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List of Canadian Prime Ministers

The Prime Ministers of Canada

While there is a long standard tradtion of considering John A. Macdonald Canada's first Prime Minister, a number of modern scholars, foremost amongst them John Ralston Saul, argue that Robert Baldwin and Louis Lafontaine[?] and truly Canada's first Prime Minsiters. They were the first to govern Canada (consisting then of only Ontario and Quebec) as democratically elected leaders.

1.Sir John A. Macdonald July 1, 1867 - November 5, 1873
2.Alexander Mackenzie November 7, 1873 - October 8, 1878
Sir John A. Macdonald (2nd time) October 17, 1878 - June 6, 1891
3.Sir John Abbott June 16, 1891 - November 24, 1892
4.Sir John Thompson December 5, 1892 - December 12, 1894
5.Sir Mackenzie Bowell December 21, 1894 - April 27, 1896
6.Sir Charles Tupper May 1, 1896 - July 8, 1896
7.Sir Wilfrid Laurier July 11, 1896 - October 7, 1911
8.Sir Robert Laird Borden October 10, 1911 - July 10, 1920
9.Arthur Meighen July 10, 1920 - December 29, 1921
10.William Lyon Mackenzie King December 29, 1921 - June 28, 1926
Arthur Meighen (2nd time) June 29, 1926 - September 25, 1926
William Lyon Mackenzie King (2nd time) September 25, 1926 - August 7, 1930
11.Richard Bedford Bennett August 7, 1930 - October 23, 1935
William Lyon Mackenzie King(3rd time) October 23, 1935 - November 15, 1948
12.Louis Saint Laurent November 15, 1948 - June 21, 1957
13.John Diefenbaker June 21, 1957 - April 22, 1963
14.Lester B. Pearson April 22, 1963 - April 20, 1968
15.Pierre Elliott Trudeau April 20, 1968 - June 3, 1979
16.Joe Clark June 4, 1979 - March 2, 1980
Pierre Elliott Trudeau (2nd time) March 3, 1980 - June 30, 1984
17.John Napier Turner June 30, 1984 - September 17, 1984
18.Brian Mulroney September 17, 1984 - June 25, 1993
19.Kim Campbell June 25, 1993 - November 4, 1993
20.Jean Chrétien November 4, 1993 - present

Other lists of first ministers:
Alberta - B.C. - Manitoba - N.B. - Nfld.-Lab. - N.S. - Ontario - P.E.I. - Quebec - Sask. - Yukon - N.W.T. - Nunavut

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