Canada · Government / Government of Canada. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
43Records
1867–2025Date range
21Named people
1Places
Chronological records
1867
John Alexander Macdonald1867
Government / Government of Canada
Appointed Prime Minister of Canada
1873
Alexander Mackenzie1873
Government / Government of Canada
Appointed Prime Minister of Canada
1878
John Alexander Macdonald1878
Government / Government of Canada
Appointed Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada
1891
John Joseph Caldwell Abbott16 June 1891
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Becomes prime minister after Macdonald dies.
John Joseph Caldwell Abbott1891
Government / Government of Canada
Appointed Prime Minister of Canada
1892
John Sparrow David Thompson5 December 1892
Government / Government of Canada
Appointed Prime Minister of Canada
John Sparrow David Thompson5 December 1892
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Becomes prime minister after Abbott resigns.
1894
Mackenzie Bowell21 December 1894
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Becomes prime minister after Thompson dies.
Mackenzie Bowell1894
Government / Government of Canada
Appointed Prime Minister of Canada
1896
Charles Tupper1 May 1896
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Serves briefly as prime minister before the 1896 election.
Wilfrid Laurier11 July 1896
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Becomes the first French Canadian prime minister.
Wilfrid Laurier1896
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Appointed Prime Minister of Canada
Charles Tupper1896
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Appointed Prime Minister of Canada
1911
Robert Laird Borden10 October 1911
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Forms a Conservative government after the reciprocity election.
Robert Laird Borden1911
Government / Government of Canada
Appointed Prime Minister of Canada
1920
Arthur Meighen10 July 1920
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Becomes prime minister after Borden retires.
Arthur Meighen1920
Government / Government of Canada
Appointed Prime Minister of Canada, 1st term
1921
William Lyon Mackenzie King29 December 1921
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Forms his first Liberal government.
1926
Arthur Meighen28 June 1926
Government / Government of Canada
Appointed Prime Minister of Canada, 2nd term
Arthur Meighen29 June 1926
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Forms a short-lived Conservative government during the King-Byng crisis.
1930
Richard Bedford Bennett Bennett, 1st7 August 1930
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Appointed Prime Minister of Canada
Richard Bedford Bennett Bennett, 1st7 August 1930
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Forms a Conservative government during the Great Depression.
1935
William Lyon Mackenzie King23 October 1935
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Returns to office as Liberal prime minister.
1948
Louis Saint-Laurent15 November 1948
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Becomes prime minister after Mackenzie King retires.
1957
John Diefenbaker21 June 1957
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Forms a Progressive Conservative government.
John Diefenbaker1957
Government / Government of Canada
Appointed Prime Minister of Canada
1963
Lester Bowles Pearson22 April 1963
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Forms a Liberal minority government.
Lester Bowles Pearson1963
Government / Government of Canada
Appointed Prime Minister of Canada
1968
Pierre Elliott Trudeau20 April 1968
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Becomes prime minister after winning the Liberal leadership.
Pierre Elliott Trudeau1968
Government / Government of Canada
Appointed Prime Minister of Canada
1979
Joe Clark4 June 1979
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Forms a short-lived Progressive Conservative minority government.
Joe Clark1979
Government / Government of Canada
Appointed Prime Minister of Canada
1980
Pierre Elliott Trudeau3 March 1980
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Returns to power after the 1980 federal election.
1984
John Napier Turner30 June 1984
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Succeeds Trudeau as Liberal prime minister.
Brian Mulroney4 September 1984
Government / Government of Canada
Appointed Prime Minister of Canada
Brian Mulroney17 September 1984
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Forms a Progressive Conservative majority government.
John Napier Turner1984
Government / Government of Canada
Trudeau retires, John Turner becomes Liberal leader & Prime Minister
1993
Kim Campbell25 June 1993
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Becomes Canada first woman prime minister.
Kim Campbell26 June 1993
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Appointed Prime Minister of Canada, Canada's 1st woman Prime Minister
Jean Chretien4 November 1993
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Forms a Liberal majority government.
Jean Chretien1993
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Appointed Prime Minister of Canada
2025
Mark Carney14 March 2025
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Is sworn in as Canada twenty-fourth prime minister.
Mark Carney14 March 2025
Ottawa · Government / Government of Canada
Is sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada
Names involved
Alexander MackenzieArthur MeighenBrian MulroneyCharles TupperJean ChretienJoe ClarkJohn Alexander MacdonaldJohn DiefenbakerJohn Joseph Caldwell AbbottJohn Napier TurnerJohn Sparrow David ThompsonKim CampbellLester Bowles PearsonLouis Saint-LaurentMackenzie BowellMark CarneyPierre Elliott TrudeauRichard Bedford Bennett Bennett, 1stRobert Laird BordenWilfrid LaurierWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King
Provenance
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