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Joe Clark

16th Prime Minister · born 1939

The youngest person ever to hold the office, brought down on a budget vote at 39.

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Life story

1. June 5, 1939 · High River, Alberta
   Born at High River, Alberta
2. February 22, 1976 · Ottawa
   Won the Progressive Conservative leadership as a surprise compromise
3. June 4, 1979 · Ottawa
   Sworn in at 39, the youngest prime minister in Canadian history
4. December 13, 1979 · Ottawa
   Government fell on an eighteen-cent gas tax after 272 days
5. January 1980 · Tehran, Iran
   Canadian diplomats sheltered and exfiltrated six Americans from Tehran
6. 1991 · Charlottetown
   As constitutional affairs minister negotiated the Charlottetown Accord

Sources

• Wikipedia article: Joe Clark
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• The Canadian Encyclopedia