Prime Ministerial Facts

Longest Serving: William Lyon Mackenzie King (21 years, 5 months, 1 day)
Shortest Serving: Charles Tupper (2 months, 7 days)
Average Age: 57 years, 1 month
Youngest: Joe Clark (39 years, 11 months, 30 days)
Oldest: Charles Tupper (74 years, 9 months, 29 days)

Prime Ministers of Canada

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MARTIN, Paul Edgar Philippe
Party: Liberal
Date of birth: 1938.08.28
Term of Office: 2003.12.12 - present
Age: 65
Occupation: Businessman, lawyer

CHRÉTIEN, Jean Joseph Jacques
Party: Liberal
Date of birth: 1934.01.11
Term of Office: 1993.11.04 - 2003.12.11
Age: 59
Occupation: Lawyer

CAMPBELL, A. Kim
Party: Progressive Conservative
Date of birth: 1947.03.10
Term of Office: 1993.06.25 - 1993.11.03
Age: 46
Occupation: Lawyer, lecturer

MULRONEY, Martin Brian
Party: Progressive Conservative
Date of birth: 1939.03.20
Term of Office: 1984.09.17 - 1993.06.24
Age: 45
Occupation: Author, corporate executive, lawyer

TURNER, John Napier
Party: Liberal
Date of birth: 1929.06.07
Term of Office: 1984.06.30 - 1984.09.16
Age: 55
Occupation: Lawyer

TRUDEAU, Pierre Elliott
Party: Liberal
Date of birth: 1919.10.18
Term of Office: 1980.03.03 - 1984.06.29
Age: 60
Occupation: Lawyer, professor of law, writer

CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe)
Party: Progressive Conservative
Date of birth: 1939.06.05
Term of Office: 1979.06.04 - 1980.03.02
Age: 39
Occupation: Journalist, lecturer

TRUDEAU, Pierre Elliott
Party: Liberal
Date of birth: 1919.10.18
Term of Office: 1968.04.20 - 1979.06.03
Age: 48
Occupation: Lawyer, professor of law, writer

PEARSON, Lester Bowles
Party: Liberal
Date of birth: 1897.04.23
Term of Office: 1963.04.22 - 1968.04.19
Age: 65
Occupation: Author, diplomat, professor, senior public servant

DIEFENBAKER, John George
Party: Progressive Conservative
Date of birth: 1895.09.18
Term of Office: 1957.06.21 - 1963.04.21
Age: 61
Occupation: Barrister, lawyer

SAINT-LAURENT, Louis Stephen
Party: Liberal
Date of birth: 1882.02.01
Term of Office: 1948.11.15 - 1957.06.20
Age: 66
Occupation: Lawyer, professor of law

KING, William Lyon Mackenzie
Party: Liberal
Date of birth: 1874.12.17
Term of Office: 1935.10.23 - 1948.11.14
Age: 60
Occupation: Author, editor, gentleman, journalist, labour expert, lawyer, senior public servant

BENNETT, Richard Bedford
Party: Conservative
Date of birth: 1870.07.03
Term of Office: 1930.08.07 - 1935.10.22
Age: 60
Occupation: Barrister, lawyer, teacher

KING, William Lyon Mackenzie
Party: Liberal
Date of birth: 1874.12.17
Term of Office: 1926.09.25 - 1930.08.06
Age: 51
Occupation: Author, editor, gentleman, journalist, labour expert, lawyer, senior public servant

MEIGHEN, Arthur
Party: Conservative
Date of birth: 1874.06.16
Term of Office: 1926.06.29 - 1926.09.24
Age: 52
Occupation: Lawyer

KING, William Lyon Mackenzie
Party: Liberal
Date of birth: 1874.12.17
Term of Office: 1921.12.29 - 1926.06.28
Age: 47
Occupation: Author, editor, gentleman, journalist, labour expert, lawyer, senior public servant

MEIGHEN, Arthur
Party: National Liberal and Conservative Party
Date of birth: 1874.06.16
Term of Office: 1920.07.10 - 1921.12.28
Age: 46
Occupation: Lawyer

BORDEN, Robert Laird
Party: Unionist
Date of birth: 1854.06.26
Term of Office: 1917.10.12 - 1920.07.09
Age: 63
Occupation: Lawyer

BORDEN, Robert Laird
Party: Conservative
Date of birth: 1854.06.26
Term of Office: 1911.10.10 - 1917.10.11
Age: 57
Occupation: Lawyer

LAURIER, Wilfrid
Party: Liberal
Date of birth: 1841.11.20
Term of Office: 1896.07.11 - 1911.10.06
Age: 54
Occupation: Lawyer

TUPPER, Charles
Party: Conservative
Date of birth: 1821.07.02
Term of Office: 1896.05.01 - 1896.07.08
Age: 74
Occupation: Physician

BOWELL, Mackenzie
Party: Conservative
Date of birth: 1823.12.27
Term of Office: 1894.12.21 - 1896.04.27
Age: 70
Occupation: Editor, printer / slotter operator

THOMPSON, John Sparrow David
Party: Liberal-Conservative
Date of birth: 1844.11.10
Term of Office: 1892.12.05 - 1894.12.12
Age: 48
Occupation: Lawyer, lecturer

ABBOTT, John Joseph Caldwell
Party: Liberal-Conservative
Date of birth: 1821.03.12
Term of Office: 1891.06.16 - 1892.11.24
Age: 70
Occupation: Dean, lawyer

MACDONALD, John Alexander
Party: Liberal-Conservative
Date of birth: 1815.01.11
Term of Office: 1878.10.17 - 1891.06.06
Age: 63
Occupation: Lawyer

MACKENZIE, Alexander
Party: Liberal
Date of birth: 1822.01.28
Term of Office: 1873.11.07 - 1878.10.08
Age: 51
Occupation: Contractor, editor

MACDONALD, John Alexander
Party: Liberal-Conservative
Date of birth: 1815.01.11
Term of Office: 1867.07.01 - 1873.11.05
Age: 52
Occupation: Lawyer