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Prior to the establishment of 24 Sussex Drive as the official residence, Prime Ministers had to secure their own accommodations in Ottawa. This presentation will look at some of the residences that they occupied, both while as Members of Parliament and Prime Ministers.

Join architectural historian Hagit Hadaya who will take a look at their personal lives, rather than their political careers, and provide a glimpse of the Ottawa context of their time. Each story mixes interesting anecdotal descriptions of domestic life and entertaining stories of Ottawa’s elite gleaned from personal diaries and letters, with architectural details that include formal drawings and historic photographs.

Speaker:  Hagit Hadaya holds a Master of Canadian Heritage Conservation and a High Honours BA in Architectural History, both from Carleton University. Since the completion of her formal education, she has been researching, writing, and lecturing on a variety of topics dealing with Canadian architectural history.

Hagit has published two books: In Search of Sacred Space: Synagogue Architecture in Ottawa (2013) and At Home With The Prime Minister: Ottawa Residences of the Prime Ministers Prior to 1952 (2017).

She served for two years on the National Capital Commission Advisory Committee on the Official Residences of Canada.

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