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Introduction
Alone at the Top
The Path to Power
Leading Canada
Private Life
Afterwards
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 Banner: First Among Equals: The Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics
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Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald
Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald.
© Public Domain
Source: National Archives of Canada, C-002090
Governor General Vincent Massey and Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, May 12, 1958.
Governor General Vincent Massey and Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, May 12, 1958.
© National Archives of Canada
Credit: Duncan Cameron/National Archives of Canada, PA-112693
Pierre Trudeau at the Liberal leadership convention, April 6, 1968.
Pierre Trudeau at the Liberal leadership convention, April 6, 1968.
© National Archives of Canada
Credit: Duncan Cameron/National Archives of Canada, PA-111213
Campaign buttons.
Campaign buttons.
© Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Source: National Archives of Canada
Sir Charles Tupper button.
Sir Charles Tupper button.
© Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Source: National Archives of Canada
Lester "Mike" Pearson button.
Lester "Mike" Pearson button.
© Liberal Party of Canada
Source: National Archives of Canada
King's Mixed Pickles, c.1925. Artist: A. G. Racey.
King's Mixed Pickles, c.1925. Artist: A. G. Racey.
© Public Domain
Source: National Archives of Canada, C-044301
Mackenzie as stonemason
The Mason and the Overseer (Governor General Lord Dufferin and Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie), 1875. Artist: Henri Julien.
© Public Domain
Source: Canadian Illustrated News, April 17, 1875
Bowell as a soldier
Ensign Mackenzie Bowell, Rifle Company, 1864.
© Public Domain
Source: National Archives of Canada, C-001981
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