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Prime ministers of Canada
in
Canada
The table provides a chronological list of the prime ministers of Canada.
| party | term | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | Sir John Alexander Macdonald (1st time) | Liberal-Conservative | 1867–73 |
 | Alexander Mackenzie | Liberal | 1873–78 |
| Sir John Alexander Macdonald (2nd time) | Liberal-Conservative | 1878–91 |
 | John Abbott (from 1892, Sir John Abbott) | Liberal-Conservative | 1891–92 |
 | Sir John Thompson | Liberal-Conservative | 1892–94 |
 | Mackenzie Bowell (from 1895, Sir Mackenzie Bowell) | Liberal-Conservative | 1894–96 |
 | Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet | Liberal-Conservative | 1896 |
 | Wilfrid Laurier (from 1897, Sir Wilfrid Laurier) | Liberal | 1896–1911 |
 | Robert Laird Borden (from 1914, Sir Robert Laird Borden) | Conservative | 1911–20 |
 | Arthur Meighen (1st time) | Conservative | 1920–21 |
 | W.L. Mackenzie King (1st time) | Liberal | 1921–26 |
| Arthur Meighen (2nd time) | Conservative | 1926 |
| W.L. Mackenzie King (2nd time) | Liberal | 1926–30 |
 | Richard Bedford Bennett (from 1941, Viscount Bennett) | Conservative | 1930–35 |
| W.L. Mackenzie King (3rd time) | Liberal | 1935–48 |
 | Louis Saint Laurent | Liberal | 1948–57 |
 | John G. Diefenbaker | Progressive Conservative | 1957–63 |
 | Lester B. Pearson | Liberal | 1963–68 |
 | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1st time) | Liberal | 1968–79 |
 | Joseph Clark | Progressive Conservative | 1979–80 |
| Pierre Elliott Trudeau (2nd time) | Liberal | 1980–84 |
 | John N. Turner | Liberal | 1984 |
 | Brian Mulroney | Progressive Conservative | 1984–93 |
 | Kim Campbell | Progressive Conservative | 1993 |
 | Jean Chrétien | Liberal | 1993–2003 |
 | Paul Martin | Liberal | 2003–06 |
 | Stephen Harper | Conservative | 2006–15 |
 | Justin Trudeau | Liberal | 2015–25 |
| Mark Carney | Liberal | 2025– |