Learn about the prime ministers of Canada, from 1867 to the present
This page lists the term in office, political party, and the name of each prime minister of Canada from 1867 to the present.
Term | Prime Minister | Party |
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1867–1873 | Sir John A. Macdonald | Conservative |
1873–1878 | Alexander Mackenzie | Liberal |
1878–1891 | Sir John A. Macdonald | Conservative |
1891–1892 | Sir John J. C. Abbott | Conservative |
1892–1894 | Sir John S. D. Thompson | Conservative |
1894–1896 | Sir Mackenzie Bowell | Conservative |
1896 | Sir Charles Tupper | Conservative |
1896–1911 | Sir Wilfrid Laurier | Liberal |
1911–1917 | Sir Robert L. Borden | Conservative |
1917–1920 | Sir Robert L. Borden | Unionist |
1920–1921 | Arthur Meighen | Unionist |
1921–1926 | W. L. Mackenzie King | Liberal |
1926 | Arthur Meighen | Conservative |
1926–1930 | W. L. Mackenzie King | Liberal |
1930–1935 | Richard B. Bennett | Conservative |
1935–1948 | W. L. Mackenzie King | Liberal |
1948–1957 | Louis S. St. Laurent | Liberal |
1957–1963 | John G. Diefenbaker | Conservative |
1963–1968 | Lester B. Pearson | Liberal |
1968–1979 | Pierre Elliott Trudeau | Liberal |
1979–1980 | Charles Joseph Clark | Conservative |
1980–1984 | Pierre Elliott Trudeau | Liberal |
1984 | John Turner | Liberal |
1984–1993 | Brian Mulroney | Conservative |
1993 | Kim Campbell | Conservative |
1993–2003 | Jean Chrétien | Liberal |
2003–2006 | Paul Martin | Liberal |
2006– | Stephen Harper | Conservative |