MUST BE A CONSERVATIVE PM:

Harper's confession of amorous awkwardness draws guffaws from wife (CP, 4/05/06)

Call Stephen Harper what you will, but don't call him a Conservative Casanova.

The prime minister was quick to correct a New Democrat MP who accused him today of "seducing" former Liberal David Emerson into switching parties. Harper reminded the House of Commons that his reputation is that of a bookish loner rather than a hot-blooded lothario.

"I don't think I've ever been accused of seducing anyone, even my wife," he told chortling MPs.

The observation brought howls of laughter from his wife, Laureen, who was watching her husband's first question period as prime minister.