- Born
- Birth nameAvril Phaedra Douglas Campbell
- Kim Campbell was born on March 10, 1947 in Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada. She has been married to Hershey Felder since 1997. She was previously married to Howard Eddy and Nathan Divinsky.
- SpousesHershey Felder(1997 - present)Howard Eddy(1986 - 1993) (divorced)Nathan Divinsky(1972 - 1983) (divorced)
- Canada's first and thus far only female Prime Minister. Although she was voted in by the Conservative Party to replace the void left by Brian Mulroney, she was never actually elected in by the Canadian people.
- Canada's 19th Prime Minister.
- Is the first Prime Minister to hold a House seat from British Columbia (Prime Minister John Turner did not hold a seat when he was Prime Minister and was swept from office during the election that won him his British Columbian seat).
- Led the Progressive Conservative Party to the worst electoral defeat in Candaian history during the 1993 federal election. The Progressive Conservatives went from being the governing party to being reduced to 2 seats in the House of Commons. Campbell lost her own seat in Vancouver.
- Was Canada's first female Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1990-1993).
- I try to be an ambassador for Canadian values and a Canadian sense of possibility. Sometimes we have to kind of blow our horn because nobody is listening: we're at the back row of the orchestra. But it's a wonderful country, full of wonderful people.
- As I explain to Americans, in Canada people think it's just morally unacceptable for anyone to be impoverished by illness.
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