HAPPY CANADA DAY

Wanda Stevenson · Post by **Wanda Stevenson** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:44 pm

FROM WEST OF THE POND, HAPPY CANADA DAY EVERYONE.
Wanda
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Post by **Ina** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:18 pm

Happy Canada Day to all our Canadian friends.

Ina

Post by **paddyscar** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:53 pm

That's 142 years old (Canada, not me personally) - young as many countries go.

Of 22 Canadian Prime Ministers, 5 were born in Scotland or have Scottish roots.

MacDonald, John Alexander
Born: 1815/01/ll, Glasgow
First Prime Minister: 1878.10.17 - 1891.06.06;1867.07.01 - 1873.11.05

MacKenzie, Alexander
Born: 1822/01/28 Dunkeld, Perthshire
Prime Minister: 1873.11.07 - 1878.10.08

Tupper, Charles
Born: 1821/07/02 Amherst, Nova Scotia
Educated: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh on 20 April 1843 and became an MD on 1 Aug. 1843.
Prime Minister: 1896.05.01 - 1896.07.08

King, William Lyon MacKenzie
Born: 1874.12.17 Kitchener, Ontario
Grandson of William Lyon MacKenzie (1795 Dundee) and Elizabeth Chambers of Kirkmichael. William was the first mayor of Toronto and a leader of the Upper Canada Rebellion
Prime Minister: 1935.10.23 - 1948.11.14; 1926.09.25 - 1930.08.06; 1921.12.29 - 1926.06.28

Campbell, Kim
Born: 1947.03.10 Port Alberni, British Columbia
First Female Prime Minister: 1993.06.25 - 1993.11.03

Paddyscar - Canadian citizen since 1979, born Glasgow

sheilajim · Post by **sheilajim** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:28 pm

As a Canadian lifing in California, but formerly from Montreal, I wish a HAPPY CANADA DAY TO ALL CANADIANS