This list is comprised of Canadian Prime Ministers. The position was first created in 1867, when the Dominion of Canada was created from three of the colonies of British North America. Like the
British office of the same name, the Canadian office is not codified in the Canadian constitution or law, but merely by political convention.
Name | Years | Other Names | |
John A. Macdonald | 1867-1873; 1878-1891 | (Alexander) | |
Alexander Mackenzie | 1873-1878 | | |
John Abbott | 1891-1892 | (Joseph, Caldwell) | |
John Sparrow David Thompson | 1892-1894 | | |
Mackenzie Bowell | 1894-1896 | | |
Charles Tupper | 1896 | | |
Wilfrid Laurier | 1896-1911 | | |
Robert Borden | 1911-1920 | | |
Arthur Meighen | 1920-1921; 1926 | | |
William Lyon Mackenzie King | 1921-1926; 1926-1930; 1935-1948 | | |
R. B. Bennett | 1930-1935 | (Richard, Bedford) | |
Louis St. Laurent | 1948-1957 | (Stephen) | |
John Diefenbaker | 1957-1963 | (George) | |
Lester B. Pearson | 1963-1968 | (Bowles) | |
Pierre Elliott Trudeau | 1968-1979; 1980-1984 | (Joseph, Philippe, Yves) | |
Joe Clark | 1979-1980 | (Charles, Joseph) | |
John Turner | 1984 | (Napier, Wyndham) | |
Brian Mulroney | 1984-1993 | (Martin) | |
Kim Campbell | 1993 | (Avril, Phædra, Douglas) | |
Jean Chrétien | 1993-2003 | (Joseph, Jacques) | |
Paul Martin | 2003-2006 | (Edgar, Philippe) | |
Stephen Harper | 2006-2015 | (Joseph) | |
Justin Trudeau | 2015- | (Pierre, James) | |