History of Leaders
| Picture | Name | Term start |
Term end |
Date of Birth | Date of Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Brown | 1867 | November 29, 1818 | May 9, 1880 | First Leader (actually leader of the Clear Grits, a forerunner of the federal Liberal Party) |
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| Edward Blake | 1869 | 1870 | October 13, 1833 | March 1, 1912 | (Interim) | |
| Alexander Mackenzie | 1873 | 1880 | January 28, 1822 | April 17, 1892 | 2nd Prime Minister | |
| Edward Blake | 1880 | 1887 | October 13, 1833 | March 1, 1912 | ||
| Wilfrid Laurier | 1887 | 1919 | November 20, 1841 | February 17, 1919 | 7th Prime Minister | |
| Daniel Duncan McKenzie | 1919 | January 8, 1859 | June 8, 1927 | (Interim) | ||
| William Lyon Mackenzie King |
1919 | 1948 | December 17, 1874 | July 22, 1950 | 10th Prime Minister | |
| Louis St. Laurent | 1948 | 1958 | February 1, 1882 | July 25, 1973 | 12th Prime Minister | |
| Lester B. Pearson | 1958 | 1968 | April 23, 1897 | December 27, 1972 | 14th Prime Minister | |
| Pierre Trudeau | 1968 | 1984 | October 18, 1919 | September 28, 2000 | 15th Prime Minister | |
| John Turner | 1984 | 1990 | June 7, 1929 | living | 17th Prime Minister | |
| Jean Chrétien | 1990 | 2003 | January 11, 1934 | living | 20th Prime Minister | |
| Paul Martin | 2003 | 2006 | August 28, 1938 | living | 21st Prime Minister | |
| Bill Graham | 2006 | March 17, 1939 | living | (Interim) | ||
| Stéphane Dion | 2006 | 2008 | September 28, 1955 | living | ||
| Michael Ignatieff | 2008 | 2011 | May 12, 1947 | living | Interim leader from December 10, 2008 until May 2, 2009 when ratified as permanent leader | |
| Bob Rae | 2011 | Present | August 2, 1948 | living | (Interim) | |
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