VoteMerit
Stephen Harper

Stephen Harper

Legacy

🇨🇦Canada

Rank #13
Score: 79
About Stephen Harper

Stephen Joseph Harper (b.1959) served as Prime Minister of Canada from 2006–2015. His governments emphasized fiscal restraint, tax policy changes, and strengthening ties with business and energy sectors. Harper’s decade in office is credited with navigating the 2008–09 crisis with comparatively strong fiscal outcomes, though critics cite austerity and centralization of power.

Scoring Breakdown
Detailed analysis of the politician's score.

HDI
Canada HDI ≈ 0.9398/10
Source: UNDP — Human Development (Canada) (2015)
GDP per capita
Canada GDP per capita (PPP) — context during Harper years (2006–2015)7/10
Source: World Bank — GDP per capita, PPP (Canada) (2015)
Gini coefficient
Canada adjusted Gini (StatsCan tables) — context4/10
Source: Statistics Canada — income inequality tables (2015)
Employment rate
Employment series (Labour Force Survey) — historical context5/5
Source: Statistics Canada — LFS historical series (2015)
Freedom index
Freedom House — Canada scored Free during Harper era8/10
Source: Freedom House — Canada country report (2015)
Corruption index
Transparency International — CPI context (Canada mid-high ranking)4/5
Source: Transparency International — Canada CPI data (2015)

Derived Criminal Score
No major criminal convictions recorded in public domain20/20
Source: Public record / press (no convictions) (2025)