While several Canadian parliamentary traditions have their origins in Britain, new shoes on budget day does not. Walter Edward Harris in 1955 was, according to the Library of Parliament, the first Minister of Finance to wear new shoes. When Donald Fleming did so in 1960 the practice was described in the media as "traditional", with one account claiming that the tradition of wearing "something new" began as early as Sir John Rose's first budget of 1868. The Library of Parliament has no evidence that Rose did so.