10 Facts About The Chief

1. The Chief dismissed the adopted design, with a single red maple leaf and two red bars, as "a flag that Peruvians might salute".

2. The Chief believed that the mother country should place the Commonwealth first, and sought to discourage Britain's entry.

3. The Chief sought to reduce dependence on trade with the United States, and to seek closer ties with the United Kingdom.

4. The Chief pledged to work with the provinces to reform the Senate.

5. The Chief was defeated, but Saskatchewan Conservatives formed their first government, with help from smaller parties.

6. The Chief received his law degree in 1919, the first student to secure three degrees from the University of Saskatchewan.

7. The Chief had remarkable success doing so; of the 28 students at his school near Toronto in 1903, four, including his son, John, served as Conservative MPs in the 19th Canadian Parliament beginning in 1940.

8. The Chief gained that party position in 1956, on his third attempt.

9. The Chief contested elections through the 1920s and 1930s with little success until he was finally elected to the House of Commons in 1940.

10. The Chief was the only Progressive Conservative party leader after 1930 and before 1979 to lead the party to an election victory, doing so three times, although only once with a majority of seats in the House of Commons of Canada.