Canada’s Prime Ministers

The following list of Canadian Prime Ministers can be found in so many places, but I thought that since my blog is about Canada, Canadians, history, trivia and facts, that I would include this post.

Prime Minister                              Political Party                  Year in Office

Sir John A. Macdonald                   Conservative                   1867—73

Alexander Mackenzie                     Liberal                           1873—78

Sir John A. Macdonald                   Conservative                   1878—91

Sir John J. C. Abbott                      Conservative                   1891—92

Sir John S. D. Thompson                Conservative                   1892—94

Sir Mackenzie Bowell                     Conservative                   1894—96

Sir Charles Tupper                          Conservative                   1896

Sir Wilfred Laurier                           Liberal                            1896—1911

Sir Robert L. Borden                       Conservative/Unionist       1911—20

Arthur Meighen                               Conservative                   1920—21

William Lyon Mackenzie King          Liberal                            1921—26

Arthur Meighen                               Conservative                    1926

William Lyon Mackenzie King          Liberal                             1926—30

Richard B. Bennett                          Conservative                    1930—35

William Lyon Mackenzie King           Liberal                            1935—48

Louis St. Laurent                             Liberal                             1948—57

John G. Diefenbaker                        Progressive Conservative   1957—63

Lester B. Pearson                           Liberal                             1963—68

Pierre Elliott Trudeau                       Liberal                             1968—79

Joseph (Joe) Clark                           Progressive Conservative   1979—80

Pierre Elliott Trudeau                       Liberal                              1980—84

John Turner                                     Liberal                              1984

Brian Mulroney                                Progressive Conservative    1984—93

Kim Campbell                                  Progressive Conservative    1993

Jean Chrétien                                  Liberal                               1993-2003

Paul Martin                                     Liberal                                2003-06

Stephen Harper                              Conservative                         2006-

14 comments

  1. That is quite the list of our PMs, isn’t it? What happened to MacKenzie King during 1926, do you know by any chance? It looks like Arthur Meighen came in while King had a break! 🙂 Cher xo

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