Stephen Harper

Quick Facts

Full Name	Stephen Harper
Occupation	World Leader
Date Of Birth	Apr 30, 1959(1959-04-30)
Age	65
Birthplace	Leaside
Country	Canada
Birth City	Ontario
Horoscope	Aries

Stephen Harper Biography

Stephen Harper is one of the most popular and richest World Leader who was born on April 30, 1959 in Leaside, Ontario, Canada. Conservative politician who was elected his 22nd prime minister of Canada in the year 2006. He was elected to the third time in succession the year 2011 after his cabinet was defeated by a no-confidence vote the following year following being found to be in the act of trespassing in Parliament.

He was the Premier of Canada at the at the same time He was the Prime Minister of Canada the same time George W. Bush was President of the United States. was President of the United States.

Soon after leaving parliament, Harper and Tom Flanagan co-authored an opinion piece entitled “Our Benign Dictatorship”, which argued that the Liberal Party only retained power through a dysfunctional political system and a divided opposition. Harper and Flanagan argued that national conservative governments between 1917 and 1993 were founded on temporary alliances between Western populists and Quebec nationalists, and were unable to govern because of their fundamental contradictions. The authors called for an alliance of Canada’s conservative parties, and suggested that meaningful political change might require electoral reforms such as proportional representation. “Our Benign Dictatorship” also commended Conrad Black’s purchase of the Southam newspaper chain, arguing that his stewardship would provide for a “pluralistic” editorial view to counter the “monolithically liberal and feminist” approach of the previous management.

Stephen Joseph Harper PC CC (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian economist and politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada for nearly a decade, from February 6, 2006, to November 4, 2015. Harper has served as the chairman of the International Democrat Union since February 2018.

He was married to Laureen Teskey on the 23rd of November 1993 and the couple has two children.

Stephen Harper Net Worth

Stephen Harper is one of the richest World Leader from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Stephen Harper 's net worth $7 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a part of the Richview Collegiate team on the television program Reach for the Top.

He is a friend for Canadian fossil fuels, and has promoted their exports to China and the U.S. and China.

Harper was born and raised in Leaside, Toronto, the first of three sons of Margaret (née Johnston) and Joseph Harris Harper, an accountant at Imperial Oil. The Harper family traces its ancestry back to Yorkshire, England with Christopher Harper having emigrated from Yorkshire to Nova Scotia in 1784, where he later served as Justice of the Peace in the area that is now New Brunswick.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Stephen Harper height 6 ft 2 in Stephen weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Stephen Harper Dating?

According to our records, Stephen Harper married to Laureen Harper (m. 1993). As of December 1, 2023, Stephen Harper’s is not dating anyone.

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Harper has shown admiration for the State of Israel since the early 1990s. Friends and colleagues describe his views as being the product of thinking and reading deeply about the Middle East. “Toronto Rabbi Philip Scheim, who accompanied Harper to Israel” in 2014 said, “I sense that [Harper] sees Israel as a manifestation of justice and a righting of historical wrongs, especially in light of the Holocaust.”

Facts & Trivia

Stephen Ranked on the list of most popular World Leader. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Stephen Harper celebrates birthday on April 30 of every year.

Harper married Laureen Teskey on December 11, 1993. Laureen was formerly married to New Zealander Neil Fenton from 1985 to 1988. The Harpers have two children: Benjamin and Rachel. Harper is the third prime minister, after Pierre Trudeau and John Turner, to send his children to Rockcliffe Park Public School, in Ottawa. He is a member of the evangelical Christian and Missionary Alliance and attends church at the East Gate Alliance Church in Ottawa. According to party literature, he is learning Spanish.

What did Stephen Harper do for Canada?

He led the NCC in several campaigns against the Canadian Wheat Board, and supported Finance Minister Paul Martin’s 2000 tax cuts as a positive first step toward tax reform. In 1997, Harper delivered a controversial speech on Canadian identity to the Council for National Policy, a conservative American think tank.

Who did Stephen Harper defeat?

Federal general election: 2006 In his second general election, Harper defeated Prime Minister Martin and formed a minority government. Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Prime Minister after election. Prime Minister when election was called; Member of Parliament after the election.

Who founded the Conservative Party of Canada?

Stephen Harper

Who was the best prime minister of Canada?

Similarly, the top four prime ministers in terms of aggregate rankings are in the top four of time spent in office. William Lyon Mackenzie King (photo) is the highest rated prime Minister based on three aggregate results from Maclean’s, and is also Canada’s longest serving prime minister.

How old is Justin Trudeau?

50 years (December 25, 1971)