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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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