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...That disbelieving headline appeared in the Toronto Star three years ago, the day after an obscure M.P. from rural Alberta emerged as leader of Canada's Progressive Conservative Party, following a hotly contested convention. The question quickly became a national joke, and the joke led to insults. "Henry Aldrich from Alberta," sniffed one Liberal Cabinet minister...
...about it." The shy, ungainly son of a local newspaper editor and his schoolteacher wife, Clark was an average student who did well in English and public speaking. He became a member of the campus Tory club while earning a B. A. in history at the University of Alberta, and studied law for a year before realizing how much more he enjoyed politics than jurisprudence. Clark returned to Alberta for an M. A. in political science and proceeded to become the most industrious of party drudges -chauffeuring local candidates, distributing flyers, ringing doorbells...
That energy, perseverance and talent for organization earned Clark the attention of party elders. From 1969 to 1972 he was executive assistant to then Tory Leader Robert Stanfield. He resigned to run for the House of Commons from the Alberta district of Rocky Mountain; he won his seat and, shortly afterward, his future wife when 20-year-old Maureen McTeer volunteered to work for him. The couple married in 1973 and have a two-year-old daughter. Maureen, who continues to use her maiden name and is pursuing her own career as a lawyer, campaigned vigorously for her husband during...
...Conservatives won only two seats out of 74 in Quebec, but they swept all the seats in Alberta and took a majority of seats in both Atlantic Canada and British Columbia...
Douglas F. Francis '80 from Edmonton. Alberta, said he thought it was "a great day for Canada...