Joe Clark

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The Right Honourable Charles Joseph Clark, PC , CC , AOE , MA , LL.D (born June 5, 1939) was the sixteenth prime minister of Canada from June 4, 1979, to March 2, 1980. He was a prominent Canadian politician until his retirement in 2004. He was born in High River, Alberta.

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Joe Clark was the son of the publisher of the local newspaper. He attended local schools and the University of Alberta, where he earned a bachelor's and a master's degree in political science. He studied law at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was active in student politics, and left law school to work full time for the Progressive Conservative Party.

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Clark is married to Maureen McTeer, a well-known author and lawyer. Their daughter, Catherine, is an art history graduate from the University of Toronto who has pursued a career in public relations and broadcasting.

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The Right Honourable: The Right Honourable (abbreviated "The Rt. Hon.", "The Rt Hon", or "The Right Hon.") is an honorific prefix which, in local contexts, is traditionally applied to certain classes of people in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth Realms....

PC: PC has meanings in multiple areas:...

CC: CC is 200 (number) in Roman numerals....

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