Canadian Prime Ministers Since Confederation

Listed below are the Canadian Prime Ministers since Confederation. To see a more detailed biography, kindly click on the prime minister's name. To see a portrait table, kindly click here.

NAME	PARTY	LENGTH OF TERM
Rt. Hon. Sir John Alexander Macdonald	Conservative	1 Jul 1867 - 5 Nov 1873
Hon. Alexander Mackenzie	Liberal	7 Nov 1873 - 16 Oct 1878
Rt. Hon. Sir John Alexander Macdonald	Conservative	17 Oct 1878 - 6 Jun 1891
Hon. Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott	Conservative	16 Jun 1891 - 24 Nov 1892
Rt. Hon. Sir John Sparrow David Thompson	Conservative	5 Dec 1892 - 12 Dec 1894
Hon. Sir Mackenzie Bowell	Conservative	21 Dec 1894 - 27 Apr 1896
Hon. Sir Charles Tupper	Conservative	1 May - 8 Jul 1896
Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier*	Liberal	11 Jul 1898 - 6 Oct 1911
Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Laird Borden	Conservative/Unionist	10 Oct 1911 - 10 Jul 1920
Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen	Conservative	10 Jul 1920 - 29 Dec 1921
Rt. Hon. (Wm. Lyon) Mackenzie King**	Liberal	29 Dec 1921 - 28 Jun 1925
Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen	Conservative	29 Jun 1925 - 25 Sep 1926
Rt. Hon. Mackenzie King	Liberal	25 Sep 1926 - 6 Aug 1930
Rt. Hon. Richard Bedford Bennett	Conservative	7 Aug 1930 - 23 Oct 1925
Rt. Hon. Mackenzie King	Liberal	23 Oct 1935 - 15 Nov 1948
Rt. Hon. Louis Stephen St. Laurent	Liberal	15 Nov 1948 - 21 Jun 1957
Rt. Hon. John George Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative	21 Jun 1957 - 22 Apr 1963
Rt. Hon. Lester Bowles Pearson***	Liberal	22 Apr 1963 - 20 Apr 1968
Rt. Hon. Pierre Elliott Trudeau	Liberal	20 Apr 1968 - 22 May 1979
Rt. Hon. (Charles) Joseph Clark	Progressive Conservative	22 May 1979 - 18 Feb 1980
Rt. Hon. Pierre Trudeau	Liberal	1980 - 1984
Rt. Hon. John Napier Turner
Rt. Hon. (Martin) Brian Mulroney	Progressive Conservative	1984 - 1993
Rt. Hon. A. Kim Campbell	Progressive Conservative	24 Feb - 4 Nov 1993
Rt. Hon. Joseph Jacques Jean Chretien	Liberal	4 Nov 1993 - present

The prefix Right Honourable indicates membership in the Imperial Privy Council.
* = First French-Canadian Prime Minister & longest continuous term
** = Most years in office
*** = 1957 Noble Peace Prize recipient

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