harper was born in 1959 in toronto, ontario and lives in calgary, alberta. he is married to laureen teskey and has two children. he is the third prime minister, after pierre trudeau and john turner, to send their children to rockcliffe park public school, in ottawa. stephen harper was prime minister for nine years, during which canada hosted both the vancouver 2010 olympics and paralympic winter games. harper also hosted the g8 and g20 meetings.