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Party Incumbency First mandate began Current mandate began Renewal of Mandate Parlia-ment Federation – Prime Minister of Canada; Justin Trudeau [1] Canada: 23rd: Liberal Party of Canada: 9 years, 45 days 2015 election: 2021 election: 2025 election: 44th: Provinces – Provincial premiers; Doug Ford [2] Ontario: 26th: Progressive Conservative ...
Youngest Canadian PM; Freedom of Information Act; Canadian Caper; defeated in a motion of no confidence on first budget. — (2 of 2) Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000) 3 March 1980 30 June 1984 1980 election (32nd Parl.) Liberal (Ldr. 1968) MP for Mount Royal, QC: 22nd [38]
Premiers thus exercise a significant amount of power within the Canadian federation, especially in regard to the federal government. In many ways they remain the most effective representatives of provincial interests to the federal government, as parliament 's strong party discipline and other factors have impaired provincial representation there.
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.
This is a list of leaders of the Conservative Party of Canada (historical) (1867–1942), Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1942–2003), and Conservative Party of Canada (2003–present) ("the Tory parties"), and of prime ministers of Canada after Confederation who were members of those parties.
The prime minister of Canada (French: premier ministre du Canada) [note 1] is the head of government of Canada.Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the confidence of a majority of the elected House of Commons; as such, the prime minister typically sits as a member of Parliament (MP) and leads the largest party or a coalition of parties.
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.
The second (and current) Conservative Party of Canada was a merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party. Progressive Party and United Farmers. Some candidates for the Progressive Party of Canada used United Farmer designations: Farmer (1925 & 1930), United Farmers of Canada, United Farmers of Alberta, or