Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, PC, CC, QC (born March 10, 1947) is a Canadian politician who was the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 25, 1993 to November 4, 1993 (132 days). Campbell was the first female Prime Minister of Canada, the first Baby Boomer to hold Canada's highest office and the first one born in British Columbia.
Campbell was born in Port Alberni, British Columbia to George Thomas Campbell (1920–2002) and Phyl...
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Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, PC, CC, QC (born March 10, 1947) is a Canadian politician who was the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 25, 1993 to November 4, 1993 (132 days). Campbell was the first female Prime Minister of Canada, the first Baby Boomer to hold Canada's highest office and the first one born in British Columbia.
Campbell was born in Port Alberni, British Columbia to George Thomas Campbell (1920–2002) and Phyllis "Lisa" Cook. Her mother left the family when Campbell was 12, leaving Kim and her sister Alix to be raised by their father. As a teenager, Avril permanently nicknamed herself Kim, perhaps for actress Kim Novak, as well as because "Kim" resembles the first syllable of Campbell when said in a Highlander accent.
While in her pre-teens, Campbell was a host and reporter on the CBC children's program Junior Television Club.
She and her family moved to Vancouver, and Campbell attended Prince of Wales Secondary School. She became the school's...
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