Prime Minister
Party
Term(s)
Time as Prime Minister
Years
Months
Days
John Alexander Macdonald
Cons.
July 1, 1867 - Nov. 5, 1873
6
4
4
Alexander Mackenzie
Liberal
Nov. 7, 1873 - Oct. 8, 1878
4
11
1
John Alexander Macdonald
Cons.
Oct. 17, 1878 - June 6, 1891
12
7
20
John Joseph Caldwell Abbott
Cons.
June 16, 1891 - Nov. 24, 1892
1
5
8
John Sparrow David Thompson
Cons.
Dec. 5, 1892 - Dec. 12, 1894
2
0
7
Mackenzie Bowell
Cons.
Dec. 12, 1894 - Apr. 27, 1896
1
4
15
Charles Tupper
Cons.
May 1, 1896 - July 8, 1896
0
2
7
Wilfrid Laurier
Liberal
July 11, 1896 - Oct. 6, 1911
15
2
25
Robert Laird Borden
Cons.
Oct. 10, 1911 - Oct. 12, 1917
6
0
2
Robert Laird Borden
Unionist
Oct. 12, 1917 - July 10, 1920
2
8
28
Arthur Meighen
Unionist
July 10, 1920 - Dec. 29, 1921
1
5
19
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Liberal
Dec. 29, 1921 - June 28, 1926
4
5
30
Arthur Meighen
Cons.
June 29, 1926 - Sept. 25, 1926
0
2
27
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Liberal
Sept. 25, 1926 - Aug. 7, 1930
3
10
13
Richard Bedford Bennett
Cons.
Aug. 7, 1930 - Oct. 23, 1935
5
2
16
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Liberal
Oct. 23, 1935 - Nov. 15, 1948
13
0
23
Louis Stephen St. Laurent
Liberal
Nov. 15, 1948 - June 21, 1957
8
7
6
John George Diefenbaker
P.C.
June 21, 1957 - Apr. 22, 1963
5
10
1
Lester Bowles Pearson
Liberal
Apr. 22, 1963 - Apr. 20, 1968
4
11
29
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Liberal
Apr. 20, 1968 - June 3, 1979
11
1
14
Charles Joseph Clark
P.C.
June 4, 1979 - March 2, 1980
0
8
27
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Liberal
March 3, 1980 - June 30, 1984
4
3
27
John Napier Turner
Liberal
June 30, 1984 - Sept. 17, 1984
0
2
18
Martin Brian Mulroney
P.C.
Sept. 17, 1984 - June 25, 1993
8
9
8
A. Kim Campbell
P.C.
June 25, 1993 - Nov. 4, 1993
0
4
10
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien
Liberal
Nov. 4, 1993 - Dec. 12, 2003
10
1
8
Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, Jr.
Liberal
Dec. 12, 2003 - Feb. 6, 2006
2
1
25
Stephen Joseph Harper
Conservative
Feb. 6, 2006 - present
Cons. = Liberal-Conservative
P.C. = Progressive Conservative
CPC = Conservative Party of Canada
