User:Cendes/list of prime ministers of canada

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Abbreviation key: No.: Incumbent No., Min.: Ministry
Colour key:
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.
1
(1 of 2)
John A. Macdonald
(1815–1891)
11 April
2024
incumbent Title created (caretaker government)⁠

1867 election (1st Leg.)⁠


1872 election (2nd Leg.)

Liberal-Conservative Party MP for Kingston, ON [1][2]
Minister of Justice; Integration of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory into Canada; 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.)⁠

1874 election (3rd Leg.)

Liberal Party MP for Lambton, ON [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.)⁠

1882 election (5th Leg.)⁠


1887 election (6th Leg.)⁠


1891 election (7th Leg.)

Liberal-Conservative Party MP for Victoria, BC until 1882

MP for Carleton, ON until 1887
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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 [9][10]
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.)⁠

1900 election (9th Leg.)⁠


1904 election (10th Leg.)⁠


1908 election (11th Leg.)

Liberal Party MP for Quebec East, QC [15][16]
Manitoba Schools Question; Boer War; Alberta and Saskatchewan created; Creation of the Royal Canadian Navy; Reciprocity with the US; 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 1917

MP for Kings, NS
({{{riding2_term}}})

[16][17][18]
First World War; Military Service Act; Conscription Crisis of 1917; Creation of Union government; Creation of the National Research Council; Introduction of income tax; Winnipeg General Strike; Nickle Resolution; Women's suffrage; Canada demands and is granted a seat at the 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 [19][20]
Grand Trunk Railway placed under control of Canadian National Railways.
10
(1 of 3)
William Lyon Mackenzie King
(1874–1950)
11 April
2024
incumbent 1921 election (14th Leg.)⁠

1925 election (15th Leg.)

Liberal Party MP for York North, ON until 1925

MP for Prince Albert, SK
({{{riding2_term}}})

[21][22]
Chanak Crisis; lower tariffs; reinstated Crowsnest Pass Agreement; 1923 Imperial Conference; Halibut Treaty; Meighen had won a plurality of seats in the 1925 election, but King continued in office with the unofficial support of the third party Progressives until corruption scandal in the Department of Customs and Excise led to his government's defeat on a confidence vote. The 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 [19][23]
Appointed as a result of the 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.)⁠

1940 election (19th Leg.)⁠


1945 election (20th Leg.)

Liberal Party MP for Prince Albert, SK until 1945

MP for Glengarry, ON
({{{riding2_term}}})

[21][27]
Creation of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; National Film Board of Canada; Unemployment Insurance Act of 1940; Nationalization of the Bank of Canada; 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.)⁠

1949 election (21st Leg.)⁠


1953 election (22nd Leg.)

Liberal Party MP for Quebec East, QC [28][29]
Newfoundland joins confederation; right of appeal to Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ended; Canada's entrance into NATO; Suez Crisis; Creation of the United Nations Emergency Force; London Declaration; Newfoundland Act; Equalization; Trans-Canada Highway; St. Lawrence Seaway; Trans-Canada Pipeline; Pipeline Debate.
13
John Diefenbaker
(1895–1979)
11 April
2024
incumbent 1957 election (23rd Leg.)⁠

1958 election (24th Leg.)⁠


1962 election (25th Leg.)

Progressive Conservative Party MP for Prince Albert, SK [30][31]
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.)⁠

1965 election (27th Leg.)

Liberal Party MP for Algoma East, ON [32][33]
Bomarc missile program; Introduction of Canadian universal healthcare; Canada Pension Plan; Canada Student Loans; Creation of a new Canadian flag; Auto Pact; Rejection of troop deployment to Vietnam; Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism; Creation of the Canadian Forces; 1967 Canadian Centennial celebrations.
15
(1 of 2)
Pierre Trudeau
(1919–2000)
11 April
2024
incumbent Appointment (27th Leg.)⁠

1968 election (28th Leg.)⁠


1972 election (29th Leg.)⁠


1974 election (30th Leg.)

Liberal Party MP for Mount Royal, QC [34]
Minister of Justice; "Trudeaumania"; "Just Society"; October Crisis and Use of the War Measures Act; Official Languages Act; Establishment of relations with 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 [34]
Quebec referendum, 1980; Access to Information Act; Patriation of the Canadian Constitution; Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; National Energy Program; Canada Health Act; Western alienation.
17
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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.)⁠

1988 election (34th Leg.)

Progressive Conservative Party MP for Manicouagan, QC until 1988

MP for Charlevoix, QC
({{{riding2_term}}})

[37]
Cancellation of the NEP; Meech Lake Accord; Petro-Canada privatization; Canada-US Free Trade Agreement; 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 [38]
First female Prime Minister of Canada. Defeated and lost her seat in 1993 election.
20
Jean Chrétien
(b. 1934)
11 April
2024
incumbent 1993 election (35th Leg.)⁠

1997 election (36th Leg.)⁠


2000 election (37th Leg.)

Liberal Party MP for Saint-Maurice, QC [39]
Red Book; HST; Quebec referendum, 1995; Clarity Act; Assassination attempt; Kosovo War; 1997 Red River flood; Social Union Framework Agreement; Creation of Nunavut Territory; Youth Criminal Justice Act; Invasion of Afghanistan; Opposition to the Invasion of Iraq; Sponsorship scandal; Kyoto Protocol; Gomery Inquiry.
21
Paul Martin
(b. 1938)
11 April
2024
incumbent Appointment (37th Leg.)⁠

2004 election (38th Leg.)

Liberal Party MP for LaSalle—Émard, QC [37]
Minority government. Civil Marriage Act; Kelowna Accord; Rejection of US Anti-Missile Treaty; Sponsorship scandal; Gomery inquiry; G20; Atlantic Accord.
22
Stephen Harper
(b. 1959)
11 April
2024
incumbent 2006 election (39th Leg.)⁠

2008 election (40th Leg.)⁠


2011 election (41st Leg.)

Conservative Party of Canada MP for Calgary Southwest, AB [40]
Federal Accountability Act; GST Reduction; Afghan Mission Extension; Chuck Cadman Affair; Québécois nation motion; Apology for Chinese Head Tax; Israel-Lebanon Conflict; Veterans' Bill of Rights; Residential Schools Apology; Financial crisis of 2007–2010; 2008–2009 Canadian parliamentary dispute; Canadian Afghan detainee issue; CF-35 procurement deal; Parliamentary contempt; Withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol; Withdrawal of Canadian troops from Afghanistan; Repeal of the Long-Gun Registry; Canadian Senate expenses scandal; 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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