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    Robert Lorne Stanfield PC QC FRCGS (April 11, 1914 – December 16, 2003) was a Canadian politician who served as the 17th premier of Nova Scotia from 1956...
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    neighbouring Maritime provinces. The airport is named in honour of Robert Stanfield, the 17th Premier of Nova Scotia and former leader of the federal Progressive...
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  • legislature altogether. The modern party was built by Robert Stanfield after World War II. Stanfield, the scion of a wealthy textile family, had considered...
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    Pierre Trudeau his third term. The Progressive Conservatives, led by Robert Stanfield, did well in the Atlantic provinces, and in the West, but Liberal support...
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  • from 1975 until his death. G.I. Smith is noted for having recruited Robert Stanfield to help rebuild and lead the Progressive Conservatives in Nova Scotia...
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  • Starr served as Leader of the Opposition until November 5, 1967, when Stanfield, who had previously been premier of Nova Scotia, won election to Parliament...
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    Peter Lougheed and served in the office of federal opposition leader Robert Stanfield, learning the inner workings of Parliament. Clark unsuccessfully ran...
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  • leaders have been labelled 'Red Tories', including Sir Robert Borden, John Diefenbaker, Robert Stanfield and Joe Clark. Many others have been influential as...
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    compared to 107 seats for the opposition Progressive Conservatives led by Robert Stanfield. Trudeau's Liberals experienced a decline in support as a result of...
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  • Stanfield may refer to: Stanfield (surname) Stanfield, Norfolk Stanfield, Arizona Stanfield, Norfolk Stanfield, North Carolina Stanfield, Oregon Stanfield...
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  • include John Farthing, George Grant, John Diefenbaker, E. Davie Fulton, Robert Stanfield, Dufferin Roblin, Dalton Camp, W. L. Morton, George A. Drew, Leslie...
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    known as "Trudeaumania" and helped him win a comfortable majority. Robert Stanfield's Progressive Conservatives lost seats whereas the New Democratic Party's...
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  • Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 4 and 9, 1967. Robert Stanfield was elected the new leader. The leader was elected by the approximately...
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    Robert Nelson Stanfield Jr (July 9, 1877 – April 13, 1945) was an American Republican politician and rancher from the state of Oregon who served in the...
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  • Ministers of Canada. S&S Learning Materials. p. 24. ISBN 1-55035-721-2. Robert Bothwell; Ian Drummond; John English (1990). Canada, 1900-1945. University...
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    main political rivals Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leader Robert Stanfield and New Democratic Party leader David Lewis. Liberal party organizers...
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    mobbed by throngs of youths. His main national opponents were PC leader Robert Stanfield and NDP leader Tommy Douglas, both popular figures who had respectively...
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    Scotia provincial election campaign; the PCs, led provincially by Robert Stanfield, won a surprise victory. Mulroney became a youth delegate and attended...
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  • Minister of Canada. From 1968 to 1973 and again from 1974 to 1976, under Robert Stanfield, he was the Official Opposition House Leader and Progressive Conservative...
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    contest, which was won by Nova Scotia Premier Robert Stanfield. Diefenbaker addressed the delegates before Stanfield spoke: My course has come to an end. I have...
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    leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to replace Robert Stanfield, who had resigned after losing the 1968, 1972, and 1974 elections....
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    until 1937. His government was the last Conservative government until Robert Stanfield was able to take power in 1956. MacDonald, Carole (2014). The Legacy...
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  • in Halifax, finishing third against Progressive Conservative leader Robert Stanfield and Liberal Terry McGrath. At the time, Dolin was employed as an executive...
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  • this incident was dangerous. Federal Progressive Conservative leader Robert Stanfield initially supported Trudeau's actions but later regretted doing so...
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  • the party and his government was defeated in the 1956 election by Robert Stanfield's Progressive Conservatives. Hicks resigned as Leader of the opposition...
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  • 1956 Appointment (45th Leg.) Liberal (Ldr. 1954) MLA for Annapolis 17 Robert Stanfield (1914–2003) 20 November 1956 13 September 1967 1956 election (46th Leg...
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  • a majority victory, defeating the Progressive Conservatives under Robert Stanfield. 155 72 22 14 – 1 264 29th 1972 Prime Minister P. Trudeau's Liberals...
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  • health issues as her marriage breaks up. Jennifer Lawrence Robert Pattinson LaKeith Stanfield Sissy Spacek Nick Nolte In November 2022, Jennifer Lawrence...
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    Premier of Nova Scotia and federal Progressive Conservative Party leader Robert Stanfield and New Brunswick Tory strategist Dalton Camp. In recent years, the...
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    Stanfield's Limited (English: /ˈstænfiːld/) is a Canadian garment manufacturer based in Truro, Nova Scotia, with approximately 550 employees, whose company's...
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