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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. 21, 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. 3, 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

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