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He served as Canada's Prime Minister for nearly a decade. In 2006, leading a united right, he formed government. But in the most recent federal election, Stephen Harper's conservatives suffered a devastating loss being reduced to official opposition.

The CBC's Susan Lunn has covered Harper for the last decade. She was there in 2006 when the balloons fell, the confetti rained and Stephen Harper became Prime Minister. And she was there in 2015 when it all came to an end.

This is Susan's Back Story.