List of Prime Ministers of Canada

Prime Ministers

Abbreviation key:	No.: Incumbent No., Min.: Ministry
Colour key:	Liberal Party of Canada Historical conservative parties: Liberal-Conservative, Conservative (historical), Unionist, National Liberal and Conservative, Progressive Conservative Conservative Party of Canada
Provinces key:	AB: Alberta, BC: British Columbia, MB: Manitoba, NS: Nova Scotia, ON: Ontario, QC: Quebec, SK: Saskatchewan

No.	Name	Min.	Term of office		Electoral mandates (Parliaments)	Political party
1	Sir John A. Macdonald	1st	1867	1873	Inter-election appt. (none) 1867 election (1st Parl't) 1872 election (2nd Parl't)	Liberal-Conservative Party
1	Sir John A. Macdonald
2	Alexander Mackenzie	2nd	1873	1878	Inter-election appt. (2nd Parl't) 1874 election (3rd Parl't)	Liberal Party
2	Alexander Mackenzie
1	Sir John A. Macdonald	3rd	1878	1891	1878 election (4th Parl't) 1882 election (5th Parl't) 1887 election (6th Parl't) 1891 election (7th Parl't)	Liberal-Conservative Party
1	Sir John A. Macdonald
3	Sir John Abbott	4th	1891	1892	Inter-election appt. (7th Parl't)	Liberal-Conservative Party
3	Sir John Abbott
4	Sir John Thompson	5th	1892	1894	Inter-election appt. (7th Parl't)	Liberal-Conservative Party
4	Sir John Thompson
5	Sir Mackenzie Bowell	6th	1894	1896	Inter-election appt. (7th Parl't)	Conservative Party (historical)
5	Sir Mackenzie Bowell
6	Sir Charles Tupper	7th	1896	1896	Inter-election appt. (none)	Conservative Party (historical)
6	Sir Charles Tupper
7	Sir Wilfrid Laurier	8th	1896	1911	1896 election (8th Parl't) 1900 election (9th Parl't) 1904 election (10th Parl't) 1908 election (11th Parl't)	Liberal Party
7	Sir Wilfrid Laurier
8	Sir Robert Borden	9th	1911	1917	1911 election (12th Parl't)	Conservative Party (historical)
		10th	1917	1920	1917 election (13th Parl't)	Unionist Party

9	Arthur Meighen	11th	1920	1921	Inter-election appt. (13th Parl't)	National Liberal and Conservative Party
9	Arthur Meighen
10	William Lyon Mackenzie King	12th	1921	1926	1921 election (14th Parl't) 1925 election (15th Parl't)	Liberal Party
10	William Lyon Mackenzie King
9	Arthur Meighen	13th	1926	1926	Inter-election appt. (15th Parl't)	Conservative Party (historical)
9	Arthur Meighen
10	William Lyon Mackenzie King	14th	1926	1930	1926 election (16th Parl't)	Liberal Party
10	William Lyon Mackenzie King
11	R. B. Bennett	15th	1930	1935	1930 election (17th Parl't)	Conservative Party (historical)
11	R. B. Bennett
10	William Lyon Mackenzie King	16th	1935	1948	1935 election (18th Parl't) 1940 election (19th Parl't) 1945 election (20th Parl't)	Liberal Party
10	William Lyon Mackenzie King
12	Louis St. Laurent	17th	1948	1957	(20th Parl't) 1949 election (21st Parl't) 1953 election (22nd Parl't)	Liberal Party
12	Louis St. Laurent
13	John Diefenbaker	18th	1957	1963	1957 election (23rd Parl't) 1958 election (24th Parl't) 1962 election (25th Parl't)	Progressive Conservative Party
13	John Diefenbaker
14	Lester B. Pearson	19th	1963	1968	1963 election (26th Parl't) 1965 election (27th Parl't)	Liberal Party
14	Lester B. Pearson
15	Pierre Trudeau	20th	1968	1979	Inter-election appt. (27th Parl't) 1968 election (28th Parl't) 1972 election (29th Parl't) 1974 election (30th Parl't)	Liberal Party
15	Pierre Trudeau
16	Joe Clark	21st	1979	1980	1979 election (31st Parl't)	Progressive Conservative Party
16	Joe Clark
15	Pierre Trudeau	22nd	1980	1984	1980 election (32nd Parl't)	Liberal Party
15	Pierre Trudeau
17	John Turner	23rd	1984	1984	Inter-election appt. (32nd Parl't)	Liberal Party
17	John Turner
18	Brian Mulroney	24th	1984	1993	1984 election (33rd Parl't) 1988 election (34th Parl't)	Progressive Conservative Party
18	Brian Mulroney
19	Kim Campbell	25th	1993	1993	Inter-election appt. (34th Parl't)	Progressive Conservative Party
19	Kim Campbell
20	Jean Chrétien	26th	1993	2003	1993 election (35th Parl't) 1997 election (36th Parl't) 2000 election (37th Parl't)	Liberal Party
20	Jean Chrétien
21	Paul Martin	27th	2003	2006	Inter-election appt. (37th Parl't) 2004 election (38th Parl't)	Liberal Party
21	Paul Martin
22	Stephen Harper	28th	2006	Incumbent	2006 election (39th Parl't) 2008 election (40th Parl't) 2011 election (41st Parl't)	Conservative Party of Canada
22	Stephen Harper
Min. Minority government LS Party won the election, but prime minister lost own seat * The Interpretation Act of 1967 states that "where an appointment is made effective or terminates on a specified day, that appointment is considered to be effective or to terminate after the end of the previous day." Under the Act, Prime Ministers' tenures are therefore credited as having concluded at the end of their last full day in office (the earlier date given), although their resignation was received by the Governor General on the following day. This provision applies to Trudeau in 1979 and 1984, Clark, Turner, Mulroney, Campbell, Chrétien and Martin.

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