William J. Stairs
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William J. Stairs | |
|---|---|
| Director of Communications to the Prime Minister of Canada | |
| In office January–February 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Succeeded by | Sandra Buckler |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 30, 1956 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Party | Conservative Party of Canada |
William James Stairs (born September 30, 1956)[citation needed] is a Canadian politician. Stairs attended King's-Edgehill School in Windsor, Nova Scotia and went on to complete his PhD from Université Laval. He was the director of communications for Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper.[1]
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Stairs has a doctorate in Canadian political history, and is fluently bilingual.[1]
A former special assistant to The Honourable Senator Lowell Murray,[citation needed] William Stairs was the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidate in the 2000 federal election in the Timiskaming—Cochrane riding,[2][3] finishing third to the Liberal candidate Benoit Serré. In 2003, Stairs became a spokesman for Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leader, Peter MacKay.[1] In 2005, he was made a Conservative Party of Canada spokesman and communications director for party leader Stephen Harper during the 2006 Canadian federal election.[1][4][5]
