- Brian Mulroney
Martin Brian Mulroney, PC, CC, GOQ, LLD (born March 20, 1939), was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. According to Canadian protocol, as a former Prime Minister, he is styled "The Right Honourable" for life. - Dalton McGuinty
Dalton James Patrick McGuinty Jr., MPP (born July 19, 1955, in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer and politician and, since October 23, 2003, Premier of Ontario. He is the twenty-fourth premier of Ontario, and only the second Roman Catholic to hold this office. The first was John Sandfield Macdonald, who served as premier from 1867 to 1871. McGuinty is generally regarded as a moderate fiscal conservative, … - Paul Martin
Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, PC, MP, BA, LLB, LLD (h.c.) (born August 28, 1938) was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada and a former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. On November 14, 2003, Martin succeeded Jean Chrétien as leader of the Liberal Party and became Prime Minister on December 12, 2003. The 2004 election yielded a minority government in which the Liberals under Martin remained in power. - Martin Short
Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian/American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for his comedy work, particularly on the TV programs "SCTV" and "Saturday Night Live". He has been nominated for an Emmy Award. - Jean Charest
John James Charest, PC, LL.B., MNA known as Jean Charest (born June 24, 1958) is a Canadian lawyer and politician from the province of Quebec. He is a former leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party (1993 - 1998), the current leader of the Parti libéral du Québec and, the 29th Premier of Quebec. - Jim Flaherty
James Michael "Jim" Flaherty, PC, BA, LL.B, MP (born December 30, 1949) is Canada's Minister of Finance; he had formerly served as Ontario's Minister of Finance. From 1995 until 2005 he was the Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby—Ajax, representing the Progressive Conservative Party. He was previously a senior cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris, and has sought the leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives on two occasions. - Mary Walsh
Mary Cynthia Walsh, CM, LL.D (h.c.) (born May 13, 1952, St. John's, Newfoundland) is an actress and comedian. - Ed Broadbent
Ed Broadbent holds back tears as he announces he's leaving politics for family reasons, May 4, 2005. (CP Photo/Fred Chartrand) Ed Broadbent was, for a brief while in the 1980s, the most popular politician in Canada, scoring higher in public opinion polls than then prime minister Pierre Trudeau. He stepped down as leader of the federal New Democratic Party in 1989 after what he called a disappointing election result. - Fred Wah
Frederick James Wah (born January 23, 1939) is a Canadian-Chinese poet, novelist, and scholar. Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, but raised in the interior (West Kootenay) of British Columbia. His father was a Canadian-born Chinese-Scots-Irishman raised in China and his mother a Swedish-born Canadian who came to Canada at age 6. His diverse ethnic makeup figures significantly in his writings. Wah studied literature and music at the University of British Columbia. - Sheila Copps
Sheila Maureen Copps, PC, HBA, LL.D (hc), (born November 27, 1952, in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian journalist and former politician. Copps is a second-generation member of a political family that has dominated Hamilton-area politics on the municipal, provincial and federal levels. Her father, Victor K. Copps, was one of the most influential mayors of the City of Hamilton; the city's landmark sports arena, Copps Coliseum, is named in his honour. - Don Cherry
Donald Stewart "Grapes" Cherry, (born February 5, 1934 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada) is a hockey commentator for CBC Television. Cherry co-hosts the "Coach's Corner" intermission segment (with Ron MacLean) on the long running Canadian sports program "Hockey Night in Canada". Besides playing and coaching hockey, he is also well-known as an author, syndicated radio commentator for The Fan Radio Network, creator of the "Rock'em Sock'em Hockey" video series, … - David McGuinty
David Joseph McGuinty (born February 25, 1960 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian politician and the brother of Premier of Ontario Dalton McGuinty. He is also the son of former Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Dalton McGuinty Sr.. He is a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons representing the riding of Ottawa South. He was first elected in the 2004 federal election and was re-elected in the 2006 federal election. - Patrick Roy
Patrick Jacques Roy, (born October 5, 1965, in Sainte Foy, Quebec, Canada — a suburb of Quebec City) is a retired ice hockey goaltender. He is currently the co-owner, general manager, and head coach of the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Nicknamed "St. Patrick," he is popular among fans of the Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche. In 2004, Roy was selected as the greatest goaltender in NHL history by a panel of 41 writers, … - Sharon Carstairs
Sharon Carstairs, PC, MA (born April 26, 1942) is a Canadian politician and Senator. Carstairs was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the daughter of Vivian and Harold Connolly, and was educated at Dalhousie University, Smith College, Georgetown University, and the University of Calgary. She later moved to western Canada, and was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate for Calgary Elbow in the 1975 Alberta provincial election. - Gerald Regan
Gerald Augustine Regan, LLB, QC, PC (born February 13, 1928) is a Canadian politician. Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Gerald Regan graduated from Dalhousie Law School and was admitted to the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society in 1954. He became one of the region's best known labour lawyers, and his high-profile image led to an invitation to enter politics. He was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1963 federal election. - Dave Foley
Dave Foley (born January 4, 1963, in Etobicoke, Ontario) is a Canadian actor, best known for his work in "The Kids in the Hall", "NewsRadio", and "Celebrity Poker Showdown". He also frequently appears on "The Late Late Show" on CBS. - Brian Tobin
Brian Vincent Tobin, PC (born October 21, 1954 in Stephenville, Newfoundland) is a Canadian politician. Tobin studied political science at Memorial University in St. John's. He worked a brief stint as a TV news announcer before joining the Liberal Party of Canada as a political aide. First elected to the House of Commons as a Liberal in 1980, Tobin became familiar to Canadians in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a member of the so-called opposition "Rat Pack". - Jay Baruchel
Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel (born April 9 1982), better known as Jay Baruchel, is a Canadian film and television actor. - Henry Marshall Tory
Henry Marshall Tory (January 11, 1864 - February 6, 1947) was the first president of the University of Alberta (1908-1928), the first president of the National Research Council (1928-1935) and the first president of Carleton College (1942-1947). - John de Chastelain
General Alfred John Gardyne Drummond de Chastelain, OC, CMM, CD, CH, LL.D., BA (born July 30, 1937) is a retired Canadian soldier and diplomat. He was appointed head of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning, which is responsible for ensuring the decommissioning of arms by paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland. De Chastelain was born a British subject in 1937 in Bucharest, Romania. - Scott Brison
Scott A. Brison, PC, MP, BComm (born, Windsor, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian politician. He was Minister of Public Works and Government Services under Paul Martin and ran to succeed Martin as party leader in the 2006 Liberal leadership convention. He dropped out after the first ballot and endorsed Bob Rae. Brison represents the Nova Scotia riding of Kings—Hants as a Liberal Member of Parliament, and was Canada's first openly gay member of Cabinet, … - Terry O'Reilly
Joseph James Terrence (Terry) O'Reilly (born June 7, 1951 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a retired ice hockey right-winger. - Jacqueline Hennessy
Jacqueline Hennessy (born November 25, 1968 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian journalist, television host, and occasional actress. She is the identical twin sister of actress Jill Hennessy. Hennessy is of Irish, Italian, Swedish, French, and Ukrainian descent. She has a doctorate in French Literature and her sister has a high school diploma. Hennessy currently hosts the current affairs program "Medical Intelligence" for Rogers Cable in Toronto, Ontario. - Allison Crowe
Allison Louise Crowe (born November 16, 1981) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and pianist from Nanaimo, British Columbia who now lives in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Crowe records on her own record label, Rubenesque Records Ltd. (formed in 2003 and marketed by Festival Distribution). Her first full-length albums, "Secrets" and "Tidings", were released in 2004, when Crowe was 22. - Gordon O'Connor
Gordon James O'Connor, PC, OMM, CD, BA, B.Sc., MP (born May 18, 1939) is a retired Brigadier-General, current Canadian Member of Parliament and the Minister of National Defence. He is one of a few Defence Ministers to have served in the military, the last being Gilles Lamontagne. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he has a B.Sc Mathematics and Physics from Concordia University and BA in Philosophy from York University. He served over 30 years in the Canadian Army, … - Andrew Martin
Andrew Test Martin (born Andrew J. Martin on March 17, 1975) is a Canadian professional wrestler, who is best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Test. In 2005, Martin legally changed his name to Andrew Test Martin in order to regain legal ownership of his ring name, which was trademarked by WWE - Ryan Larkin
Ryan Larkin (b. July 31 1943, Montreal, Quebec - d. February 14 2007, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec) was a Canadian animator who rose to fame with the psychedelic 1969 Oscar-nominated short "Walking" and the acclaimed "Street Musique" (1972). - Donna Morrissey
Donna Morrissey is a Canadian author. At age 16 Morrissey left her birthplace, The Beaches, a small outport on the west coast of Newfoundland. She lived in various places of Canada before returning to St. John's where she studied at Memorial University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Social Work, and a diploma in adult education. Morrissey now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Morrissey has written three prize-winning novels — "Kit's Law", … - Louis St. Laurent
Louis Stephen St. Laurent, was the twelfth Prime Minister of Canada from November 15, 1948, to June 21, 1957. - Emm Gryner
Emm Gryner (born June 8 1975) is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter. Gryner was born in Forest, Lambton County, Ontario to a father of half Irish heritage and a Filipina mother. She graduated in 1995 from Fanshawe College in London, Ontario after studying under its Music Industry Arts program, and released her first independent solo album, "And Distrust It", that year. She then moved to Toronto, and the following year formed her own label, Dead Daisy Records, … - Conn Smythe
Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe was a Canadian builder in the National Hockey League. He is best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of Maple Leaf Gardens. - Mike Myers
Michael John Myers (born May 25, 1963, in Scarborough, Ontario) is an Emmy Award-winning Canadian-British comedian, actor, screenwriter, and film producer, best known for his comedy work in "Saturday Night Live" and film roles including the title characters of "Wayne's World", the "Austin Powers" series, and "Shrek". - Faith Nolan
Faith Nolan (born 1957 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian social activist folk and jazz singer-songwriter and guitarist of mixed African, Mi'kmaq and Irish heritage. As stated on her website, "her music is her political work, a politics firmly rooted in her being working class, a woman, African Canadian and queer." Part of her activist work has been documenting the social, political and cultural history of Africville, … - Tom Cavanagh
Thomas Cavanagh (born October 26, 1963) is a Canadian actor. - Daniel Johnson Jr
Daniel Johnson, Jr. is a former Quebec politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Quebec and was Premier of the Province of Quebec, Canada for most of 1994. His father, Daniel Johnson Sr, had been the Premier of Quebec from 1966 to 1968 as the leader of the "Union Nationale", a conservative political party. Johnson received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the Université de Montréal in 1966. - Brian McFarlane
Brian McFarlane (born August 10, 1931 in New Liskeard, Ontario) is a Canadian television sportscaster and author. He is also the Honorary President of the Society for International Hockey Research. He is the son of the prolific writer Leslie McFarlane who wrote many of the early "Hardy Boys" books. Brian McFarlane attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, on a hockey scholarship, graduating in 1955. - Kevin Sullivan
Kevin Sullivan (born March 20, 1974 in Brantford, Ontario) is a world class middle distance runner. Sullivan competes in 1000 metre, 1500 metre, and mile events and represents Canada. His personal best times are 3:31.71 for the 1500 (set in June 2000) and 3:50.36 for the mile. He is the Canadian record-holder at both distances as well as the indoor 3000 m, 7:40.17 (set February 9 2007). His best Olympic showing is a fifth-place finish at Sydney. - Johnny Devine
John Preston (J.P) Parsonage, better known by his ring name, "Hot Shot" Johnny Devine, is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is currently wrestling on the Canadian independent circuit and in the United States of America for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Havok. - Ian Scott
Ian Gilmour Scott, OC (b. July 13 1934, Ottawa - d. October 10 2006, Toronto) was a former politician in the province of Ontario, Canada. Scott was the Attorney-General of Ontario in the Liberal government of David Peterson from 1985 to 1990 and was with Robert Nixon and Sean Conway considered to be one of the three top ministers in and the "the intellectual heart and soul" of the Peterson cabinet. - Claude Ryan
Claude Ryan, CC, D.h.c. (January 26, 1925 - February 9, 2004) was a Canadian politician and leader of the Parti libéral du Québec from 1978 to 1982. He was also the National Assembly of Quebec member for Argenteuil from 1979 to 1994. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was the director of "Le Devoir", a French-language newspaper available in the province of Quebec, from 1964 to 1978.
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