Monthly Archives: December 2025

The Progressive Conservative Succession Crisis and the Oscillating Premiership of Prince Edward Island in 2025

Posted on 2025/12/18 by J.W.J. Bowden

Introduction Dennis King became Premier of Prince Edward Island on 9 May 2019 as the head of the first single-party minority government in the Island’s history.[1] Little did he know then that his tenure as head of government would coincide … Continue reading →

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“The Natural Governing Party:” A Canadian Political Meme Misquoted or Morphed

Posted on 2025/12/16 by J.W.J. Bowden

Peter C. Newman seems to have originated a famous meme of Canadian politics by quoting Jack Pickersgill, a former Clerk of the Privy Council, Liberal cabinet minister, historian, and literary executor of William Lyon Mackenzie King’s estate. In 1968, Newman … Continue reading →

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