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.
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.
Names sort by order of birth Birth dates sort by day and month
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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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- Government of Canada. Library of Parliament. "Prime Ministers of Canada". Retrieved September 3, 2016.