Canadian Federal Election 2021

​Canadian Federal Election 2021

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Multiple Choice

This rookie Liberal MP from Newfoundland  heckled parliamentary legend John Diefenbaker during a debate in the Commons, leading to one of the truly great and legendary responses from Diefenbaker.

• Richard Cashin

• Ray Hnatyshyn

Multiple Choice

Future U.S. presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon famously squared off in the first-ever U.S. nationally televised leaders’ debates in 1960. North of the border, when was Canada’s first national leaders’ debate broadcast on television?

• On July 1, 1867

• On June 9, 1968

• On October 15, 1969

• On September 12, 1964

Multiple Choice

Which national party leader, well before the age of television — lucky for him! — reportedly vomited on stage during a debate with another party’s representative?

• Sir John A. Macdonald

• Sir Wilfrid Laurier

Multiple Choice

What do former prime minister Kim Campbell and former NDP leader Audrey McLaughlin have in common?

• During the 1993 election they became the first women to participate in a national televised leaders’ debate.

• They both had careers as former astronauts

Multiple Choice

Which two Fathers of Confederation, during a legislative debate pre-1867, had to be forcefully separated from one other for fear of a physical fight breaking out between them?

• Sir Oliver Mowat, and Sir John A. Macdonald, a Father of Confederation.

• Sir George-Étienne Cartier and Sir Wilfrid Laurier

Multiple Choice

This future governor general served as the moderator of two nationally televised leader’s debates in federal campaigns. Who was it?

•  David Johnston

• Ray Hnatyshyn