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Canadian Prime Ministers since Confederation

Canadian Prime Ministers since Confederation
Prime Minister Political Party Dates in Office
Sir John A. Macdonald Conservative 1867-73
Alexander Mackenzie Liberal 1873-78
Sir John A. Macdonald Conservative 1878-91
Sir John J. C. Abbott Conservative 1891-92
Sir John S. D. Thompson Conservative 1892-94
Sir Mackenzie Bowell Conservative 1894-96
Sir Charles Tupper Conservative 1896
Sir Wilfred Laurier Liberal 1896-1911
Sir Robert L. Borden Conservative/Unionist 1911-20
Arthur Meighen Conservative 1920-21
W. L. M. King Liberal 1921-26
Arthur Meighen Conservative 1926
W. L. M. King Liberal 1926-30
Richard B. Bennett Conservative 1930-35
W. L. M. King Liberal 1935-48
Louis St. Laurent Liberal 1948-57
John G. Diefenbaker Progressive Conservative 1957-63
Lester B. Pearson Liberal 1963-68
Pierre Elliott Trudeau Liberal 1968-79
Joseph Clark Progressive Conservative 1979-80
Pierre Elliott Trudeau Liberal 1980-84
John Turner Liberal 1984
Brian Mulroney Progressive Conservative 1984-93
Kim Campbell Progressive Conservative 1993
Jean Chrétien Liberal 1993-2003
Paul Martin Liberal 2003-6
Stephen Harper Conservative 2006-

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