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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.
Wagner maintains that King’s spiritualism contributed to his political achievements as Canada’s longest serving Prime Minister. [165] King never married, [161] but had several close female friends, including Joan Patteson, a married woman with whom he spent some of his leisure time; sometimes she served as hostess at his dinner parties. [166]
^ 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 ...
Canada's prime ministers during its first century. The prime minister of Canada is an official who serves as the primary minister of the Crown, chair of the Cabinet, and thus head of government of Canada. Twenty-three people (twenty-two men and one woman) have served as prime ministers.
Margaret Thatcher, in office for 11 years and 208 days between 1979 and 1990, is the longest-serving prime minister in modern history, [3] and the longest-serving prime minister officially referred to as such. [9] [10] William Gladstone is the only person to have served four separate terms.
Prime Minister of Canada: Constitutional monarchy 4 November 2015 9 years, 56 days Kassim Majaliwa: Prime Minister of Tanzania: Presidential republic 20 November 2015 9 years, 40 days Andrew Holness: Prime Minister of Jamaica: Constitutional monarchy 3 March 2016 8 years, 302 days Ulisses Correia e Silva: Prime Minister of Cape Verde
Walpole is also the longest-serving British prime minister by this definition. [6] The first prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was William Pitt the Younger at its creation on 1 January 1801. [7]
The prime minister who lived the longest after leaving office for the final time was the Duke of Grafton, who left office on 28 January 1770. He died on 14 March 1811, 41 years and 45 days later. In the last 100 years, the prime minister who lived the longest after leaving office was Edward Heath, whose term ended on 4 March 1974. He died on 17 ...