Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Universities of Canada

University of Alberta

Chancellor of the University of Alberta
Lois Elsa Hole

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 30 1929; d. January 6 2005.

1994 – 1998


Brandon University

Chancellor of Brandon University
Stanley Howard Knowles

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1908; d. June 9 1997

1970 – 1990

Edward Richard Schreyer

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1935

2002 – 2008


Carleton University

Chancellor of Carleton University
Lester Bowles Pearson

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1897; d. December 27 1972

1969 – 1972

Robert Gordon Robertson

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1917; d. January 15 2013.

1980 – 1990

Ramon John “Ray” Hnatyshyn

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1934; d. December 18 2002.

2002


Dalhousie University

Chancellor of Dalhousie University
Clarence Decatur Howe

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1886; d. December 31 1960.

1957 – 1960


University of Guelph

Chancellor of the University of Guelph
George Alexander Drew

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 7 1894; d. January 4 1973

1965 – 1971


University of Manitoba

President of the University of Manitoba
Sidney Earle Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1897; d. March 17 1959.

1934 – 1944


McGill University

Chancellor of McGill University
Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 6 1820; d. January 21 1914.

1889 – 1914

Michael Arthur Meighen

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 25 1939.

2014 – 2021


Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University
John Wadden Bethune

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1791; d. August 22 1872.

1835 – 1846

David Lloyd Johnston

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1941.

1979 – 1994


Mount Allison University

Chancellor of Mount Allison University
Peter Mansbridge

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 6 1948.

2009 – 2017


University of Ottawa

Chancellor of the University of Ottawa
Pauline Vanier

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1898; d. March 23 1991

1966 – 1973

Joseph Honoré Gérald Fauteux

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 22 1900; d. September 14 1980.

1973 – 1979

Gabrielle Léger

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1916; d. March 10 1998

1979 – 1985

Maurice Sauvé

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 20 1923; d. April 13 1992.

1985 – 1990

Michaëlle Jean

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1957.

2012 – 2015


Queen’s University

Chancellor of Queen’s University
Sir Sandford Fleming

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1827; d. July 22 1915.

1880 – 1915

Charles Avery Dunning

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 31 1885; d. October 1 1958.

1940 – 1958

Daniel Roland Michener

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1900; d. August 6 1991

1973 – 1980


University of Saskatchewan

Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan
John George Diefenbaker

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1895; d. August 16 1979

1969 – 1979


University of Toronto

Chancellor of the University of Toronto (King’s College until 1849)
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, 12th Earl of Kincardine

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1811; d. November 20 1863.

Titles of nobility: Earl of Elgin in the Peerage of Scotland (1841 – 1863); Earl of Kincardine in the Peerage of Scotland (1841 – 1863); Baron Elgin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1849 – 1863).

1847 – 1849

Dominick Edward Blake

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1833; d. March 1 1912.

1876 – 1900

Sir William Mulock

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 19 1843; d. October 1 1944.

1924 – 1944

Charles Vincent Massey

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 20 1887; d. December 30 1967

1947 – 1953

John Black Aird

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 5 1923; d. May 6 1995.

1986 – 1991

Vivienne Poy

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1941.

2003 – 2006

David Robert Peterson

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1943.

2006 – 2012


President of the University of Toronto
James Loudon

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1841; d. December 29 1916.

1892 – 1906

Sidney Earle Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1897; d. March 17 1959.

1945 – 1957

John Robert Stobo Prichard

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1949.

1990 – 2000


Trent University

Chancellor of Trent University
Eugene Alfred Forsey

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1904; d. February 20 1991.

1973 – 1977

Mary Jeannie May Simon

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1947.

Monarch(s): Elizabeth II, Charles III.

Prime minister(s): Justin Trudeau.

Other prominent offices: Ambassador of Canada to Denmark (1999 – 2002).

1995 – 1999

Mary Jeannie May Simon*

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1947.

Monarch(s): Elizabeth II, Charles III.

Prime minister(s): Justin Trudeau.

Other prominent offices: Ambassador of Canada to Denmark (1999 – 2002).

2002 – 2003


University of Waterloo

President of the University of Waterloo
David Lloyd Johnston

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1941.

1999 – 2010


Wilfrid Laurier University

Chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University
John Black Aird

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 5 1923; d. May 6 1995.

1977 – 1985

Robert Keith “Bob” Rae

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 2 1948.

2003 – 2008