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Charles Joseph Clark PC CC AOE (born June 5, 1939) is a Canadian businessman, writer, and politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Canada from 1979 to 1980.
Feb 21, 2008 · Charles Joseph “Joe” Clark, PC, CC, journalist, author, 16th prime minister of Canada 1979-80, (born 5 June, 1939 at High River, AB). Clark was Canada's youngest prime minister when he took office one day before his 40th birthday.
Jun 1, 2024 · Joe Clark, Canadian politician who served as prime minister of Canada from June 1979 to March 1980, the youngest person ever to win the post. He also was a two-time leader of the Progressive Conservatives (1976–83 and 1998–2003). Learn more about Clark’s life and career.
Joe Louis Clark (May 8, 1938 – December 29, 2020) was the principal of Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey. He is also the subject of the 1989 film Lean on Me, starring Morgan Freeman. Clark gained public attention in the 1980s for his unconventional and controversial disciplinary measures as the principal of Eastside High. [1]
May 20, 2024 · The Pearson Centre hosts 'An Evening with Joe Clark,' a celebration of the 45th anniversary of Clark’s election as Canada’s 16th prime minister on Wednesday, May 22, at 5:45 p.m. at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia.
The prime ministership of Joe Clark is one of the great “what-ifs?” of Canadian history. Serving the shortest term of any elected prime minister, Clark barely accomplished anything in office before he was promptly thrown back out.
Former prime minister Joe Clark talks to As It Happens host Nil Köksal about the life and legacy of Brian Mulroney, Canada's 18th prime minister, who died on Thursday at the age of 84.
Jan 29, 2024 · Former Progressive Conservative prime minister Joe Clark says the House of Commons has become "more a stage than an institution," and it is impacting the "state of mind of people who come to...
Feb 13, 2021 · In 1979, Joe Clark became the youngest prime minister in Canadian history, ending 16 years of Liberal rule and forming a minority Progressive Conservative government. He spoke to CBC's West of...
Dec 30, 2020 · Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film “Lean on Me,” died...
