Kim Campbell was the first woman prime minister of which country?
Electoral history of Kim Campbell and Vice-Chair (1984). Mulroney announced his retirement in February, 1993. Campbell won the party leadership at a convention in June, 1993, winning on the second ballot. Following the resignation of Bill Bennett as leader of the British Columbia Social Credit Party, there was a leadership convention in July, 1986. Campbell was a candidate in the crowded field, but was eliminated on the first ballot. Electoral history of Kim Campbell This article is the Electoral history of Kim Campbell, the nineteenth Prime Minister of Canada. A conservative, Campbell was the first woman to serve as prime minister. She served one short
Deputy Prime Minister of Canada the Liberal leadership in 2006 that was triggered when Martin resigned. Aside from Chrétien, the only deputy prime minister to even become leader of their party (not counting Erik Nielsen and Herb Gray, who acted as leaders of their respective parties, but only on a temporary basis, and before their time as deputy prime minister) was Jean Charest, who took over as leader of the Progressive Conservative party following its defeat at the 1993 election, which saw party leader Kim Campbell defeated in her riding. However, the Progressive Conservatives would never form a government again, and Charest left the party