Founding The Monarchist League
Aimers had been an activist in the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada's youth wing and became personally close to former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, serving as his administrative assistant from 1969 to 1970. The two shared a conviction that the government of Pierre Trudeau was undermining the status of the monarchy in Canada. In 1970 Aimers and others founded the Monarchist League of Canada in an attempt to galvanize monarchists and shore up support for the institution.
Aimers served as its Dominion Chairman from 1970 to 1972 when he left to take a job on Parliament Hill. He resumed his duties as Dominion Chairman in 1975, and led the League until 2006. On February 4, 2006, Aimers announced that he would be stepping aside from public activities on behalf of the Monarchist League and on February 23, 2007, Robert Finch officially succeeded Aimers as Dominion Chairman of the Monarchist League of Canada.
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