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 runs from 3.5 to 4 years if they have a plurality, or up to 5 years if they have a [majority government]?. |
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). |
#Sir John Alexander Macdonald: 1 July 1867 - 5 November 1873, 17 October 1878 - 6 June 1891 #Alexander Mackenzie: 7 November 1873 - 8 October 1878 #Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott: 16 June 1891 - 24 November 1892 #Sir John Sparrow David Thompson: 5 December 1892 - 12 December 1894 #Sir Mackenzie Bowell 21: December 1894 - 27 April 1896 #Sir Charles Tupper: 1 May 1896 - 8 July 1896 #Sir Wilfrid Laurier: 11 July 1896 - 6 October 1911 #Sir Robert Laird Borden: 10 October 1911 - 10 July 1920 #Arthur Meighen: 10 July 1920 - 29 December 1921, 29 June 1926 - 25 September 1926 #William Lyon Mackenzie King: 29 December 1921 - 28 June 1926, 25 September 1926 - August 1930, 23 October 1935 - 15 November 1948 #Richard Bedford Bennett (later Viscount): 7 August 1930 - 23 October 1935 #Louis Stephen Saint Laurent: 15 November 1948 - 21 June 1957 #John George Diefenbaker: 21 June 1957 - 22 April 1963 #Lester Bowles Pearson: 22 April 1963 - 20 April 1968 #Pierre Elliott Trudeau: 20 April 1968 - 3 June 1979, 3 March 1980 - 30 June 1984 #[Charles Joseph Clark]?: 4 June 1979 - 2 March 1980 #[John Napier Turner]?: 30 June 1984 - 17 September 1984 #[Martin Brian Mulroney]?: 17 September 1984 - 25 June 1993 #[Avril Kim Campbell]?: 25 June 1993 - 4 November 1993 #[Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien]?: 4 November 1993 - present |