List of prime ministers of Canada by birthdate, birthplace, and age
Appearance
This is a list of the prime ministers of Canada by date, birthplace, and age. Twenty–three people have served as Prime Minister of Canada since the office came into existence in 1867.
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Nineteen of Canada's prime ministers have been born in Canada. Four of Canada's prime ministers have been born outside Canada: John A. Macdonald, Alexander Mackenzie, Mackenzie Bowell, and John Turner.
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Prime Minister | Birth date | Birthplace | Province/country | In office | Age taking office | Age leaving office |
Sir John A. Macdonald | January 11, 1815 | Glasgow | Scotland | July 1, 1867 – November 5, 1873 | 52 years, 171 days | 58 years, 298 days |
October 17, 1878 – June 6, 1891 | 63 years, 279 days | 76 years, 146 days | ||||
Sir John Abbott | March 12, 1821 | St. Andrews (now Saint-André-d'Argenteuil) |
Lower Canada (now Quebec) |
June 16, 1891 – November 24, 1892 | 70 years, 96 days | 71 years, 257 days |
Sir Charles Tupper | July 2, 1821 | Amherst | Nova Scotia | May 1 – July 8, 1896 | 74 years, 304 days | 75 years, 6 days |
Alexander Mackenzie | January 28, 1822 | Logierait | Scotland | November 7, 1873 – October 8, 1878 | 51 years, 283 days | 56 years, 253 days |
Sir Mackenzie Bowell | December 27, 1823 | Rickinghall | England | December 21, 1894 – April 27, 1896 | 70 years, 359 days | 72 years, 122 days |
Sir Wilfrid Laurier | November 20, 1841 | Saint-Lin (now Saint-Lin-Laurentides) |
Canada East (now Quebec) |
July 11, 1896 – October 6, 1911 | 54 years, 234 days | 69 years, 320 days |
Sir John Sparrow David Thompson | November 10, 1845 | Halifax | Nova Scotia | December 5, 1892 – December 12, 1894 | 47 years, 25 days | 49 years, 32 days |
Sir Robert Laird Borden[note 1] | June 26, 1854 | Grand-Pré | Nova Scotia | October 10, 1911 – July 10, 1920 | 57 years, 106 days | 66 years, 14 days |
Richard Bedford Bennett | July 3, 1870 | Hopewell Hill | New Brunswick | August 7, 1930 – October 23, 1935 | 60 years, 35 days | 65 years, 112 days |
Arthur Meighen | June 16, 1874 | Anderson (now Perth South) |
Ontario | July 10, 1920 – December 29, 1921 | 46 years, 24 days | 47 years, 196 days |
29 June – September 25, 1926 | 52 years, 13 days | 52 years, 101 days | ||||
William Lyon Mackenzie King | December 17, 1874 | Berlin (now Kitchener) |
Ontario | December 29, 1921 – June 28, 1926 | 47 years, 12 days | 51 years, 193 days |
September 25, 1926 – August 7, 1930 | 51 years, 282 days | 55 years, 233 days | ||||
October 23, 1935 – November 15, 1948 | 60 years, 310 days | 73 years, 334 days | ||||
Louis St. Laurent | February 1, 1882 | Compton | Quebec | November 15, 1948 – June 21, 1957 | 66 years, 288 days | 75 years, 140 days |
John Diefenbaker | September 18, 1895 | Neustadt | Ontario | June 21, 1957 – April 22, 1963 | 61 years, 276 days | 67 years, 216 days |
Lester Bowles Pearson | April 23, 1897 | Newtonbrook (now a part of Toronto) |
Ontario | April 22, 1963 – April 20, 1968 | 65 years, 364 days | 70 years, 363 days |
Pierre Elliott Trudeau | October 18, 1919 | Montreal | Quebec | April 20, 1968 – June 3/4, 1979 | 48 years, 185 days | 59 years, 229 days |
March 3, 1980 – June 29/30, 1984 | 60 years, 137 days | 64 years, 256 days | ||||
John Turner | June 7, 1929 | Richmond | England | June 30 – September 16/17, 1984 | 55 years, 23 days | 55 years, 102 days |
Jean Chrétien | January 11, 1934 | Shawinigan | Quebec | November 4, 1993 – December 11/12, 2003 | 59 years, 297 days | 69 years, 335 days |
Paul Martin | August 28, 1938 | Windsor | Ontario | December 12, 2003 – February 5/6, 2006 | 65 years, 106 days | 67 years, 162 days |
Brian Mulroney | March 20, 1939 | Baie-Comeau | Quebec | September 17, 1984 – June 24/25, 1993 | 45 years, 181 days | 54 years, 97 days |
Joe Clark | June 5, 1939 | High River | Alberta | June 4, 1979 – March 2/3, 1980 | 39 years, 364 days | 40 years, 272 days |
Kim Campbell | March 10, 1947 | Port Alberni | British Columbia | June 25 – November 3/4, 1993 | 46 years, 107 days | 46 years, 239 days |
Stephen Harper | April 30, 1959 | Toronto | Ontario | February 6, 2006 – November 3/4, 2015 | 46 years, 282 days | 56 years, 188 days |
Justin Trudeau | December 25, 1971 | Ottawa | Ontario | November 4, 2015 – Incumbent | 43 years, 314 days | incumbent |
- ^ Borden headed a Conservative government until October 11, 1917 and then a Unionist government for the remainder of his term as prime minister.
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Birthplaces of prime ministers of Canada born abroad |
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Sources[edit]
- Government of Canada. Library of Parliament. "Prime Ministers of Canada". Retrieved September 3, 2016.