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Current political parties
Bloc Québécois
Leader of the Bloc Québécois
Lucien Bouchard
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1938.
1990 – 1996
Conservative Party of Canada
Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
Stephen Joseph Harper
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 30 1959.
2004 – 2015
Andrew James Scheer
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 20 1979.
2017 – 2020
Pierre Marcel Poilievre
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1979.
2022 – present
Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
Peter Gordon MacKay
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 27 1965.
2004 – 2015
Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Senate
Marjory LeBreton
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1940.
2006 – 2013
Liberal Party of Canada
Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
George Brown
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 29 1818; d. May 9 1880
Other offices held: Joint Premier of the Province of Canada West (1858)
1867 – 1873
Alexander Mackenzie
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1822; d. April 17 1892.
1873 – 1880
Dominick Edward Blake
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1833; d. March 1 1912.
1880 – 1887
Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1841; d. February 17 1919
1887 – 1919
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1874; d. July 22 1950
1919 – 1948
Louis Stephen St. Laurent
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1882; d. July 25 1973
1948 – 1958
Lester Bowles Pearson
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1897; d. December 27 1972
1958 – 1968
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 18 1919; d. September 28 2000
1968 – 1984
John Napier Wyndham Turner
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 7 1929; d. September 19 2020.
1984 – 1990
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1934.
1990 – 2003
Paul Edgar Philippe Martin
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 28 1938.
2003 – 2006
Michael Grant Ignatieff*
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1947
*Note: Acting Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, 2008 – 2009.
2008 – 2011
Robert Keith “Bob” Rae*
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 2 1948.
2011 – 2013
Justin Pierre James Trudeau
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1971.
2013 – present
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1934.
1984 – 1986
Michael Grant Ignatieff
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1947
2006 – 2009
President of the National Liberal Federation
Charles Vincent Massey
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 20 1887; d. December 30 1967
1932 – 1935
Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Senate
Sir Oliver Mowat
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 22 1820; d. April 19 1903.
1896 – 1897
David Mills
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1831; d. May 8 1903.
1897 – 1902
Sir Richard John Cartwright
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1835; d. September 24 1912.
1909 – 1912
Sir George William Ross
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1841; d. March 7 1914.
1912 – 1914
Raoul Dandurand
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1861; d. March 11 1942.
1919 – 1942
Joseph James Guillaume Paul Martin
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1903; d. September 14 1992
1968 – 1974
Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in the House of Commons
John Whitney “Jack” Pickersgill
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1905; d. November 14 1997.
1963
New Democratic Party
Leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
James Shaver Charleston Woodsworth
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1874; d. March 21 1942.
1932 – 1942
Hazen Robert Argue
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 6 1921; d. October 2 1991.
1960 – 1961
Leader of the New Democratic Party
Thomas Clement “Tommy” Douglas
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1904; d. February 24 1986
1961 – 1971
John Edward “Ed” Broadbent
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1936; d. January 11 2024.
1975 – 1989
Leader of the New Democratic Party in the House of Commons
Stanley Howard Knowles
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1908; d. June 9 1997
1962 – 1981
Whip of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the House of Commons
Stanley Howard Knowles
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1908; d. June 9 1997
1944 – 1958
Whip of the New Democratic Party in the House of Commons
Stanley Howard Knowles
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1908; d. June 9 1997
1962 – 1972
Communist Party of Canada
Chair of the Communist Party of Canada
Timothy “Tim” Buck
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 6 1891; d. March 11 1973.
1962 – 1973
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Canada
Timothy “Tim” Buck
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 6 1891; d. March 11 1973.
1929 – 1962
Defunct political parties
Canadian Action Party
Leader of the Canadian Action Party
Paul Theodore Hellyer
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 6 1923; d. August 8 2021.
1997 – 2003
Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance
Leader of the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance
Stephen Joseph Harper
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 30 1959.
2002 – 2003
Conservative Party of Canada
Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
Sir John Alexander Macdonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10/11 1815; d. June 6 1891
Other offices held: Prime Minister of Canada (1867 – 1873; 1878 – 1891); Joint Premier of the Province of Canada (1856 – 1867); Member of the Parliament of Canada (1867 – 1891); Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1867 – 1873); Leader of the Official Opposition (1873 – 1878); Minister of the Interior (1878 – 1883); Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1878 – 1887); President of the Privy Council (1883 – 1889); Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1888); Minister of the Interior (1888); Minister of Railways and Canals (1889 – 1891)
1867 – 1891
John Joseph Caldwell Abbott
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1821; d. October 30 1893
1891 – 1892
Sir John Sparrow David Thompson
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 10 1845; d. December 12 1894
Note: This was a caretaker government.
1892 – 1894
Sir Mackenzie Bowell
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1823; d. December 10 1917.
1894 – 1896
Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1821; d. October 30 1915.
Note: This was a caretaker government.
1896 – 1901
Sir Robert Laird Borden
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 26 1854; d. June 10 1937
1901 – 1920
Arthur Meighen
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 16 1874; d. August 5 1960
1920 – 1926
Hugh Guthrie*
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 13 1866; d. November 3 1939.
1926 – 1927
Richard Bedford Bennett
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1870; d. June 26 1947
1927 – 1938
Robert James Manion
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1881; d. July 2 1943.
1938 – 1940
Arthur Meighen
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 16 1874; d. August 5 1960
1941 – 1942
Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Senate
Sir Mackenzie Bowell
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1823; d. December 10 1917.
1893 – 1906
Progressive Party of Canada
Leader of the Progressive Party of Canada
Thomas Alexander Crerar
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1876; d. April 11 1975.
1920 – 1922
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
John Bracken
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 22 1883; d. March 18 1969.
1942 – 1948
George Alexander Drew
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 7 1894; d. January 4 1973
1948 – 1956
William Earl Rowe*
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 13 1894; d. February 9 1984.
1956
John George Diefenbaker
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1895; d. August 16 1979
1956 – 1967
Robert Lorne Stanfield
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1914; d. December 16 2003
1967 – 1976
Charles Joseph “Joe” Clark
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 5 1939
1976 – 1983
Martin Brian Mulroney
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1939; d. February 29 2024.
1983 – 1993
Avril Phaedra Douglas “Kim” Campbell
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1947.
1993
John James “Jean” Charest
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1958.
1993 – 1998
Elsie Eleanore Wayne*
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 20 1932; d. August 23 2016.
1998
Charles Joseph “Joe” Clark
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 5 1939
1998 – 2003
Peter Gordon MacKay
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 27 1965.
2003
Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in the Senate
Walter Morley Aseltine
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1886; d. November 14 1971
1958 – 1962
Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in the House of Commons
Gordon Minto Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1898; d. August 3 1985.
1960 – 1965
Michael Starr
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1910; d. March 16 2000.
1965 – 1968
President of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Léon Balcer
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1917; d. March 22 1991.
1956 – 1959
Dalton Kingsley Camp
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1920; d. March 18 2002.
1964 – 1967
Reform Party of Canada
Leader of the Reform Party of Canada
Ernest Preston Manning
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 10 1942.
1987 – 2000