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Abbreviation key: | No.: Incumbent No., Min.: Ministry |
Colour key: | Historical conservative parties: Liberal-Conservative, Conservative (historical), Unionist, National Liberal and Conservative, Progressive Conservative |
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) |
5 November 2024 |
incumbent | Appointment (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; Confederation of British Columbia; Creation of the North-West Mounted Police; Resigned over Pacific Scandal | |||||||||
2 | Alexander Mackenzie (1822–1892) |
5 November 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) |
5 November 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 MP for Kingston, ON |
[5] [6] | ||
National Policy; North-West Rebellion; Hanging of Louis Riel. Died in office (stroke). | |||||||||
3 | John Abbott (1821–1893) |
5 November 2024 |
incumbent | Appointment (7th Leg.) | Liberal / 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) |
5 November 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) |
5 November 2024 |
incumbent | Appointment (7th Leg.) | Conservative Party (historical) | Senator for Ontario | [11] [12] | ||
Manitoba Schools Question. | |||||||||
6 | Charles Tupper (1821–1915) |
5 November 2024 |
incumbent | Appointment (caretaker government) | Conservative Party (historical) | for | [13] [14] | ||
Aimed to defeat Patrons of Industry, but dominated by Manitoba Schools Question. Never sat in parliament as Prime Minister. | |||||||||
7 | Wilfrid Laurier (1841–1919) |
5 November 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; Confederation of Alberta and Saskatchewan; Creation of the Royal Canadian Navy; Reciprocity with the US; First French Canadian Prime Minister, removed the right for status Indians to vote. | |||||||||
8 | Robert Borden (1854–1937) |
5 November 2024 |
incumbent | 1911 election (12th Leg.) | Conservative Party (historical) | MP for Halifax, NS until 1917 MP for Kings, NS |
[17] [16] [18] | ||
First World War; Military Service Act; Conscription Crisis of 1917; Unionist Party (Canada); Creation of the National Research Council; Introduction of income tax; Winnipeg General Strike; Nickle Resolution. | |||||||||
9 (1 of 2) |
Arthur Meighen (1874–1960) |
5 November 2024 |
incumbent | Appointment (13th Leg.) | National Liberal and Conservative Party | MP for Portage la Prairie, MB | [19] [20] | ||
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10 (1 of 3) |
William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874–1950) |
5 November 2024 |
incumbent | 1921 election (14th Leg.)
1925 election (15th Leg.) |
Liberal Party | MP for York North, ON until 1925 MP for Prince Albert, SK |
[21] [22] | ||
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 the King-Byng Affair caused him to resign and Meighen to be invited to form a government. | |||||||||
9 (2 of 2) |
Arthur Meighen (1874–1960) |
5 November 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) |
5 November 2024 |
incumbent | 1926 election (16th Leg.) | Liberal Party | MP for Prince Albert, SK | [21] [24] | ||
Introduction of old age pensions; Great Depression. | |||||||||
11 | R. B. Bennett (1870–1947) |
5 November 2024 |
incumbent | 1930 election (17th Leg.) | Conservative Party (historical) | MP for Calgary West, AB | [25] [26] | ||
Great Depression; Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission; Canadian Wheat Board; Creation of the Bank of Canada. | |||||||||
10 (3 of 3) |
William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874–1950) |
5 November 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 |
[21] [27] | ||
Creation of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; National Film Board of Canada; Nationalization of the Bank of Canada; Second World War; Conscription Crisis of 1944; Trans-Canada Airlines; Gouzenko Affair. | |||||||||
12 | Louis St. Laurent (1882–1973) |
5 November 2024 |
incumbent | (20th Leg.)
1949 election (21st Leg.) 1953 election (22nd Leg.) |
Liberal Party | MP for Quebec East, QC | [28] [29] | ||
Canada's entrance into NATO and the UN; 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) |
5 November 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. | |||||||||
14 | Lester B. Pearson (1897–1972) |
5 November 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) |
5 November 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; Use of the War Measures Act; Official Languages Act; Establishment of relations with China; Creation of Petro-Canada; Membership in the G7; Metric Commission. | |||||||||
16 | Joe Clark (b. 1939) |
5 November 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 tax proposals. | |||||||||
15 (2 of 2) |
Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000) |
5 November 2024 |
incumbent | 1980 election (32nd Leg.) | Liberal Party | MP for Mount Royal, QC | [34] | ||
Introduction of the NEP; 1980 Referendum; Access to Information Act; Repatriation of the Canadian Constitution; Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Canada Health Act; Western alienation. | |||||||||
17 | John Turner (b. 1929) |
5 November 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) |
5 November 2024 |
incumbent | 1984 election (33rd Leg.)
1988 election (34th Leg.) |
Progressive Conservative Party | MP for Manicouagan, QC until 1988 MP for Charlevoix, QC |
[37] | ||
Cancellation of the NEP; Meech Lake Accord; Air India bombing; Canada-US Free Trade Agreement; Introduction of the GST; Charlottetown Accord; Good relations with Ronald Reagan; Petro-Canada privatization; Gulf War; École Polytechnique massacre; Oka Crisis; Environmental Protection Act; NAFTA; Airbus affair. | |||||||||
19 | Kim Campbell (b. 1947) |
5 November 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) |
5 November 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; 1995 Referendum; Clarity Act; Assassination attempt; Kosovo War; 1997 Red River flood; Social Union Framework Agreement; Creation of Nunavut Territory; Youth Criminal Justice Act; Shawinigan Handshake; Invasion of Afghanistan; Opposition to the Invasion of Iraq; Sponsorship scandal; Kyoto Protocol; Gomery Inquiry. | |||||||||
21 | Paul Martin (b. 1938) |
5 November 2024 |
incumbent | Appointment (37th Leg.)
2004 election (38th Leg.) |
Liberal Party | MP for LaSalle—Émard, QC | [37] | ||
Minority government. Sponsorship scandal; Gomery inquiry; Civil Marriage Act; Kelowna Accord; Rejection of US Anti-Missile Treaty; G20; Atlantic Accord. | |||||||||
22 | Stephen Harper (b. 1959) |
5 November 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; 2009 Budget; Abousfian Abdelrazik; 2009 flu pandemic; Canadian Afghan detainee issue; CF-35 procurement deal; Parliamentary contempt. | |||||||||
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