Twenty-Second Annual
Churchill Society Dinner
A charitable evening to support
democracy education in Canada
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Featured
Chris Matthews
World famous political
journalist
Passionate Churchillian
MSNBC host of "Hardball
With Chris Matthews"
Author America: Beyond our Grandest Notions & Kennedy and Nixon
Speech: "The Ten Winning Principles of
Winston Churchill"
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Chris Matthews
is one of the most recognized and respected political analysts and journalists
in the United States. He is the host of MSNBC's flagship political
affairs program, Hardball with Chris Matthews and is the MSNBC anchor
for all major political events.
Matthews has a
unique and compelling perspective on the challenges of political
leadership. In addition to analyzing politics for the outside as a
journalist, he has seen it from the inside as a presidential speechwriter.
CBC anchor Peter Mansbridge introduced Chris
Matthews
Chris Matthews
is an active supporter of The Churchill Centre in the United States and
delivered the First Annual Churchill Lecture at George Washington University
in Washington, DC. He has published several articles exploring Churchill's
leadership and political skills. Currently, he is working on a book
examining the 'Churchill Rules' that can be used to guide the present
generation of world leaders.
Churchill Society Chairman Daniel Tisch presenting the 2005 Churchill
Society Award for Excellence in the Cause of Parliamentary Democracy to
The Honourable Allan Lawrence.
The Honourable Allan Lawrence, P.C., Q.C., LSM
Former
Solicitor-General of Canada and Attorney General of Ontario
Allan
Lawrence is one of a rare breed in Canadian politics, having served as a
cabinet minister in both the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and the
Parliament of Canada. In Ontario, he served as Minister of Mines, became
the first Minister for Northern Affairs, Attorney General and Minister of
Justice. In Ottawa, Allan Lawrence served as Solicitor-General of Canada
and as Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. He was the Canadian
Chair of the Canada-US Permanent Joint Board of Defence and a delegate on
justice issues at the United Nations.
His
legislative and public policy accomplishments have left and enduring mark on
the province and the country.
Twenty-First
Annual Churchill
Society Dinner (2004)
Professor
Warren Kimball, Rutgers University
The Right Honourable Joe Clark
Twentieth Annual
Churchill Society Dinner (2003)
Sir Martin Gilbert
The Honourable Lloyd Axworthy
Nineteenth Annual
Churchill Society Dinner (2002)
John
Plumpton
The Honourable Flora MacDonald
Previous Guest Speakers
(In alphabetical order)
Professor Christopher Andrew
Professor David Bercuson
Anthony Montague Browne
Sir John Colville
Professor David N. Dilks
Professor M.R.D. Foot
Sir Martin Gilbert
Sir David Hunt
Professor Reginald V. Jones
Professor Warren Kimball
Sir Edwin Leather
Professor John A. Luckacs
John Plumpton
Dr. J. Austin Ranney
Andrew Roberts
The Honourable Celia Sandys
The Lady Soames
The Honourable Nicholas Soames
The Right Honourable Lord Weatherhill
The Honourable Caspar W. Weinberger
