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"THE GOVERNMENT
 IS THE SERVANT
 OF THE PEOPLE
 AND NOT ITS MASTER"

Winston Churchill
Oslo 1948

 

Twenty-Fourth Annual Churchill Society Dinner

Held November 22, 2007

 

The Churchill Society Dinner has been held annually since 1984.  The evening features an address by an authority on Sir Winston Churchill plus a separate presentation of the Churchill Society Award for Excellence in the Cause of Parliamentary Democracy.

 

Thank you to everyone who attended the Twenty-Fourth Annual Churchill Society Dinner and also to those who donated generously as sponsors, patrons and silent auction participants.  Funds raised will support our educational programme,

Recipient of the Award for Excellence in the Cause of Parliamentary Democracy

Sean Conway

Ontario Liberal MPP (1975-2003)

Cabinet Minister (1985-1990)

Visiting Fellow, Queen's University School of Policy Studies

Political commentator on parliamentary democracy



Sean Conway with Churchill Society Chairman Robert O'Brien and Senator Hugh Segal

Keynote Speaker
 

Senator Hugh Segal

Political advisor and insider at Queen's Park and Ottawa from 1970's to present,
author and distinguished Churchillian.

The Head Table

Front row left to right: David Zimmer, Dianne Brydon (Director Library of Parliament), Sean Conway
The Honourable Hugh Segal, The Honourable Henry Jackman, Katie Robb (OLIP Intern)

Back row left to right: Derek Nighbor, Janet Ecker, The Honourable Dwight Duncan, Robert O'Brien, Keith Norton, Donna Segal, Michael Upton, British Consul General

Ian Urquhart of the Toronto Star toasting Sir Winston

Ontario Minister of Aboriginal Affairs Michael Bryant with Sean Conway

Steve Paikin, host of TVO's 'The Agenda with Steve Paikin'

Senator Hugh Segal with former Lieutenant Governor Henry "Hal" Jackman and Sean Conway


Previous Churchill Society Dinner Highlights and Photos

 

Guest speaker followed by the Recipient of the Award for Excellence In The Cause of Parliamentary Democracy.

 

Twenty-Third Annual Churchill Society Dinner (2007)


Professor David Bercuson
The Honourable Ed Broadbent

Twenty-Second Annual Churchill Society Dinner (2005)

Chris Matthews
The Honourable Allan Lawrence

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


Keynote 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
Senator Hugh Segal
The Lady Soames
The Honourable Nicholas Soames
The Right Honourable Lord Weatherhill
The Honourable Caspar W. Weinberger