1. Who was the oldest person to become Prime Minister? 
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2. What political party did this person represent?  ________________________________
3. What was the longest session of Parliament and how long was it?
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4. Which two Prime Ministers were both in office for less than three months?
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5. What two languages does the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms allow Canadian citizens to receive services in?  ______________________________
6. How many square kilometres (km² ) is Canada? ____________________
7. What date and year was our present flag adopted by Parliament? _______________ _____________________________
8. Who composed the original French version of O Canada?  _________________________________
9. How many AFathers of Confederation@ were there?  _________________________________
10. Where and on what date was Prime Minister Jean Chrétien born? _____________________________ __________________________________
11. What is the address of the official residence of the Canadian Prime Minister?  ___________________________________
12. Who was the first woman to become Governor General of Canada?  ___________________________
13. Who was the first woman to become Prime Minister of Canada?  ___________________________
14. What political party did she represent?___________________________
15. Who was the longest-serving Prime Minister of Canada and how long was this person the Prime Minister? ______________________

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1. Right Honourable Sir Charles Tupper

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2. Conservatives

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3. 32nd Parliament; 1326 days

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info/Parliament.asp?
Language=E&View=Days&Hist=Y

4. Right Honourable Sir Charles Tupper and Right Honourable John Napier Turner

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PrimeMinister.asp?Language=E&Age=N&
Ministry=N&Hist=Y

5. English and French

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6. 9 093 507 km2

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7. February 15th, 1965

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8. Calixa Lavallée

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9. 36

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Page=students&Sub=historical&Doc=19991022_e.htm

10. January 11, 1934, Shawinigan, Quebec

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11. 24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Page=ThePrimeMinister&Sub=Portraits

12. Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé

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13. Right Honourable Kim Campbell

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about/people/key/WomenCabinet.asp?
Language=E&Source=Cabinet

14. Progressive Conservatives

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15. Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King; 21 years,  5 months and 1 day

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key/PrimeMinister.asp?
Language=E&Age=N&Ministry=N&Hist=Y