Art's History

Arthur Milnes, an accomplished public historian, award-winning journalist and the in-house historian at the Frontenac Club Hotel, explores milestone moments in Canada’s political history, occasionally drawing upon his own interactions with some of the notables figures as he offers insightful glimpses and anecdotes that remind us that Canada, too, has a rich and colourful political history.

Today in Canada's Political History - May 10, 1844: Capital moves from Kingston to Montreal
Today in Canada's Political History - May 9, 2019: Dennis King becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island
Today in Canada's Political History - May 8, 1882: Sir Mackenzie Bowell tells a young journalist how to be true to his craft
Today in Canada's Political History - May 7, 1953: Louis St.-Laurent in Washington for talks with President Eisenhower
May 6, Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney’s named a Companion of the Order of Canada
Today in Canada's Political History - May 5, 1962, PM John Diefenbaker berates the U.S. Ambassador to Canada after JFK has Lester Pearson in for a 40-minute private meeting at the White House
Today in Canada's Political History - May 4, 1973: birth of David Cochrane of Power and Politics
Today in Canada's Political History - May 3, 1989: Rt. Hon. John Turner steps down as Liberal leader
Today in Canada's Political History -  May 2, 2011: Stephen Harper earns a majority mandate from Canadian voters!
Today in Canada's Political History - May 1, 1963: Canada’s new Prime Minister visits the United Kingdom
Today in Canada's Political History - April 30, 1959: Happy birthday Stephen Harper!
Today in Canada's Political History - April 29, 2011: Happy Anniversary Will and Kate!
Today in Canada's Political History - April 28, 1956: Governor General Vincent Massey reads a poem at the annual Parliamentary Press Gallery dinner!
Today in Canada's Political History - April 27, 1940: Mackenzie King meets President Franklin Roosevelt
Today in Canada's Political History - April 26, 1982: Grant Devine and his Tories victorious in Saskatchewan general election
Today in Canada's Political History - April 25, 1994: Indigenous hero Elijah Harper’s maiden speech in the Commons
Today in Canada's Political History - April 24, 1983: Ed Schreyer plants a tree at Rideau Hall!
Today in Canada's Political History - April 23, 1897: Happy birthday Lester Pearson!
Today in Canada's Political History - April 22, 1977Z: Happy birthday Susan Holt!
Today in Canada's Political History - April 21, 2008: PM Stephen J. Harper holds bilateral talks with President George W. Bush in New Orleans
Today in Canada's Political History - April 20, 2020: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses Canadians after the mass shooting in Nova Scotia
Today in Canada's Political History - April 19, 1900: 125th anniversary of the birth of Roland Michener
Today in Canada's Political History - April 18, 1872: Conservative Sir John A. Macdonald legalizes trade unions in Canada!
Today in Canada's Political History - April 17, 1892: Hon. Alexander Mackenzie passes into history
Today in Canada's Political History - April 16, 1999: PM Jean Chrétien salutes Wayne Gretzky on the latter’s retirement from the NHL
Today in Canada's Political History - April 15, 1942: Prime Minister Mackenzie King meets with Franklin Roosevelt in Washington
Today in Canada's Political History - April 14, 2013: Justin Trudeau becomes federal Liberal leader!
Today in Canada's Political History - April 13, 1825: Birth of Thomas D’Arcy McGee
Today in Canada's Political History - April 12, 1838: Upper Canadian rebels hanged
Today in Canada's Political History - April 11, 1933: Sir Robert Borden files a bird-watching report