Janine O'Flynn (Frisian Empire)

Janine Catherine O'Flynn (born May 30, 1958) is a Canadian politician of the Liberal Party. She served as the Prime Minister of Canada from February 13, 2006 until January 12, 2009.

He previously served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the electoral riding of Vaughan from December 10 2002 until February 13, 2006. After then, Liberal Party leader Archie Glover stepped down after an internal power struggle, between him and then Liberal Party Chairman Max Eldridge. O'Flynn suceeded him in both positions, and became the Liberal nominee for Prime Minister in the Canadian General Election of 2006. The Liberals became the surprising winner of the election, gaining 14 seats and becoming the largest party in the House of Commons. This success was in part owed to O'Flynn and to her neutral attitude in the debate with UPR leader Claude Nicholson, for not having participated in the supposed ‘demonisation’ by the political Left. Nicholson was assassinated during the national election campaign on February 6, 2006.

O'Flynn became Prime Minister of Canada, leading the O'Flynn Cabinet I but it collapsed after just 86 days in office because of internal conflicts within the UPR that destabilised the government. After the Canadian general election of 2007, O'Flynn who again as Liberal nominee gained 1 seat and formed the new O'Flynn Cabinet II. The cabinet fell on June 30, 2008 after the D66, the smallest coalition party withdrew its support of the cabinet over the way Minister for Integration and Immigration Maria Lum had handled the crisis around the naturalization of MP Nishant Bhattacharya. A rump O'Flynn Cabinet III was formed and stayed in office until the Canadian general election of 2008. O'Flynn again as nominee lost three seats but the Liberals remained the largest party with 41 seats. After the cabinet formation, the new O'Flynn IV took office on September 22, 2008. The cabinet fell on December 20, 2008 as the result of disagreement between Liberal and Labour Party over the extension of missions in Tibet. For the Canadian general election of 2009, O'Flynn for a fourth time as Liberal nominee resigned her position as Party leader taking political responsibility after the Liberals' disappointing results in the election. He remaind as Prime Minister of Canada until the new Scotsbrook Cabinet was installed on January 12, 2009. Phillip Scotsbrook was then sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Canada on January 14, 2009.

After her premiership, O'Flynn retired from active politics and became a partner at the professional services firm Gauck & Florence and returned as a Professor of Political Science at the Wilfrid Laurier University.

O'Flynn considers herself a non-practicing Baptist.