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Kim Campbell's premiership is the third shortest in Canadian history. Whose was shorter?

  • Arthur Meighen

  • John Abbott

  • Charles Tupper

  • Lester B. Pearson

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Charles Tupper's premiership, which lasted from May 1 to July 8, 1896, was the shortest in Canadian history. His government was defeated in a general election just two months after he took office. Kim Campbell's term, which lasted from June 25 to November 4, 1993, is the third shortest.
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