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List of premiers by province Canada is a federation that comprises ten provinces and three territories . Its government is structured as a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy , with a monarch as its sovereign and a Prime Minister as its head of government.
Officially, the prime minister is appointed by the governor general of Canada, but by constitutional convention, the prime minister must have the confidence of the elected House of Commons. Normally, this is the leader of the party caucus with the greatest number of seats in the house.
Prime Minister Birth date Birthplace Province/country In office Age taking office Age leaving office Post-premiership time Death date Age Sir John A. Macdonald: January 11, 1815: Glasgow Scotland: July 1, 1867 – November 5, 1873: 52 years, 171 days: 58 years, 298 days: 4 years, 346 days: June 6, 1891: 76 years, 146 days October 17, 1878 ...
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.
In Canada, a premier (/ ˈ p r iː m j ər / ⓘ PREEM-yər) is the head of government of a province or territory. Though the word is merely a synonym for prime minister, it is employed for provincial prime ministers to differentiate them from the prime minister of Canada. There are ten provincial premiers and three territorial premiers.
• Prime Minister [2] [6] —Ministry [2] [5] [7] Seat counts as of election [2] [8] [9] Official Opposition Party [10] • Leader of the Opposition [10] Third Parties with official party status; 1st Canadian Parliament Elected 1867 5 sessions Sep 24, 1867 – Jul 8, 1872 Conservative Party
The following list indicates ridings represented by Canadian prime ministers during their term(s) of office.Some prime ministers represented more than one constituency during their term(s), hence the tallied numbers exceed the number of prime ministers.
Prime Minister Laurier's Liberals win re-election with a second majority, defeating former prime minister Tupper's Conservatives. Tupper loses his own seat of Cape Breton. 128 79 [2] – – – 6 213 10th 1904 Prime Minister Laurier's Liberals win re-election with a third majority, defeating Robert Borden's Conservatives. 137 75 [2 ...