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Day, Manning Contest Party Leadership

When Stockwell Day worked as an auctioneer in Kelowna, B.C., in the 1970s, he was known as a young man who could sell everything from beat-up cars to canoes. After later moving to Bentley, Alta.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 20, 2000
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General De Gaulle and "Vive le Québec libre"

The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated. On 24 July 1967, during a state visit to Expo '67, General Charles de Gaulle, president of France and a hero of the 20th century, proclaimed from the balcony of Montréal's City Hall a sentence that would change the history of Canada: “Vive le Québec libre.”
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Dekanahwideh

Dekanahwideh, "the Heavenly Messenger," reputed founder of the Five Nations Confederacy. He was said to have been born among the Huron of a virgin mother, and destined to bring peace and power to his people.
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Delos Davis

Delos Rogest Davis, KC, teacher and lawyer (born 4 August 1846 in Maryland, died 13 April 1915 in Anderdon Township, ON). Davis was the third Black lawyer in Canada and the first Black person appointed to the King’s Counsel in all of the British Empire.
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Dennis Fentie

In 1996 Dennis Fentie entered territorial politics when he was elected to represent Watson Lake in Yukon's Legislative Assembly as a member of the NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
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Dennis McDermott

Dennis McDermott, trade unionist (born 3 November 1922 in Portsmouth, England; died 13 February 2003 in Peterborough, Ontario). McDermott came to Canada after WWII and in 1948 worked in Toronto as an assembler and a welder. In 1954 he became an organizer for the United Automobile Workers (UAW).
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Dennis O'Keefe

Dennis Michael John “Doc” O’Keefe, teacher, municipal politician, mayor of St. John’s 2008–present (born 20 April 1944 in St. John’s, NL). A retired school teacher, and a city council member since 1997, O’Keefe is a consumer-and cruise ship industry-advocate known for his approachability, and his daily walks of the streets of St. John’s.
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Diana, Princess of Wales: 1961-1997

This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on September 8, 1997. Partner content is not updated. They kept trying to take her picture even after the car stopped careening off the concrete wall, even as she lay dying in the back of its tortured chassis. She was their prey.
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Diana's Legacy

He has her look, the one that gave her so vulnerable an air, that slow, shy upturned glance from a downturned head. He has her eyes, too, blue as an English summer sky. The blond hair is the same, as is the quiet smile, the fluid walk, the long, lean figure.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on August 31, 1998
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Doer Wins Manitoba Election

They called him "Mr. Smooth." In 1990, Chatelaine magazine plucked Gary Doer from relative obscurity by proclaiming him one of Canada's 12 sexiest men.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 4, 1999
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Does Layton have the nerve?

Jack Layton's return to the floor of the House after hip surgery early this month prompted a rare outpouring of warmth in a bitterly partisan Parliament.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 28, 2011
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Doly Begum

Doly Begum, politician (born 5 September 1989 in Moulvibazar, Bangladesh). Doly Begum is a member of the Provincial Parliament of Ontario for the New Democratic Party of Ontario. In 2018, at age 29, she became the first Canadian of Bangladeshi origin to be elected to a provincial or federal political office. (See also South Asian Canadians.) She was also the first politician to serve as Opposition critic for Citizenship, Foreign Credentials and Immigration Services.
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Dominique Anglade

Dominique Anglade, politician, engineer, businesswoman (born 31 January 1974 in Montreal, Quebec). Anglade was the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party from 2020 to 2022. She was the first Black person to lead a major provincial political party in Quebec.
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Don Iveson

Donald L. Iveson, environment and community advocate, mayor of Edmonton 2013–21, journalist (born 30 May 1979 in St. Albert, AB). Beginning in 2007, Don Iveson served two terms as an Edmonton city councillor and then two terms as mayor. He became Edmonton’s 35th mayor in 2013, winning nearly 62 per cent of the vote. He was known for his progressive work on homelessness, social housing and the environment. As chair of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Big City Mayors Caucus, he called for a national expansion of social housing policy. Since stepping down as mayor in 2021, Iveson has worked with several community and environmental organizations.
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Donald Farquharson

Donald Farquharson, politician, premier of PEI (b at Mermaid, PEI 27 July 1834; d at Charlottetown 26 June 1903). A teacher by training, Farquharson subsequently entered the wholesale and shipping business and in 1876 won election to the PEI Assembly as a Liberal.
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