Prime Ministers of Canada - Statistical Material and Charts

Statistical Material and Charts

Last revised:
Sept. 13, 2004

Prime Ministers of Canada

Note: Prime Ministers from Quebec are in bold

Name of the Prime Minister	Beginning of Term	Political Party
MACDONALD, Sir John Alexander	July 1, 1867	Conservative
MACKENZIE, Alexander	November 7, 1873	Liberal
MACDONALD, Sir John Alexander	October 17, 1878	Conservative
ABBOTT, Sir John Joseph Caldwell	June 16, 1891	Conservative
THOMPSON, Sir John Sparrow David	December 5, 1892	Conservative
BOWELL, Sir Mackenzie	December 21, 1894	Conservative
TUPPER, Sir Charles	May 1, 1896	Conservative
LAURIER, Sir Wilfrid	July 11, 1896	Liberal
BORDEN, Sir Robert Laird	October 10, 1911	Conservative
BORDEN, Sir Robert Laird	October 12, 1917	Union Government
MEIGHEN, Arthur	July 10, 1920	Union Government
KING, William Lyon Mackenzie	December 29, 1921	Liberal
MEIGHEN, Arthur	June 29, 1926	Conservative
KING, William Lyon Mackenzie	September 25, 1926	Liberal
BENNETT, Richard Bedford	August 7, 1930	Conservative
KING, William Lyon Mackenzie	October 23, 1935	Liberal
SAINT-LAURENT, Louis Stephen	November 15, 1948	Liberal
DIEFENBAKER, John George Part 1, Part 2	June 21, 1957	Progressive Conservative
PEARSON, Lester Bowles	April 22, 1963	Liberal
TRUDEAU, Pierre Elliott	April 20, 1968	Liberal
CLARK, Joseph	June 4, 1979	Progressive Conservative
TRUDEAU, Pierre Elliott	March 3, 1980	Liberal
TURNER, John Napier	June 30, 1984	Liberal
MULRONEY, Brian	September 17, 1984	Progressive Conservative
CAMPBELL, Kim	June 25, 1993	Progressive Conservative
CHRÉTIEN, Jean	November 4, 1993	Liberal
MARTIN, Paul Part 1, Part 2	December 12, 2003	Liberal
HARPER, Stephen	February 6, 2006	Conservative
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