A look back at Prime Minister Stephen Harper
- Prime Minister Stephen Harper talks to members of the media during a Canadian Cancer Society event on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, March 24 , 2011. (Chris Roussakis/QMI Agency)
- Canadian Alliance leader Stephen Harper speaks in the House of Commons in Ottawa, September 16, 2003. Harper introduced a motion to define marriage. (REUTERS/Chris Wattie)
- Canadian Alliance leader Stephen Harper and his daughter, Rachel, 4, wave to supporters after announcing the results of a vote in Ottawa, December 5, 2003. Canadian Alliance members voted to support the idea of merging with the Progressive Conservatives. (REUTERS/Chris Wattie)
- Conservative Leader Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen wave to supporters at his headquarters during election night in Calgary, Alberta June 28, 2004. Harper and his party forced the Liberals into a minority government. (REUTERS/Andy Clark)
- Canadian Opposition leader Stephen Harper smiles while speaking during a meeting of his caucus after winning a non-confidence vote in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Monday, Nov., 28, 2005. The Liberal government lost an opposition motion of non-confidence by a vote of 171 to 133, triggering the first winter election campaign the country has seen in more than 25 years. (Sean Kilpatrick/QMI Agency)
- Conservative Party of Canada leader and Prime Minister-elect Stephen Harper shakes hands with his son Ben after walking him to school in Ottawa January 25, 2006. Canada's newly elected Conservative Party is using a careful approach to taking power that it believes will pay off later as it tries to build the foundations for a lasting majority government. (REUTERS/Chris Wattie)
- Prime Minister designate Stephen Harper leaves a news conference after commenting the delivery of Justice John Gomery's final report looking into the sponsorship program, on Wednesday Feb. 1, 2006. Harper says he agrees with the recommendations of the Gomery report, but he's stopping short of guaranteeing to adopt them all. (file photo)
- Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper testifies before a special Senate committee looking into setting term limits for senators on Parliament Hill in Ottawa September 7, 2006. Harper is the first prime minister to appear before a Senate committee. (REUTERS/Chris Wattie)
- Prime Minister Stephen Harper waves to supporters wearing red during his speech at a rally in support Canadian troops, in Ottawa on Friday Sept. 22, 2006. (Tony Caldwell/QMI Agency)
- President George W. Bush, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon pose for the official photo during the final day of a two-day North American leaders summit at the Chateau Montebello Resort in Montebello, Que., on Tuesday Aug 21, 2007. (Sean Kilpatrick/QMI Agency)
- Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper issues an apology to aboriginals in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa June 11, 2008. Canada, seeking to close one of the darkest chapters in its history, formally apologized on Wednesday for forcing 150,000 aboriginal children into grim residential schools, where many say they were abused. (REUTERS/Chris Wattie)
- Re-elected Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, at the Calgary Convention Centre October 14, 2008. (DARREN MAKOWICHUK/QMI Agency)
- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces that Governor General Michaelle Jean approved his recommendation to suspend Parliament, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Thursday, Dec 4 , 2008. (Tony Caldwell/QMI Agency)
- U.S. President Barack Obama (bottom R) greets Canadian Prime Minster Stephen Harper (middle R) as members of G20 prepare to pose for a second family photograph at the G20 summit at the ExCel centre, in east London, April 2, 2009. Canadian Prime Minster Stephen Harper missed the first family photograph, which had to be shot a second time. (REUTERS/Dylan Martinez)
- Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) watches the ladies' slalom skiing event with Senator and former Canadian Olympian Nancy Greene Raine in Whistler, B.C. on Thursday, February 26, 2010. (AL CHAREST/ QMI AGENCY)
- Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper greets United States President Barack Obama at the G8 Summit at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario, June 25, 2010. (REUTERS/Jim Young)
- Her Majesty The Queen and Prime Minister Stephen Harper share a laugh during her Royal Tour in Ottawa Thursday July 1, 2010 . (Andre Forget /QMI Agency)
- Prime Minister Stephen Harper flips pancakes at a Stampede pancake breakfast at the Braeside Community Centre in southwest Calgary July 10, 2010. Harper is in his hometown for a portion of the Calgary Stampede. (JIM WELLS/QMI Agency)
- Prime Minister Stephen Harper rides an ATV Thursday August 26, 2010 in Tuktoyaktuk, North West Territories during his annual Northern Tour. (ANDRE FORGET/QMI AGENCY)
- Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper greets David Johnston during his installation as Governor General at the Senate in Ottawa Friday October 2, 2010 during the Installation of the 28th Governor General of Canada. (ANDRE FORGET/QMI AGENCY)
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Bobblehead party leaders
Bobbleheads of Michael Ignatieff, Gilles Duceppe, Elizabeth May, Stephen Harper, and Jack Layton are displayed at a local soup store in Ottawa.(Chris Roussakis/ QMI Agency) See Gallery
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Defence Minister Peter MacKay (Central Nova, N.S.), who was first elected in 1997, was voted the Sexiest Male MP on Parliament Hill in 2010, for the 10th time. He got 17.2 per cent of the vote, but only beat Liberal MP Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.), 38, by a single percentage point. See Gallery
