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Charles Joseph Clark PC CC AOE (born June 5, 1939) is a Canadian businessman, writer, and politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Canada from 1979 to 1980.
Joe Louis Clark (May 8, 1938 – December 29, 2020) was the principal of Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey. He is also the subject of the 1989 film Lean on Me, starring Morgan Freeman. Clark gained public attention in the 1980s for his unconventional and controversial disciplinary measures as the principal of Eastside High.
Jun 1, 2024 · Joe Clark, Canadian politician who served as prime minister of Canada from June 1979 to March 1980, the youngest person ever to win the post. He also was a two-time leader of the Progressive Conservatives (1976–83 and 1998–2003).
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Feb 21, 2008 · Charles Joseph “Joe” Clark, PC, CC, journalist, author, 16th prime minister of Canada 1979-80, (born 5 June, 1939 at High River, AB). Clark was Canada's youngest prime minister when he took office one day before his 40th birthday. His brief term put a temporary end to 16 years of Liberal rule.
Dec 30, 2020 · Joe Louis Clark, the hard-charging high school principal who inspired the movie “Lean on Me,” has died at the age of 82, his family said in a statement Tuesday.
Jul 14, 2018 · Learn about Joe Clark, the former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and the youngest prime minister of Canada. Find out his achievements, controversies, and political career from 1972 to 2003.
Joe Clark was a young and inexperienced leader of the Progressive Conservative Party who won a narrow minority government in 1979, but was defeated by Pierre Trudeau in a snap election. He later served as foreign minister under Brian Mulroney and became a critic of the new Conservative Party of Canada.
