List of Prime Ministers of Canada by date and place of birth
This is a list of the Prime Ministers of Canada by date and place of birth. Twenty–three persons have served as Prime Minister of Canada since the office came into existence in 1867.
Born in Canada
Nineteen of Canada's Prime Ministers have been born in Canada.
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Prime Minister | Birth date | Birthplace | Province | In office |
Sir John Abbott | 12 March 1821 | St. Andrews (now Saint-André-d'Argenteuil) | Lower Canada (now Quebec) | 16 June 1891 – 24 November 1892 |
Sir Charles Tupper | 2 July 1821 | Amherst | Nova Scotia | 1 May – 8 July 1896 |
Sir Wilfrid Laurier | 20 November 1841 | Saint-Lin (now Saint-Lin-Laurentides) | Canada East (now Quebec) | 11 July 1896 – 6 October 1911 |
Sir John Sparrow David Thompson | 10 November 1845 | Halifax | Nova Scotia | 5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894 |
Sir Robert Laird Borden | 26 June 1854 | Grand-Pré | Nova Scotia | 10 October 1911 – 11 October 1917 12 October 1917 – 10 July 1920 |
Richard Bedford Bennett | 3 July 1870 | Hopewell Hill | New Brunswick | 7 August 1930 – 23 October 1935 |
Arthur Meighen | 16 June 1874 | Anderson (now Perth South) | Ontario | 10 July 1920 – 29 December 1921 |
29 June – 25 September 1926 | ||||
William Lyon Mackenzie King | 17 December 1874 | Berlin (now Kitchener) | Ontario | 29 December 1921 – 28 June 1926 |
25 September 1926 – 7 August 1930 | ||||
23 October 1935 – 15 November 1948 | ||||
Louis St. Laurent | 1 February 1882 | Compton | Quebec | 15 November 1948 – 21 June 1957 |
John Diefenbaker | 18 September 1895 | Neustadt | Ontario | 21 June 1957 – 22 April 1963 |
Lester Bowles Pearson | 23 April 1897 | Newtonbrook (now a part of Toronto) | Ontario | 22 April 1963 – 20 April 1968 |
Pierre Trudeau | 18 October 1919 | Montreal | Quebec | 20 April 1968 – 3/4 June 1979 |
3 March 1980 – 29/30 June 1984 | ||||
Jean Chrétien | 11 January 1934 | Shawinigan | Quebec | 4 November 1993 – 11/12 December 2003 |
Paul Martin | 28 August 1938 | Windsor | Ontario | 12 December 2003 – 5/6 February 2006 |
Brian Mulroney | 20 March 1939 | Baie-Comeau | Quebec | 17 September 1984 – 24/25 June 1993 |
Joe Clark | 5 June 1939 | High River | Alberta | 4 June 1979 – 2/3 March 1980 |
Kim Campbell | 10 March 1947 | Port Alberni | British Columbia | 25 June – 3/4 November 1993 |
Stephen Harper | 30 April 1959 | Toronto | Ontario | 6 February 2006 – 3/4 November 2015 |
Justin Trudeau | 25 December 1971 | Ottawa | Ontario | 4 November 2015 – Incumbent |
Born in the United Kingdom
Four of Canada's Prime Ministers have been born in the United Kingdom.
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Prime Minister | Birth date | Birthplace | Country | In office |
Sir John A. Macdonald | 11 January 1815 | Glasgow | Scotland | 1 July 1867 – 5 November 1873 |
17 October 1878 – 6 June 1891 | ||||
Alexander Mackenzie | 28 January 1822 | Logierait | Scotland | 7 November 1873 – 8 October 1878 |
Sir Mackenzie Bowell | 27 December 1823 | Rickinghall | England | 21 December 1894 – 27 April 1896 |
John Napier Turner | 7 June 1929 | Richmond | England | 30 June – 16/17 September 1984 |
See also
Sources
- Government of Canada. Library of Parliament. "Prime Ministers of Canada". Retrieved September 3, 2016.
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