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Avril Phaedra (Kim) Campbell
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19th Prime Minister of Canada
June 25, 1993 - November 4, 1993
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Born
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- March 10, 1947, Port Alberni, British Columbia
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Education
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- University of British Columbia, B.A. Political Science 1969, LL.B
1983
- London School of Economics, Soviet Studies 1970-1973
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Personal Status
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- Married 1972, Nathan Divinsky (b.1925)
- Divorced 1983
- Re-married 1986, Howard Eddy (b.1937)
- Divorced 1993
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Professional Life
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- 1975-1978 Lecturer, Political Science, University of British
Columbia
- 1978-1981 Lecturer, Political Science and History, Vancouver
Community College
- 1980-1984 Trustee, Vancouver School Board
- 1983 Chairman, Vancouver School Board
- 1984 Vice-Chairman, Vancouver School Board
- 1985-1986 Director, Officer of the Premier of British Columbia
- 1986-1988 MLA British Columbia
- 1993-1996 Lecturer, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University
- 1996-2000 Consul General of Canada, Los Angeles, California
- Currently Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders.
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Party
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- Progressive Conservative
- June 13, 1993 - December 13, 1993 Party Leader
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Constituencies
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- 1988-1993 Vancouver Centre, British Columbia
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Other Ministries
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- 1989-1990 Minster of State (Indian Affairs and Northern
Developement)
- 1990-1993 Justice and Attorney General
- 1993 National Defence and Veterans Affairs
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Political Record
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- Criminal Code Amendment (firearms control) 1991
- Criminal Code Amendment (sexual assualt) 1992
- First woman prime minister of Canada
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Source: Government of Canada |
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