|
No. |
Portrait |
Name
(Birth–Death); District |
Min. |
Term of office |
Electoral mandates (Parliaments) |
Political party |
|
1 |
 |
Sir John A. Macdonald
(1815–1891)
MP for Kingston, ON |
1 |
1 July 1867[2] |
5 November 1873[5] |
Elected 1867 (1st Parlt.)
Elected 1872 (2nd Parlt.) |
Liberal-Conservative Party |
|
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)
MP for Lambton, ON |
2 |
7 November 1873[6] |
8 October 1878[7] |
Designated (2nd Parlt.)§
Elected 1874 (3rd Parlt.) |
Liberal Party |
|
§Minority government. Pacific Scandal; Creation of the Supreme Court; Establishment of the Royal Military College; Created the office of the Auditor General. |
|
(1) |
 |
Sir John A. Macdonald
(1815–1891)
MP for Victoria, BC 1878–1882
MP for Carleton, ON 1882–1887
MP for Kingston, ON 1887–1891 |
3 |
17 October 1878[8] |
6 June 1891[9] |
Elected 1878 (4th Parlt.)
Elected 1882 (5th Parlt.)
Elected 1887 (6th Parlt.)
Elected 1891 (7th Parlt.) |
Liberal-Conservative Party |
|
National Policy; North-West Rebellion; Hanging of Louis Riel. Died in office (stroke). |
|
3 |
 |
Sir John Abbott
(1821–1893)
Senator for Quebec |
4 |
16 June 1891[10] |
24 November 1892[11] |
Designated (7th Parlt.) |
Liberal-Conservative Party |
|
Succeeded on Macdonald's death due to objections to the Catholic John Thompson. In ill health; retired. |
|
4 |
 |
Sir John Thompson
(1845–1894)
MP for Antigonish, NS |
5 |
5 December 1892[12] |
12 December 1894[13] |
Designated (7th Parlt.) |
Liberal-Conservative Party |
|
Minister of Justice; First Catholic Prime Minister. Manitoba Schools Question. Died in office (heart attack). |
|
5 |
 |
Sir Mackenzie Bowell
(1823–1917)
Senator for Ontario |
6 |
21 December 1894[14] |
27 April 1896[15] |
Designated (7th Parlt.) |
Conservative Party (historical) |
|
Manitoba Schools Question. |
|
6 |
 |
Sir Charles Tupper
(1821–1915)
Did not serve in arliament while Prime Minister |
7 |
1 May 1896[16] |
8 July 1896[17] |
Designated (none) |
Conservative Party (historical) |
|
Aimed to defeat Patrons of Industry, but dominated by Manitoba Schools Question. Never sat in parliament as Prime Minister. |
|
7 |
 |
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
(1841–1919)
MP for Quebec East, QC |
8 |
11 July 1896[18] |
6 October 1911[19] |
Elected 1896 (8th Parlt.)
Elected 1900 (9th Parlt.)
Elected 1904 (10th Parlt.)
Elected 1908 (11th Parlt.) |
Liberal Party |
|
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 |
 |
Sir Robert Borden
(1854–1937)
MP for Halifax, NS until 1917
MP for Kings, NS from 1917 |
9 |
10 October 1911[20] |
11 October 1917[19] |
Elected 1911 (12th Parlt.) |
Conservative Party (historical) |
|
10 |
12 October 1917[20] |
10 July 1920[21] |
Elected 1917 (13th Parlt.) |
Unionist Party |
|
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 |
 |
Arthur Meighen
(1874–1960)
MP for Portage la Prairie, MB |
11 |
10 July 1920[22] |
29 December 1921[23] |
Designated (13th Parlt.) |
National Liberal and Conservative Party |
|
— |
|
10 |
 |
William Lyon Mackenzie King
(1874–1950)
MP for York North, ON until 1925
MP for Prince Albert, SK from 1926 |
12 |
29 December 1921[24] |
28 June 1926[24][25] |
Elected 1921 (14th Parlt.)
Elected 1925 (15th Parlt.)‡ |
Liberal Party |
Lost his seat in 1925 election, which resulted in a hung parliament; continued in office without holding the most seats in the Commons following the 1925 election with the support of the third-party Progressives; the Governor General refused his request to dissolve parliament (King–Byng Affair).
‡ Meighen had won a plurality of seats in the 1925 election, but King continued in office with the unofficial support of the Progressives until the King-Byng Affair caused him to resign and Meighen to be invited to form a government. |
|
(9) |
 |
Arthur Meighen
(1874–1960)
MP for Portage la Prairie, MB |
13 |
29 June 1926[22] |
25 September 1926[26] |
Designated (15th Parlt.)‡ |
Conservative Party (historical) |
Appointed as a result of the King–Byng Affair. Defeated and lost his seat in 1926 election.
‡ Meighen had won a plurality of seats in the 1925 election, but King continued in office with the unofficial support of the Progressives until the King-Byng Affair caused him to resign and Meighen to be invited to form a government. |
|
(10) |
 |
William Lyon Mackenzie King
(1874–1950)
MP for Prince Albert, SK |
14 |
25 September 1926[24] |
7 August 1930[27] |
Elected 1926 (16th Parlt.)§ |
Liberal Party |
|
§Minority government. Introduction of old age pensions; Great Depression. |
|
11 |
 |
Richard Bedford Bennett
(1870–1947)
MP for Calgary West, AB |
15 |
7 August 1930[28] |
23 October 1935[29] |
Elected 1930 (17th Parlt.) |
Conservative Party (historical) |
|
Great Depression; Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission; Canadian Wheat Board; Creation of the Bank of Canada. |
|
(10) |
 |
William Lyon Mackenzie King
(1874–1950)
MP for Prince Albert, SK until 1945
MP for Glengarry, ON from 1945 |
16 |
23 October 1935[24] |
15 November 1948[30] |
Elected 1935 (18th Parlt.)
Elected 1940 (19th Parlt.)
Elected 1945 (20th Parlt.) |
Liberal Party |
|
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)
MP for Quebec East, QC |
17 |
15 November 1948[31] |
21 June 1957[32] |
Designated (20th Parlt.)
Elected 1949 (21st Parlt.)
Elected 1953 (22nd Parlt.) |
Liberal Party |
|
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)
MP for Prince Albert, SK |
18 |
21 June 1957[33] |
22 April 1963[34] |
Elected 1957 (23rd Parlt.)§
Elected 1958 (24th Parlt.)
Elected 1962 (25th Parlt.)§ |
Progressive Conservative Party |
|
§Minority government. Avro Arrow cancellation; Coyne Affair; Cuban Missile Crisis; Canadian Bill of Rights, allowed status aboriginals to vote in federal elections 1960. |
|
14 |
 |
Lester B. Pearson
(1897–1972)
MP for Algoma East, ON |
19 |
22 April 1963[35] |
20 April 1968[36] |
Elected 1963 (26th Parlt.)§
Elected 1965 (27th Parlt.)§ |
Liberal Party |
|
§Minority government. 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 |
 |
Pierre Trudeau
(1919–2000)
MP for Mount Royal, QC |
20 |
20 April 1968[37] |
3/4 June[R] 1979[37] |
Designated (27th Parlt.)
Elected 1968 (28th Parlt.)
Elected 1972 (29th Parlt.)§
Elected 1974 (30th Parlt.) |
Liberal Party |
|
§Minority government. 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
(1939– )
MP for Yellowhead, AB |
21 |
4 June 1979[38] |
2/3 March[R] 1980[38] |
Elected 1979 (31st Parlt.)§ |
Progressive Conservative Party |
|
§Minority government. Youngest Canadian PM. Defeated in a motion of no confidence on tax proposals. |
|
(15) |
 |
Pierre Trudeau
(1919–2000)
MP for Mount Royal, QC |
22 |
3 March 1980[37] |
29/30 June[R] 1984[37] |
Elected 1980 (32nd Parlt.) |
Liberal Party |
|
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
(1929– )
Did not serve in parliament while Prime Minister |
23 |
30 June 1984[39] |
16/17 September[R] 1984[39] |
Designated (none) |
Liberal Party |
|
Trudeau Patronage Appointments. Never sat in parliament as Prime Minister. |
|
18 |
 |
Brian Mulroney
(1939– )
MP for Manicouagan, QC until 1988
MP for Charlevoix, QC from 1988 |
24 |
17 September 1984[40] |
24/25 June[R] 1993[40] |
Elected 1984 (33rd Parlt.)
Elected 1988 (34th Parlt.) |
Progressive Conservative Party |
|
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
(1947– )
MP for Vancouver Centre, BC |
25 |
25 June 1993[41] |
3/4 November[R] 1993[41] |
Designated (34th Parlt.) |
Progressive Conservative Party |
|
First female Prime Minister of Canada. Never sat in parliament as Prime Minister. Defeated and lost her seat in 1993 election. |
|
20 |
 |
Jean Chrétien
(1934– )
MP for Saint-Maurice, QC |
26 |
4 November 1993[42] |
11/12 December[R] 2003[42] |
Elected 1993 (35th Parlt.)
Elected 1997 (36th Parlt.)
Elected 2000 (37th Parlt.) |
Liberal Party |
|
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
(1938– )
MP for LaSalle—Émard, QC |
27 |
12 December 2003[43] |
5/6 February[R] 2006[43] |
Designated (37th Parlt.)
Elected 2004 (38th Parlt.)§ |
Liberal Party |
|
§Minority government. Sponsorship scandal; Gomery inquiry; Civil Marriage Act; Kelowna Accord; Rejection of US Anti-Missile Treaty; G20; Atlantic Accord. |
|
22 |
 |
Stephen Harper
(1959– )
MP for Calgary Southwest, AB |
28 |
6 February 2006[44] |
Incumbent |
Elected 2006 (39th Parlt.)§
Elected 2008 (40th Parlt.)§
Elected 2011 (41st Parlt.) |
Conservative Party |
|
§Minority government. 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. |