Joe Clark

**Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark**  (born June 5, 1939) is a politician from Canada. He served as Canada's twentieth Prime Minister from 1979-1980. He became Prime Minister the day before he turned 40 years old, making him the youngest Prime Minister in Canadian history.

## Infobox (prime minister)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **birth name**: Charles Joseph Clark
- **name**: Joe Clark
- **honorific-suffix**: Queen's Privy Council for Canada, PC Order of Canada, CC Alberta Order of Excellence, AOE
- **image**: File:JoeClark.jpg
- **caption**: Clark campaigning during the 1979 federal election
- **order**: 20th Prime Minister of Canada
- **term start**: June 4, 1979
- **term end**: March 3, 1980
- **monarch**: Elizabeth II
- **governor general**: Edward Schreyer
- **predecessor**: Pierre Trudeau
- **successor**: Pierre Trudeau
- **office1**: Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada), Leader of the Opposition
- **term start1**: March 4, 1980
- **term end1**: February 1, 1983
- **predecessor1**: Pierre Trudeau
- **successor1**: Erik Nielsen
- **primeminister1**: Pierre Trudeau
- **term start2**: February 22, 1976
- **term end2**: June 3, 1979
- **predecessor2**: Robert Stanfield
- **successor2**: Pierre Trudeau
- **primeminister2**: Pierre Trudeau
- **office3**: Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
- **term start3**: November 14, 1998
- **term end3**: May 31, 2003
- **predecessor3**: Elsie Wayne
- **successor3**: Peter MacKay
- **term start4**: February 22, 1976
- **term end4**: February 19, 1983
- **predecessor4**: Robert Stanfield
- **successor4**: Erik Nielsen
- **office5**: President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, President of the Privy Council
- **term start5**: April 21, 1991
- **term end5**: June 24, 1993
- **primeminister5**: Brian Mulroney
- **predecessor5**: Don Mazankowski
- **successor5**: Pierre Blais
- **office6**: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada), Secretary of State for External Affairs
- **term start6**: September 17, 1984
- **term end6**: April 20, 1991
- **primeminister6**: Brian Mulroney
- **predecessor6**: Jean Chrétien
- **successor6**: Barbara McDougall
- **riding7**: Rocky Mountain (electoral district), Rocky Mountain
- **parliament7**: Canadian
- **term start7**: January 4, 1973
- **term end7**: March 26, 1979
- **predecessor7**: Allen Sulatycky
- **successor7**: _Last member_
- **riding8**: Yellowhead (electoral district), Yellowhead
- **parliament8**: Canadian
- **term start8**: May 22, 1979
- **term end8**: September 8, 1993
- **predecessor8**: _First member_
- **successor8**: Cliff Breitkreuz
- **riding9**: Kings—Hants
- **parliament9**: Canadian
- **term start9**: September 11, 2000
- **term end9**: October 22, 2000
- **predecessor9**: Scott Brison
- **successor9**: Scott Brison
- **riding10**: Calgary Centre
- **parliament10**: Canadian
- **term start10**: November 27, 2000
- **term end10**: June 28, 2004
- **predecessor10**: Eric Lowther
- **successor10**: Lee Richardson (politician), Lee Richardson
- **birth place**: High River, Alberta, Canada
- **spouse**: Maureen McTeer
- **alma mater**: University of Alberta
- **signature**: Joe Clark Signature.svg
- **children**: Catherine Clark
- **occupation**: Journalist, Businessman, Professor
- **party**: Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative