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The Prime Ministers of Canada
While there is a long standard tradition of considering John A. Macdonald Canada's first Prime Minister, since he was prime minister after Canadian Confederation, a number of modern scholars, foremost amongst them John Ralston Saul, argue that Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine are truly Canada's first Prime Ministers. They were the first to govern the Province of Canada (consisting then of only Canada East and Canada West modern Quebec and Ontario, respectively) as democratically elected leaders.
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| Name
| Took Office
| Left Office
| Party
| Electoral District
| | 1. | Sir John A. Macdonald | July 1, 1867 | November 5, 1873 | Liberal-Conservative | Kingston (ON)
| | 2. | Alexander Mackenzie | November 7, 1873 | October 8, 1878 | Liberal | Lambton (ON)
| | Sir John A. Macdonald (2nd time) | October 17, 1878 | June 6, 1891 | Conservative | Victoria (BC), Carleton (ON), and Kingston (ON)
| | 3. | Sir John Abbott | June 16, 1891 | November 24, 1892 | Conservative | Inkerman* (QC)
| | 4. | Sir John Thompson | December 5, 1892 | December 12, 1894 | Conservative | Antigonish (NS)
| | 5. | Sir Mackenzie Bowell | December 21, 1894 | April 27, 1896 | Conservative | Hastings* (ON)
| | 6. | Sir Charles Tupper | May 1, 1896 | July 8, 1896 | Conservative | Cape Breton (NS)
| | 7. | Sir Wilfrid Laurier | July 11, 1896 | October 7, 1911 | Liberal | Quebec East (QC)
| | 8. | Sir Robert Laird Borden | October 10, 1911 | July 10, 1920 | Conservative/Unionist (from 1917) | Halifax (NS), Kings (NS)
| | 9. | Arthur Meighen | July 10, 1920 | December 29, 1921 | Unionist/National Liberal & Conservative | Portage la Prairie (MB)
| | 10. | William Lyon Mackenzie King | December 29, 1921 | June 28, 1926 | Liberal | York North (ON)
| | Arthur Meighen (2nd time) | June 29, 1926 | September 25, 1926 | Conservative | Portage la Prairie
| | William Lyon Mackenzie King (2nd time) | September 25, 1926 | August 7, 1930 | Liberal | Prince Albert (SK)
| | 11. | Richard Bedford Bennett | August 7, 1930 | October 23, 1935 | Conservative | Calgary West (AB)
| | William Lyon Mackenzie King (3rd time) | October 23, 1935 | November 15, 1948 | Liberal | Prince Albert (SK), Glengarry (ON)
| | 12. | Louis St. Laurent | November 15, 1948 | June 21, 1957 | Liberal | Quebec East (QC)
| | 13. | John Diefenbaker | June 21, 1957 | April 22, 1963 | Progressive Conservative | Prince Albert (SK)
| | 14. | Lester Bowles Pearson | April 22, 1963 | April 20, 1968 | Liberal | Algoma East (ON)
| | 15. | Pierre Trudeau | April 20, 1968 | June 3, 1979 | Liberal | Mount Royal (QC)
| | 16. | Joe Clark | June 4, 1979 | March 2, 1980 | Progressive Conservative | Yellowhead (AB)
| | Pierre Trudeau (2nd time) | March 3, 1980 | June 30, 1984 | Liberal | Mount Royal (QC)
| | 17. | John Napier Turner | June 30, 1984 | September 17, 1984 | Liberal | Vancouver Quadra (BC)
| | 18. | Brian Mulroney | September 17, 1984 | June 25, 1993 | Progressive Conservative | Manicouagan (QC), Charlevoix (QC)
| | 19. | Kim Campbell | June 25, 1993 | November 4, 1993 | Progressive Conservative | Vancouver Centre (BC)
| | 20. | Jean Chrétien | November 4, 1993 | December 12, 2003 | Liberal | Saint-Maurice (QC)
| | 21. | Paul Martin | December 12, 2003 | present | Liberal | LaSalleÉmard (QC)
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*Senate district
For more lists of this type, see Lists of incumbents.
See also
Leader of the Opposition (Canada)
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