Kim Campbell

The Right Honourable Kim Campbell PC CC OBC KC
Campbell in 2012
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 of Canada
In office June 13, 1993 – December 14, 1993
Preceded by	Brian Mulroney
Succeeded by	Jean Charest
Minister of National Defence
In office January 4, 1993 – June 25, 1993
Prime Minister	Brian Mulroney
Preceded by	Marcel Masse
Succeeded by	Tom Siddon
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 of Justice and Attorney General
In office February 23, 1990 – January 3, 1993
Prime Minister	Brian Mulroney
Preceded by	Doug Lewis
Succeeded by	Pierre Blais
Minister of State (Indian Affairs and Northern Development)
In office January 30, 1989 – February 22, 1990
Prime Minister	Brian Mulroney
Minister	Pierre Cadieux
Preceded by	Bernard Valcourt
Succeeded by	Shirley Martin
Parliamentary constituencies Member of 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 Serving with Darlene Marzari Preceded by Pat McGeer Garde Gardom Succeeded by Tom Perry
Personal details
Born	Avril Phaedra Douglas Campbell (1947-03-10) March 10, 1947 (age 77) Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Political party	Independent (since 2003)
Other political affiliations	NPA (1980–1986) BC Social Credit (1983–1988) Progressive Conservative (1988–2003)
Spouses	Nathan Divinsky ​ ​ (m. 1972; div. 1983)​ Howard Eddy ​ ​ (m. 1986; div. 1993)​ Hershey Felder ​ (m. 1997)​
Alma mater	University of British Columbia (BA, LLB) London School of Economics
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Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell PC CC OBC KC (born March 10, 1947) is a former Canadian politician, diplomat, lawyer, and writer who served as the 19th prime minister of Canada from June 25 to November 4, 1993. Campbell is the first and only female prime minister of Canada. Prior to becoming the final Progressive Conservative (PC) prime minister, she was also the first woman to serve as minister of justice in Canadian history and the first woman to become minister of defence in a NATO member state.^[1]

Campbell was first elected to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as a member of the British Columbia Social Credit Party in 1986 before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a PC in 1988. Under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, she occupied numerous cabinet positions including minister of justice and attorney general, minister of veterans affairs and minister of national defence from 1990 to 1993. Campbell became the new prime minister in June 1993 after Mulroney resigned in the wake of declining popularity. In the 1993 Canadian federal election in October of that year, the Progressive Conservatives were decimated, losing all but two seats from a previous majority, with Campbell losing her own. Her 132-day premiership is the third-shortest in Canadian history.^[a]

Campbell was also the first baby boomer to hold the office, as well as the only prime minister born in British Columbia.^[2] She is the chairperson for the Canadian Supreme Court advisory board.^[3][4]

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