User:Cendes/list of prime ministers of canada
Abbreviation key: | No.: Incumbent No., Min.: Ministry |
Colour key: | Historical Conservative Party (including Liberal-Conservative, Conservative (historical), Unionist, National Liberal and Conservative, Progressive Conservative)
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Provinces key: | AB: Alberta, BC: British Columbia, MB: Manitoba, NS: Nova Scotia, ON: Ontario, QC: Quebec, SK: Saskatchewan |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Electoral mandates (Assembly) | Political party | Riding | Ref. | ||
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1 (1 of 2) |
John A. Macdonald (1815–1891) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | Title created (caretaker government)
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Liberal-Conservative Party | MP for Kingston, ON
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Manitoba Act; Red River Rebellion; British Columbia and Prince Edward Island join confederation; Creation of the North-West Mounted Police; Resigned over Pacific Scandal | ||
2 | Alexander Mackenzie (1822–1892) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | Appointment (2nd Leg.)
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Liberal Party | MP for Lambton, ON
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[3][4] | ||
Pacific Scandal; Creation of the Supreme Court; Establishment of the Royal Military College; Created the office of the Auditor General | |||||||||
1 (2 of 2) |
John A. Macdonald (1815–1891) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | 1878 election (4th Leg.)
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Liberal-Conservative Party | MP for Victoria, BC until 1882 MP for Carleton, ON until 1887({{{riding2_term}}}) MP for Kingston, ON ({{{riding3_term}}}) |
[5][6] | ||
National Policy; Railway to the Pacific; North-West Rebellion; Hanging of Louis Riel. Died in office (stroke). | |||||||||
3 | John Abbott (1821–1893) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | Appointment (7th Leg.) | Liberal-Conservative Party | Senator for Quebec | [7][8] | ||
Succeeded on Macdonald's death due to objections to the Catholic John Thompson. In ill health; retired. | |||||||||
4 | John Thompson (1845–1894) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | Appointment (7th Leg.) | Liberal-Conservative Party | MP for Antigonish, NS | Minister of Justice; First Catholic Prime Minister. Manitoba Schools Question . Died in office (heart attack). | ||
5 | Mackenzie Bowell (1823–1917) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | Appointment (7th Leg.) | Conservative Party (historical) | Senator for Ontario | [11][12] | ||
Manitoba Schools Question. | |||||||||
6 | Charles Tupper (1821–1915) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | Appointment (caretaker government) | Conservative Party (historical) | for | [13][14] | ||
Oldest Canadian PM. Aimed to defeat Patrons of Industry, but dominated by Manitoba Schools Question. Never sat in parliament as Prime Minister. | |||||||||
7 | Wilfrid Laurier (1841–1919) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | 1896 election (8th Leg.)
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Liberal Party | MP for Quebec East, QC | Department of External Affairs established; First French Canadian Prime Minister, removed the right of status Indians to vote. | ||
8 | Robert Borden (1854–1937) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | 1911 election (12th Leg.) | Conservative Party (historical) | MP for Halifax, NS until 1917MP for Kings, NS |
Paris Peace Conference, signs the Treaty of Versailles and joins League of Nations . | ||
9 (1 of 2) |
Arthur Meighen (1874–1960) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | Appointment (13th Leg.) | National Liberal and Conservative Party | MP for Portage la Prairie, MB | Canadian National Railways . | ||
10 (1 of 3) |
William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874–1950) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | 1921 election (14th Leg.)
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Liberal Party | MP for York North, ON until 1925 MP for Prince Albert, SK |
King-Byng Affair saw the Governor General refuse King's request for a new election causing him to resign and Meighen to be invited to form a government. | ||
9 (2 of 2) |
Arthur Meighen (1874–1960) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | Appointment (15th Leg.) | Conservative Party (historical) | MP for Portage la Prairie, MB | King–Byng Affair . | ||
10 (2 of 3) |
William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874–1950) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | 1926 election (16th Leg.) | Liberal Party | MP for Prince Albert, SK | [21][24] | ||
Balfour Declaration; Introduction of old age pensions; first Canadian envoys with full diplomatic status sent to foreign countries (USA, France, Japan); Great Depression. | |||||||||
11 | R. B. Bennett (1870–1947) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | 1930 election (17th Leg.) | Conservative Party (historical) | MP for Calgary West, AB | [25][26] | ||
Great Depression; Imperial Preference; Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission; Canadian Wheat Board; Creation of the Bank of Canada. | |||||||||
10 (3 of 3) |
William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874–1950) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | 1935 election (18th Leg.)
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Liberal Party | MP for Prince Albert, SK until 1945 MP for Glengarry, ON ({{{riding2_term}}}) |
Second World War; Conscription Crisis of 1944; Canada's entry into the United Nations; Trans-Canada Airlines; Gouzenko Affair . | ||
12 | Louis St. Laurent (1882–1973) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | Appointment (20th Leg.)
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Liberal Party | MP for Quebec East, QC | Trans-Canada Pipeline; Pipeline Debate . | ||
13 | John Diefenbaker (1895–1979) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | 1957 election (23rd Leg.)
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Progressive Conservative Party | MP for Prince Albert, SK | Avro Arrow cancellation; Coyne Affair; Cuban Missile Crisis; NORAD; Canadian Bill of Rights; Allowed status aboriginals to vote in federal elections 1960; Alouette 1 satellite programme. | ||
14 | Lester B. Pearson (1897–1972) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | 1963 election (26th Leg.)
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Liberal Party | MP for Algoma East, ON | Creation of the Canadian Forces; 1967 Canadian Centennial celebrations . | ||
15 (1 of 2) |
Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | Appointment (27th Leg.)
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Liberal Party | MP for Mount Royal, QC | Communist China; Victoria Charter; Creation of Petro-Canada; Membership in the G7; Metric Commission . | ||
16 | Joe Clark (b. 1939) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | 1979 election (31st Leg.) | Progressive Conservative Party | MP for Yellowhead, AB | [35] | ||
Youngest Canadian PM. Defeated in a motion of no confidence on first budget. | |||||||||
15 (2 of 2) |
Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | 1980 election (32nd Leg.) | Liberal Party | MP for Mount Royal, QC | . | ||
17 | John Turner (b. 1929) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | Appointment (32nd Leg.) | Liberal Party | MP for {{{riding}}} | [36] | ||
Trudeau Patronage Appointments. Never sat in parliament as Prime Minister. | |||||||||
18 | Brian Mulroney (b. 1939) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | 1984 election (33rd Leg.)
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Progressive Conservative Party | MP for Manicouagan, QC until 1988 MP for Charlevoix, QC |
Introduction of the GST; Charlottetown Accord; Gulf War; Oka Crisis; Environmental Protection Act; NAFTA; Airbus affair . | ||
19 | Kim Campbell (b. 1947) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | Appointment (34th Leg.) | Progressive Conservative Party | MP for Vancouver Centre, BC
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1993 election . | ||
20 | Jean Chrétien (b. 1934) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | 1993 election (35th Leg.)
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Liberal Party | MP for Saint-Maurice, QC | Gomery Inquiry . | ||
21 | Paul Martin (b. 1938) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | Appointment (37th Leg.)
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Liberal Party | MP for LaSalle—Émard, QC | Gomery inquiry; G20; Atlantic Accord . | ||
22 | Stephen Harper (b. 1959) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | 2006 election (39th Leg.)
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Conservative Party of Canada | MP for Calgary Southwest, AB | Office of Religious Freedom . | ||
23 | Justin Trudeau (b. 1971) |
11 April 2024 |
incumbent | 2015 election (42nd Leg.) | Liberal Party | MP for Papineau, QC | |||
Son of 15th Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau. |
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