Joe Clark

Joe Clark (b. 5 June 1939) is a Canadian politician who served as the 16th Prime Minister of Canada, from 1979 - 1980.
Clark rose to the office as the leader of a minority government, but lost a non-confidence vote six months later. Clark lost the subsequent general election and served as Leader of the Official Opposition to Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberals, until he lost the Progressive Conservative leadership convention to Brian Mulroney.
After John Turner's general election loss, Clark served in Mulroney's cabinet as secretary of state for external affairs, where he led resistance against South Africa's Apartheid system.
Clark took back the reins of the Progressive Conservatives in 1998, and led it until 2003.
== Popular Culture ==
Year 	Name 	Appearance	Notes
1982 	Joe Clark	
* SCTV, episode "Sammy Maudlin 23rd Anniversary / CBC with Jayne Eastwood"Series 5 Cycle 4 - SCTV Guide	
* Portrayed by Joe Flaherty.
* Appeared opposite Martin Short's Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
1983 	Joe Clark	
*Common Problems	
*Appears alongside Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Brian Mulroney, Jean Chrétien, Ed Broadbent, Marc Lalonde, and more.Common Problems - IMDB - Retrieved 26 December 2020"Common Problems" student animation (16mm 1983) - unpopulararts - 5 December 2019 - YouTube - Retrieved 26 December 2020
199?-200?	Joe Clark	
*Royal Canadian Air Farce	
*A recurring character.
*Played by Don Ferguson. Ferguson also played Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Paul Martin on multiple occasions, as well as John A. Macdonald and Vladimir Putin. Roger Abbott played Jean Chrétien.
===Mentions===
The following list is of various mentions of Joe Clark in fiction and popular culture.
Year	Name 	Appearance	Notes
1981	The Prime Minister	
*Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper	
*Ambassador Ken Taylor (Gordon Pinsent)Gordon Pinsent - IMDB - Retrieved 12 October 2020 mentions the fall of Clark's government over a non-confidence vote.
*Images of both Ayatollah Khomeini and Jimmy Carter appear, while an American is given the alias Wilfrid Macdonald.
==Bibliography==
*How We Lead: Canada in a Century of Change (2013)
==Links==
*Joe Clark on Wikipedia
*Joe Clark on the Canadian Encyclopedia
*Joe Clark on Encyclopædia Britannica
==References==
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