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Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the longest consecutively serving prime minister. The prime minister of Canada is the head of government of Canada. Since Canadian Confederation in 1867, there have been 23 prime ministers who have formed 29 Canadian ministries. The first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, took office on July 1, 1867.
Statesmen, Strategists and Diplomats: Canada's Prime Ministers and the Making of Foreign Policy. The C. D. Howe Series in Canadian Political History Series. University of British Columbia Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-6855-6. Schlee, Gary (2018). Unknown and unforgettable : a guide to Canada's Prime Ministers. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ISBN 978-1 ...
^ Served less than 10 months as prime minister, while all others served for more than 4 years, 11 months. In October 2016, Maclean's again ranked the prime ministers, this time splitting them into two lists. The long-serving prime ministers were ranked as follows: King; Laurier; Macdonald; Pierre Trudeau; Pearson; St. Laurent; Chrétien ...
With a total of 21 years and 154 days in office, he remains the longest-serving prime minister in Canadian history. King studied law and political economy in the 1890s and later obtained a PhD – the only Canadian prime minister to have done so. In 1900, he became deputy minister of the Canadian government's new Department of Labour.
Laurier is ranked among the top three of Canadian prime ministers. At 31 years and 8 months, Laurier is the longest-serving leader of a major Canadian political party. He is the fourth-longest serving prime minister of Canada, behind Pierre Trudeau, John A. Macdonald, and William Lyon Mackenzie King.
The longest-serving current first minister is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who assumed office on November 4, 2015; [note 1] the newest first minister is Susan Holt of New Brunswick, who assumed office on November 2, 2024.
Mackenzie King in 1942. This article is the electoral history of William Lyon Mackenzie King, the tenth Prime Minister of Canada.A Liberal, he was Canada's longest-serving prime minister, with three separate terms as prime minister (1921–1926, 1926–1930 and 1935–1948), for a total of 21 years and 154 days.
The oldest MP was William Anderson Black, a Conservative who was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a 1923 by-election for the riding of Halifax. At the time of election, Mr. Black was 76 years, 1 month, and 26 days old. He held his seat until his death on 1 September 1934 at the age of 86 years, 10 months and 22 days.