, 1993 Prime Minister Brian Mulroney Preceded by Gerald Merrithew Succeeded by Peter McCreath Minister responsible for Federal - Provincial Relations In office January 4, 1993 -- June 25, 1993 Prime Minister Brian Mulroney Preceded by Position established Succeeded by Marcel Massé ( Intergovernmental Affairs ) 42nd Minister of Justice In office February 23, 1990 -- January 3, 1993 Prime Minister Brian Mulroney Preceded by Doug Lewis Succeeded by Pierre Blais Member of the Canada Parliament for Vancouver Centre In office November 21, 1988 -- October 25, 1993 Preceded by Pat Carney Succeeded by Hedy Fry Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver - Point Grey In office September 24, 1986 -- November 21, 1988 Served with Darlene Marzari Preceded by Pat McGeer Garde Gardom Succeeded by Tom Perry Personal details Avril Phaedra Douglas Campbell ( 1947 - 03 - 10 ) March 10, 1947 ( age 70 ) Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada Political party Social Credit Party ( Before 1988 ) Progressive Conservative ( 1988 -- 2003 ) Spouse ( s ) Nathan Divinsky ( 1972 -- 1983 ) Howard Eddy ( 1986 -- 1993 ) Hershey Felder ( 1997 -- present ) Alma mater University of British Columbia London School of Economics Signature Avril Phaedra Douglas `` Kim '' Campbell PC CC OBC QC ( born March 10, 1947 ) is a Canadian politician, diplomat, lawyer and writer who served as the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, from June 25, 1993, to November 4, 1993. Campbell was the first, and to date, only female prime minister of Canada, the first baby boomer to hold that office, and the only prime minister born in British Columbia. She currently is the chairperson for Canada 's Supreme Court Advisory Board. Contents 1 Early life 2 University and early career 3 Family and early political career 4 Provincial politics 5 Federal politics 6 Prime Minister ( June -- November 1993 ) 7 The 1993 election 7.1 Campaign 7.2 Election defeat 8 Post-political career 9 Legacy 10 Honours 11 Honorary degrees 12 Arms 13 See also 14 References 15 Further reading 16 External links Early life Campbell was born in Port Alberni, British Columbia, the daughter of Phyllis `` Lissa '' Margaret ( née Cook ; 1923 -- 2013 ) and George Thomas Campbell ( 1920 -- 2002 ), a barrister who had served with The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada in Italy. Her father was born in Montreal, to Scottish parents, from Glasgow. Her mother left the family when Campbell was 12, leaving Kim and her sister Alix to be raised by their father. As a teenager, Campbell permanently nicknamed herself Kim. While in her pre-teens, Campbell was a host and reporter on the CBC children 's program Junior Television Club. Campbell and her family moved to Vancouver, where she attended Prince of Wales Secondary School and was a top student. She became the school 's first female student president, and graduated in 1964. University and early career She earned an honours bachelor 's degree in political science from the University of British Columbia, graduating in 1969. She was active in the student government and served as the school 's first female president of the freshman class. She then completed a year of graduate study at that school, to qualify for doctoral - level studies. Campbell entered the London School of Economics in 1970 to study towards her doctorate in Soviet Government, and spent three months touring the Soviet Union, from April to June 1972. She had spent several years studying the Russian language, and was nearly fluent. Campbell ultimately left her doctoral studies, returning to live in Vancouver after marrying Nathan Divinsky, her longtime partner, in 1972. She earned, in 1983, an LL. B. from the University of British Columbia. She was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1984, and practised law in Vancouver until 1986. Family and early political career During her marriage to Divinsky, Campbell lectured part - time in political science at the University of British Columbia and at Vancouver Community College. While still attending law school, she entered politics as a trustee on the Vancouver School Board, becoming, in 1983, the chair of that board and serving in 1984 as its vice-chair. She once claimed to have told the board to `` back off '' although others alleged that she said `` fuck off ''. In total, she was a trustee there from 1980 to 1984. Campbell and Divinsky were divorced in 1983, and Campbell married Howard Eddy in 1986, a marriage that lasted until shortly before she became prime minister. Campbell is the second prime minister of Canada to have been divorced, after Pierre Trudeau. She briefly dated Gregory Lekhtman, the inventor of Exerlopers, during her term as prime minister, but the relationship was relatively private and she did not involve him in the 1993 election campaign. She is currently married to Hershey Felder, an actor, playwright, composer, and concert pianist. She remains close to Nathan Divinsky 's daughter Pamelea. Provincial politics Campbell was the unsuccessful British Columbia Social Credit Party ( Socred ) candidate in Vancouver Centre for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 1983, receiving 12,740 votes ( 19.3 % in a double member riding ). Campbell ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the BC Social Credit Party in the summer of 1986 ( placing last with 14 votes from delegates ), but was elected in October 1986 to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as a Socred member for Vancouver - Point Grey, getting 19,716 votes ( 23.2 %, also in a double member riding ). Consigned to the backbenches, she became disenchanted with Premier Bill Vander Zalm 's leadership and broke with him and Social Credit over the issue of abortion, which Vander Zalm was opposed to. Campbell decided to leave provincial politics and enter federal politics. Federal politics Campbell was elected in the 1988 federal election as the member of parliament ( MP ) from Vancouver Centre. She won the party nomination after the incumbent, Pat Carney, declined to stand for re-nomination. In 1989 she was appointed to the cabinet as Minister of State ( Indian Affairs and Northern Development ). From 1990 -- 1993 she held the post of Minister of Justice and Attorney General where she oversaw notable amendments to the Criminal Code in the areas of firearms control and sexual assault. In 1990, following the Supreme Court 's decision invalidating the country 's abortion law, Campbell was responsible for introducing Bill C - 43 to govern abortions in Canada. Although it passed the House of Commons, it failed to pass the Senate, and as of 2017 there is no national law governing abortions. In 1993 Campbell was transferred to the posts of Minister of National Defence and Minister of Veterans Affairs. Notable events during her tenure included dealing with the controversial issue of replacing shipborne helicopters for the navy and for search and rescue units. The actions by Canadian Airborne Regiment in the military scandal known as the Somalia Affair also first emerged while Campbell was minister. When the Liberal Party of Canada took power, the incident became the subject of a lengthy public inquiry, continuing to focus attention on Campbell and the PCs. Prime Minister ( June -- November 1993 ) In February 1993, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney announced his retirement from politics, to take effect June 25, 1993. Campbell entered the party leadership race to succeed Mulroney. Campbell had served in four cabinet portfolios prior to running for the party leadership, including three years as Minister of Justice, and garnered support of more than half the PC caucus when she declared for the leadership. She defeated Jean Charest at the Progressive Conservative leadership convention that June, and Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn appointed her Prime Minister on June 25. As a concession to Charest, Campbell appointed him to the posts of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Science and Technology -- the first largely symbolic, and the second a significant cabinet portfolio position. After becoming party leader and Prime Minister, Campbell set about reorganizing the cabinet. She cut it from 35 ministers to 23 ministers ; she consolidated ministries by creating three new ministries : Health, Canadian Heritage, and Public Security. Campbell extensively campaigned during the summer, touring the nation and attending barbecues and other events. In August 1993, a Gallup Canada poll showed Campbell as having a 51 percent approval rating, which placed her as Canada 's most popular prime minister in 30 years. By the end of the summer, her personal popularity had increased greatly, far surpassing that of Liberal Party leader Jean Chrétien. Support for the Progressive Conservative Party had also increased to within a few points of the Liberals, while the Reform Party had been reduced to single digits. Campbell was the only Canadian prime minister not to have resided at 24 Sussex Drive since that address became the official home of the Prime Minister of Canada in 1951. Campbell 's predecessor Mulroney remained at 24 Sussex while renovations on his new home in Montreal were being completed. Campbell instead took up residence at Harrington Lake, the PM 's summer and weekend retreat, located in rural Quebec, north of Ottawa, and she did not move into 24 Sussex after Mulroney left. Like Charles Tupper and John Turner, Campbell never sat in Parliament as Prime Minister, as her term was filled by the summer break and the election campaign. The 1993 election Main article : Canadian federal election, 1993 Campbell entered office facing a statutory general election. She waited as long as she could before asking Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn to dissolve Parliament on September 8, only weeks before Parliament was due to expire. The election was scheduled for October 25, the latest date it could be legally held under Section 4 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Tories were optimistic that they would be able to remain in power and, if not, would at least be a strong opposition to a Liberal minority government. Campaign Campbell 's initial popularity declined after the writ was dropped. When she was running for the party leadership, Campbell 's frank honesty was seen as an important asset and a sharp contrast from Mulroney 's highly polished style. However, this backfired when she told reporters at a Rideau Hall event that it was unlikely that the deficit or unemployment would be much reduced before the `` end of the century ''. During the election campaign, she further stated that discussing a complete overhaul of Canada 's social policies in all their complexities could not be done in just 47 days ; this statement was reduced to her having stated that an election is no time to discuss important issues. Progressive Conservative support tailed off as the campaign progressed. By October, polls showed the Liberals were well on their way to at least a minority government, and would probably win a majority without dramatic measures. Even at this point, Campbell was still considerably more popular than Liberal leader Jean Chrétien. In hopes of stemming the tide, the Progressive Conservative campaign team put together a series of ads attacking the Liberal leader. The second ad appeared to mock Chrétien 's Bell 's Palsy facial paralysis, and generated a severe backlash from the media, with some Tory candidates calling for the ad to be pulled from broadcasts. Campbell claims to have not been directly responsible for the ad, and to have ordered it off the air over her staff 's objections. It was to no avail. Tory support plummeted into the teens in the aftermath of the ad, all but assuring that the Liberals would win a majority government. Election defeat On election night, October 25, the Progressive Conservatives were swept from power in a Liberal landslide. Campbell herself was defeated in Vancouver Centre by rookie Liberal Hedy Fry. She conceded defeat with the remark, `` Gee, I 'm glad I did n't sell my car. '' It was only the third time in Canadian history that a prime minister was unseated at the same time that his or her party lost an election. All Progressive Conservatives running for re-election lost their seats, with the lone exception of Jean Charest, who was also the only surviving member of Campbell 's cabinet. The Tories ' previous support in Western Canada moved to Reform and the Liberals, while the Bloc Québécois inherited most soft - nationalist Tory support in Quebec. In some cases, the Bloc pushed Cabinet ministers from Quebec into third place. The Tories still finished with over two million votes, taking third place in the popular vote, and falling only two percentage points short of Reform for second place. However, as a consequence of the first past the post system, Tory support was not concentrated in enough areas to translate into victories in individual ridings. As a result, the Tories won only two seats, compared to Reform 's 52 and the Bloc 's 54. It was the worst defeat in party history, and the worst defeat ever suffered by a Canadian governing party at the federal level. Campbell faced hurdles that she blamed as being insurmountable. Mulroney left office as one of the most ( and according to Campbell, the most ) unpopular prime ministers since opinion polling began in the 1940s. He considerably hampered his own party 's campaign effort by staging a very lavish international farewell tour at taxpayer expense, and by delaying his retirement until there were only two - and - a-half months left in the Tories ' five - year mandate. Some have pointed to her gender as a major contributing factor to her historic loss. University of New Brunswick professor Joanna Everitt writes that while media simply reported the facts about rival male leaders such as Jean Chrétien, Campbell 's actions were usually interpreted as having some motive ( drawing up support, appealing to a group, etc. ) Canadian humourist Will Ferguson suggested that the poor campaign meant Campbell should receive `` some of the blame '' for her party 's losses, though `` taking over the party leadership from Brian ( Mulroney ) was a lot like taking over the controls of a 747 just before it plunges into the Rockies. '' On December 13, 1993, Campbell resigned as party leader ; Jean Charest succeeded her. Post-political career Despite her dramatic loss in the election, the Canadian women 's magazine Chatelaine named Campbell as its Woman of the Year for 1993. She published an autobiography, Time and Chance, ( ISBN 0 - 770 - 42738 - 3 ) in 1996. The book became a Canadian bestseller, and is in its third edition from the University of Alberta Bookstore Press ( ISBN 000010132X ). It was briefly rumoured that she was to be sent to Moscow as the ambassador to Russia. However, in 1996, Campbell was appointed consul general to Los Angeles by the Chrétien government, a post in which she remained until 2000. While she was there, she collaborated with her husband, composer, playwright and actor Hershey Felder, on the production of a musical, Noah 's Ark. From 1999 to 2003, she chaired the Council of Women World Leaders, a network of women who hold or have held the office of president or prime minister. She was succeeded by former Irish President Mary Robinson. From 2003 until 2005 she served as President of the International Women 's Forum, a global organization of women of prominent achievement, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. From 2001 to 2004, she lectured at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She continues as an Honorary Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership at the Kennedy School. She served as a director of several publicly traded companies in high technology and biotechnology. Campbell chairs the steering committee of the World Movement for Democracy. She served on the board of the International Crisis Group, an NGO that aims to prevent and resolve deadly conflicts. She is on the board of the Forum of Federations, the EastWest Institute, and is on the advisory body of The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence at King 's College London. She was a founding member of the Club de Madrid, an independent organization whose main purpose is to strengthen democracy in the world. Its membership is by invitation only, and consists of former Heads of State and Government. At different times Campbell has served as its Interim President, Vice President and from 2004 2006 its Secretary General. Campbell was the founding Chair of the International Advisory Board of the Ukrainian Foundation for Effective Governance, an NGO formed in September 2007 with the aid of businessman Rinat Akhmetov. During the 2006 election campaign, Campbell endorsed the candidacy of Tony Fogarassy, the Conservative candidate in Campbell 's former riding of Vancouver Centre. Campbell also clarified to reporters that she is a supporter of the new Conservative Party. Fogarassy lost the election, placing a distant third. While testifying in April 2009 at the Mulroney - Schreiber Airbus inquiry, Campbell said she still follows Canadian politics `` intermittently. '' In April 2014, Campbell was appointed the founding principal of the new Peter Lougheed Leadership College at the University of Alberta. She has appeared on the CBC Television program Canada 's Next Great Prime Minister, a show which profiles and selects young prospective leaders, and has also been an occasional panelist on Real Time with Bill Maher. On August 2, 2016, it was announced by Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Campbell had agreed to chair a seven - person committee to prepare a shortlist of candidates to succeed Thomas Cromwell on the Supreme Court of Canada. In mid-October 2016, the committee announced that it would recommend the appointment of Malcolm Rowe to the court, and he was sworn in on October 31 as the first Supreme Court justice to hail from Newfoundland and Labrador. Legacy This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( March 2015 ) As Justice Minister, Campbell brought about a new rape law that clarified sexual assault and whose passage firmly entrenched that in cases involving sexual assault, `` no means no ''. She also introduced the rape shield law, legislation that protects a person 's sexual past from being explored during trial. Her legacy of supporting sexual victims has been confirmed through her work with the Peter Lougheed Leadership College at the University of Alberta, where the inaugural cohort of scholars proposed that the college immediately implement mandatory education regarding sexual assault for students, which Campbell readily accepted. Since Parliament never sat during Campbell 's four months as a prime minister, she was unable to bring forth new legislation, which must be formally introduced there. However, she did implement radical changes to the structure of the Canadian government. Under her tenure, the federal cabinet 's size was cut from over 35 cabinet ministers and ministers of state to 23. This included the redesign of 8 ministries and the abolition or merging of 15 others. The Chrétien government retained these new ministries when it took office. The number of cabinet committees was reduced from 11 to 5. Her successors have continued to keep the size of the federal Cabinet to approximately 30 members. She was also the first prime minister to convene a First Ministers ' conference for consultation prior to representing Canada at the G7 Summit. Due to her brief time in office, Campbell holds a unique spot among Canadian prime ministers in that she made no Senate appointments. Campbell harshly criticized Mulroney for not allowing her to succeed him before June 1993. In her view, when she became prime minister, she had very little time or chance to make up ground on the Liberals once her initial popularity faded. In her memoirs, Time and Chance, and in her response to The Secret Mulroney Tapes, Campbell suggested that Mulroney knew the Tories would be defeated in the upcoming election, and wanted a `` scapegoat who would bear the burden of his unpopularity '' rather than a viable successor. The cause of the 1993 debacle remains disputed, with some arguing that the election results were a vote against Mulroney rather than a rejection of Campbell, and others suggesting that the poorly run Campbell campaign was the key factor in the result. Although the Progressive Conservatives survived as a distinct political party for another decade after the 1993 debacle, they never recovered their previous standing. During that period they were led by Jean Charest ( 1993 -- 1998 ), Elsie Wayne ( 1998 ) and then, for the second time, by Joe Clark ( 1998 -- 2003 ) ( who had been Opposition Leader and briefly Prime Minister 20 years earlier ). By 2003, the party under new leader Peter MacKay had voted to merge with the Canadian Alliance to form the Conservative Party of Canada, thus ceasing to exist, despite MacKay having promised not to pursue a mergers. Joe Clark continued to sit as a `` Progressive Conservative '' into 2004. The new generation of right - leaning Conservatives gained power in the election of 2006, ensuring the `` Tory '' nickname 's survival in the federal politics of Canada. A PC `` rump '' caucus continued to exist in the Senate of Canada ( consisting of certain Clark, Mulroney and Paul Martin appointees ), but as of 2012 only one senator, Elaine McCoy of Alberta, sits as a Progressive Conservative. Campbell remains one of the youngest women to have ever assumed the office of Prime Minister in any country, and thus also one of the youngest to have left the office. Campbell was ranked No. 20 out of the first 20 Prime Ministers of Canada ( through Jean Chrétien ) by a survey of 26 Canadian historians used by J.L. Granatstein and Norman Hillmer in their 1997 book Prime Ministers : Ranking Canada 's Leaders. A follow - up article co-authored by Hillmer in 2011 for Maclean 's Magazine broadened the number of historians surveyed ; in this new survey of over 100 Canadian historians, Campbell again finished dead last, this time coming at # 22 out of Canada 's first 22 Prime Ministers ( through Stephen Harper ). In 2004, she was included in the list of 50 most important political leaders in history in the Almanac of World History compiled by the National Geographic Society. She was cited for her status as the only woman head of government of a North American country ( defined variously ), but controversy ensued among academics in Canada over the merit of this honour, since her brief term in office was marked by very few, if any, major political accomplishments. On November 30, 2004, Campbell 's official portrait for the parliamentary Prime Minister 's gallery was unveiled. The painting was created by Victoria, British Columbia artist David Goatley. Campbell said she was `` deeply honoured '' to be the only woman to have her picture in the Prime Ministers ' corridor, stating : `` I really look forward to the day when there are many other female faces. '' The painting shows a pensive Campbell sitting on a chair with richly coloured Haida capes and robes in the background, symbolizing her time as a cabinet minister and as an academic. Honours According to Canadian protocol, as a former Prime Minister, she is styled `` The Right Honourable '' for life. Member of the Queen 's Privy Council for Canada Queen 's Counsel Companion of the Order of Canada Order of British Columbia 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics Honorary Fellow of the Center for Public Leadership, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada on Canada Day 2008 Member of the Board, Forum of Federations. Honorary degrees The Law Society of Upper Canada ( LL. D ) ( 1991 ) Brock University ( LL. D ) ( 1998 ) Northeastern University, Boston ( DPS ) ( 1999 ) University of British Columbia ( LL. D ) ( November 23, 2000 ) Mount Holyoke College ( LL. D ) ( 2004 ) Chatham College ( LL. D ) ( 2005 ) Arizona State University ( D. Litt ) ( December 2005 ) University of Alberta ( LL. D ) ( 2010 ) Trent University ( LL. D ) ( 2011 ) Arms `` The template below ( Infobox coat of arms wide ) is being considered for merging. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus. '' Arms of Kim Campbell Notes The arms of Kim Campbell consist of : Crest Upon a helmet mantled Azure doubled Or within a wreath of these colours issuant from a coronet the rim set with thistle heads Or on snowy mountain peaks Proper an eagle Azure head Argent its dexter leg resting on a closed book Rose clasped Or. Escutcheon Or the universal symbol for a woman pendant from its crosspiece a pair of scales Rose and in base three bars wavy Azure on a canton the mark of the Prime Ministership of Canada ( Argent four maple leaves conjoined in cross at the stem Gules ). Supporters Dexter a lion Or semé of fleurs - de-lys Azure gorged with a collar of poppy flowers Gules its dexter foreclaw resting on the pommel of a sheathed sword point downwards Azure embellished Or sinister a female bear Or semé of anchors Azure gorged with a like collar its dexter forepaw grasping a branch of cedar Vert embellished Or. Compartment On a grassy mound set with dogwood flowers, trillium flowers and Mayflowers Proper and pine cones Or rising above barry wavy Argent and Azure. Motto Seek Wisdom, Conquer Fear, Do Justice Other elements Mantling Or and Azure. See also Canadian politics portal List of Canadian Prime Ministers Time and Chance ( book ) References Jump up ^ Skard, Torild ( 2014 ) `` Kim Campbell '' in Women of Power - Half a century of female presidents and prime ministers worldwide, Bristol : Policy Press, ISBN 978 - 1 - 44731 - 578 - 0 Jump up ^ `` Kim Campbell to chair Supreme Court advisory board ''. The Canadian Press. Maclean 's. August 2, 2016. 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Retrieved May 26, 2010 Jump up ^ `` UBC Archives -- Honorary Degree Citations -- 2000 -- 02 ''. Retrieved June 25, 2008. Jump up ^ `` ASU News > Browne, Campbell honored at commencement ceremony ''. Retrieved June 25, 2008. Jump up ^ Canadian Heraldic Authority ( Volume II ), Ottawa, 1995, p. 380 Further reading Grace Stewart, Heather. Kim Campbell : the keener who broke down barriers ( 2007 ). Jackfruit Press. ISBN 978 - 0 - 9736407 - 0 - 0. Granatstein, J.L. and Hillmer, Norman. Prime Ministers : Ranking Canada 's Leaders. Toronto : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., 1999. ISBN 0 - 00 - 200027 - X. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kim Campbell. 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Vincent Gerry Weiner Michael Wilson William Winegard John Wise Leaders of the Conservative Party of Canada and its antecedents Liberal - Conservative ( 1867 -- 73 ) Macdonald Conservative ( 1873 -- 1942 ) Macdonald Abbott Thompson Bowell Tupper Borden Meighen Bennett Manion Meighen Progressive Conservative ( 1942 -- 2003 ) Bracken Drew Diefenbaker Stanfield Clark Nielsen ( interim ) Mulroney Campbell Charest Wayne ( interim ) Clark MacKay Reform ( 1987 -- 2000 ) Manning Canadian Alliance ( 2000 -- 03 ) Grey ( interim ) Day Reynolds ( interim ) Harper Conservative ( 2003 -- present ) Lynch - Staunton ( interim ) Harper Ambrose ( interim ) Scheer Canadian federal election, 1993 Outgoing : Progressive Conservative majority Result : Liberal majority Abolitionist ( John Turmel, candidates ) Bloc Québécois ( Lucien Bouchard ) Canada ( Joseph Thauberger, candidates ) Christian Heritage ( Heather Stilwell, candidates ) Commonwealth ( Gilles Gervais, candidates ) Green ( Chris Lea, candidates ) Independent candidates Liberal ( Jean Chrétien, candidates ) Libertarian ( Hilliard Cox, candidates ) Marxist -- Leninist ( Hardial Bains, candidates ) National ( Mel Hurtig, candidates ) Natural Law ( Neil Paterson, candidates ) New Democrats ( Audrey McLaughlin, candidates ) Progressive Conservative ( Kim Campbell, candidates ) Reform ( Preston Manning, candidates ) Bold indicates parties with members elected to the House of Commons. 1993 Chrétien attack ad Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General Macdonald Dorion Smith ( acting ) Fournier Blake Laflamme Campbell Thompson Tupper Daly ( acting ) Dickey Mowat Mills Fitzpatrick Aylesworth Doherty Bennett Gouin Lapointe Guthrie ( acting ) Patenaude Lapointe Guthrie Geary Lapointe Michaud ( acting ) St. Laurent Ilsley St. Laurent Garson Fulton Fleming Chevrier Favreau McIlraith ( acting ) Cardin Trudeau Turner Lang Basford Lang Lalonde Flynn Chrétien MacGuigan Johnston Crosbie Hnatyshyn Clark ( acting ) Lewis Campbell Blais Rock McLellan Cauchon Cotler Toews Nicholson MacKay Wilson - Raybould Ministers of Defence Ministers of Militia and Defence ( 1867 -- 1923 ) Cartier Langevin ( acting ) McDonald Ross Vail Jones Masson Campbell Caron Bowell Patterson Dickey Bowell Desjardins Tisdale Borden Hughes Kemp Mewburn Calder ( acting ) Guthrie G. Graham Ministers of National Defence ( 1923 -- ) G. Graham E. Macdonald Guthrie Robb ( acting ) Ralston Sutherland Stirling Mackenzie Rogers Power ( acting ) Ralston McNaughton Abbott Claxton Campney Pearkes Harkness Churchill Hellyer Cadieux Drury ( acting ) D. Macdonald Benson Dubé ( acting ) Drury ( acting ) Richardson Danson McKinnon Lamontagne Blais Coates Clark ( acting ) Nielsen Beatty McKnight Masse Campbell Siddon Collenette Young Eggleton McCallum Pratt B. Graham O'Connor MacKay Nicholson Kenney Sajjan Associate Ministers of National Defence ( 1953 -- 2013, 2015 -- ) Power Campney Hellyer Sévigny Cardin Cadieux Andre Dick Collins Guarnieri Bélanger Fantino Valcourt Findlay Fantino Hehr O'Regan Ministers of the Naval Service ( 1910 -- 22 ) Brodeur Lemieux Hazen Ballantyne G. Graham World War I Ministers of the Overseas Military Forces ( 1916 -- 20 ) Perley Kemp World War II Ministers of National Defence for Air ( 1940 -- 46 ) Power Macdonald ( acting ) Gibson Ministers of National Defence for Naval Services ( 1940 -- 46 ) Macdonald Abbott Ministers of National War Services ( 1940 -- 48 ) Gardiner Thorson Laflèche McCann Ministers of Veterans Affairs Ministers of Soldiers ' Civil Re-establishment ( 1918 -- 28 ) Lougheed Manion Béland Elliott Manion ( acting ) Morand ( acting ) Paquet King Ministers of Pensions and National Health ( 1928 -- 44 ) King Ralston McLaren Sutherland Power Mackenzie Ministers of Veterans Affairs ( 1944 -- present ) Mackenzie Gregg Lapointe Brooks Churchill Lambert Teillet Dubé Laing MacDonald McKinnon MacDonald Lamontagne ( acting ) Campbell Hees Merrithew Campbell McCreath Collenette Young Mifflin Baker Duhamel Pagtakhan McCallum Guarnieri Thompson Blackburn Blaney Fantino O'Toole Hehr O'Regan Ministers of Intergovermental Affairs Ministers of State ( Federal - Provincial Relations ) ( 1977 -- 91 ) Lalonde Reid Jarvis Murray Minister responsible for Constitutional Affairs ( 1991 -- 93 ) Clark Minister responsible for Federal - Provincial Relations ( 1993 ) Campbell Ministers of Intergovermental Affairs ( 1993 -- ) Massé Dion Pettigrew Robillard Chong Van Loan Ambrose Verner Penashue Lebel Trudeau Canadian Newsmaker of the Year Igor Gouzenko 1946 Barbara Ann Scott 1947 William Lyon Mackenzie King 1948 Louis St. Laurent 1949 Lester B. Pearson 1950 -- 1953 Marilyn Bell 1954 Lester B. Pearson 1955 -- 1956 John Diefenbaker 1957 -- 1960 Joey Smallwood 1959 James Coyne 1961 Réal Caouette 1962 Lester B. Pearson 1963 -- 1964 Lucien Rivard 1965 John Diefenbaker 1966 Lester B. 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Question: who was the only female prime minister of canada
Answer: Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell