Robert Stanfield
Politician
1914 – 2003
Who was Robert Stanfield?
Robert Lorne Stanfield, PC, QC was the 17th Premier of Nova Scotia and leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. He was born into an affluent Nova Scotia clothing manufacturing and political family in 1914. He graduated from Dalhousie University and Harvard Law School in the 1930s. Stanfield became the leader of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party in 1948, and after a rebuilding period, lead the party to government in 1956. As premier, he won three-straight elections. His government was credited with modernizing the way the province delivered education and medical services. In 1967, he resigned as premier and became the leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party. He was the leader of the Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition and fought three general elections, losing each time to the Liberals under Pierre Trudeau. He resigned as leader in 1976 and from public office in 1979. In retirement, he lived mostly in Ottawa, and died there in 2003 from complications due to pneumonia. He is sometimes referred to as "the best prime minister Canada never had."
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- Born
- Apr 11, 1914
Truro - Also known as
- Стэнфилд, Роберт
- Spouses
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard Law School
- Harvard University
- Schulich School of Law
- Dalhousie University
- Died
- Dec 16, 2003
Ottawa
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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