Prime Minister of Canada

The head of the Canadian government is the leader of the political party with the most seats in the [House of Commons]?. As Prime Minister one has the right to the title of Right Honourable. A Prime Minister's elected term is for a maximum of 5 years, however an election can be called at any time. By custom, elections are called 3.5 to 4 years after the previous election, when a [majority government]? is in power. If a [minority government]? is in power, a vote of non-confidence? in the House of Commons may lead to a quick election (9 months in the case of the most recent Canadian minority government, the Clark government of 1979-1980).

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The Prime Ministers of Canada

1. Sir John Alexander Macdonald	July 1 1867 - November 5 1873, October 17 1878 - June 6 1891
2. Alexander Mackenzie	November 7 1873 - October 8 1878
3. Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott	June 16 1891 - November 24 1892
4. Sir John Sparrow David Thompson	December 5 1892 - December 12 1894
5. Sir Mackenzie Bowell	December 21 1894 - April 27 1896
6. Sir Charles Tupper	May 1 1896 - July 8 1896
7. Sir Wilfrid Laurier	July 11 1896 - October 7 1911
8. Sir Robert Laird Borden	October 10 1911 - July 10 1920
9. Arthur Meighen	July 10 1920 - December 29 1921, June 29 1926 - September 25 1926
10. William Lyon Mackenzie King	December 29 1921 - June 28 1926, September 25 1926 - August 7 1930, October 23 1935 - November 15 1948
11. Richard Bedford Bennett (later Viscount)	August 7 1930 - October 23 1935
12. Louis Stephen Saint Laurent	November 15 1948 - June 21 1957
13. John George Diefenbaker	June 21 1957 - April 22 1963
14. Lester Bowles Pearson	April 22 1963 - April 20 1968
15. Pierre Elliott Trudeau	April 20 1968 - June 3 1979, March 3 1980 - June 30 1984
16. [Charles Joseph (Joe) Clark]?	June 4 1979 - March 2 1980
17. [John Napier Turner]?	June 30 1984 - September 17 1984
18. Martin [Brian Mulroney]?	September 17 1984 - June 25 1993
19. Avril [Kim Campbell]?	June 25 1993 - November 4 1993
20. Joseph Jacques [Jean Chrétien]?	November 4 1993 - present

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To give credit where credit is due, I'm getting information for the stub entries from http://cnet.unb.ca/achn/pme/index.html . After an article has been fleshed out, the data contained in them has been collected from a large pool of sources (some of which correct data found in at the University of New Brunswick website, even). I just thought it would be appropiate to indicate the source for the stub articles. --Colin dellow