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Paul Martin

21st Prime Minister · born 1938

Paul Martin
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The finance minister who killed the deficit, then two years in the chair and the Kelowna Accord.

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Life story

  1. August 28, 1938 · Windsor, Ontario
    Born in Windsor, Ontario, son of a long-serving cabinet minister
  2. 1993 · Ottawa
    Became finance minister and cut spending to end the deficit by 1998
  3. December 12, 2003 · Ottawa
    Became prime minister
  4. July 20, 2005 · Ottawa
    His government legalized same-sex marriage nationwide
  5. November 25, 2005 · Kelowna, British Columbia
    Signed the Kelowna Accord with Indigenous leaders and the provinces
  6. February 6, 2006 · Ottawa
    Left office after the sponsorship scandal; the Kelowna Accord was not funded

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