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Sir John A. Macdonald
The Life of Sir John A. Macdonald Sir John A. Macdonald became the first Prime Minister of Canada on July 1st, 1867 and is the dominant figure of Canadian Confederation. He is known as the Father of Conference. He attended the Charlottetown (Sept. 1864), Quebec (Oct. 1864) and London (Dec. 1866) conferences. He held office for a total of 18 years and is till this day the second longest serving Prime Minister of Canada. -
Alexander Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie was the leader of the Liberal Party. He was Canada's second Prime Minister. He spent amost 26 years in politics. -
Sir John A. Macdonald
Leader of the Liberal-Conservative Party. Sir John A. MacDonald died in office at the age of 76 years, on June 6, 1891. -
Sir John Abbott
John Abbott was the leader Liberal-Conservative Party. He succeeded on Macdonald's death becoming Canada's 4th Prime Minister. He retired on November24 1892 due to ill health. -
Sir John Thompson
Canada's 5th Prime Minister. Thompson was Canada's first Catholic Prme Minister. He died of a heart attack in office. -
Sir Mackenzie Bowell
Sir Mackenzie Bowell was the fifth Prime Minister of Canada. He served from from December 21st, 1894 to April 27, 1896. Due to political turmoil throughout his leadership, Bowell's own Cabinet decided that he was incompetent to lead and so forced him to step down. -
Sir Charles Tupper
Sir Charles Tupper served only 2 months as Prime Minister of Canada after Sir Mackenzie Bowell was deemed incompetent to lead. He was Canada's 7th Prime Minister. -
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier was the 7th Prime Minister of Canada. He was this countries first ever francophone Prime Minister. He fought for an English-French partnership in Canada and passionately defended individual liberty. He is the fourth longest serving Prime Minister. -
Sir Robert Borden
Canada's 9th Prime Minister as the leader of the Conservative Party and 10th Prime Minister under the Unionist Party. During Borden's time as PM the following are a few events that have taken place: First World Wat, Military Service Act, Women's suffrage, as well as Borden signed the Treaty of Versailles and joined the League of Nations. -
Arthur Meighen
Arthur Meighen was Canada's 11th Prime Ministry. His policial stand was with the National Liberal and Conservative Party. -
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King is till this day the longest serving Prime Minister of Canada. He held office three separate times in history. The King-Byng Affair saw the Governor General refuse King's request for a new election causing him to resign and Meighen to be invited to form a government. -
Arthur Meighen
Canada's 13th Prime Minister for the Conservative Party. Arthur Meighen was appointed as a result of the King-Byng Affair. -
William Lyon Mackenzie King
The second time that William Lyon Mackenzie King was elected PM. 14th Prime Minister. A member of the Liberal Party. -
R. B. Bennett
R. B. Bennett was Canada's 15th Prime Minister. He was the PM during the first part of the Great Depression. A member of the Conservative Party. -
William Lyon Mackenzie King
The third time that William Lyon Mackenzie King was elected PM (16th PM). Canadian's throughout history have continued to vote him the best Prime Minister of all time. -
Louis St. Laurent
Louis St. Laurent was Canada's 17th Prime Minister. He was the PM went Newfoundland joined confederation. Also he had a part in the creation in events such as the U.N. Emergency Force, Trans-Canada Highway, and Newfoundland Act. A member of the Liberal Party. -
John Diefenbaker
John Diefenbaker led Canada as its 18th Prime Minister. He appointed the first female minister to his Cabinet as well as the first Aboriginal member of the Senate. Diefenbaker was a Conservative, the only Conservative to hold the Prime Minister position between the 1920's and 1980's. -
Lester Bowles Pearson
Lester Bowles Pearson was a Canadian professor, historian, civil servant, statesmen, diplomat, and politician. He was the 19th Prime Minister of Canada from April 22, 1963 to April 20, 1968. During his time as leader, he introduced universal health care, student loans, the Canadian Pension Plan, the Order of Canada, and the current Canadian flag. -
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Famous Pierre Trudeau interview with CBC in 1970 Pierre Elliott Trudeau was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20th, 1968 to June 4th, 1979. -
Joe Clark
Joe Clark was Canada's 21st Prime Minister. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. Also, Canada's youngest Prime Minister. -
Pierre Trudeau
A member of the Liberal Party, this was he second time in office, now serving as the 22nd PM, During his reign, he supressed a violent revolt by Quebec separatists and established the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms within's Canada's Constitution. -
John Turner
John Turner was Canada's 23rd Prime Minister. A member of the Liberal Party. He was in power from June 30th to September 17th 1984, because his term in office was so short he never got ot sit in parilment as PM. -
Brian Mulroney
Brian Mulroney was the 24th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17th, 1984 to June 25, 1993. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party in Canda. During his leadership, the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement as well as the Goods and Services Tax were introduced. -
Kim Campbell
Kim Campbell was the first and only to this day female Prime Minister of Canada. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party.She served only a total of 132 days. -
Jean Chretien
Jean Chretien was the 26th Prime Minister of Canada and served as leader of Canada for over 10 years from November 4th, 1993 to December 12, 2003. -
Paul Martin
Canada's 27th Prime Minister. A member of the Liberal Party. Things that he implicated in office where the civil marriage act, the Kelowna Accord, G20, and the rejection of US Anti-Missile Treaty. -
Stephen Harper
Stephen Harper our current Prime Minister. Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. -
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CBCtv (3 December 2008). CBC Archives: Just Watch Me, 1970. [Video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfUq9b1XTa0
eVideoProductions (12, August 2010). The Life of Sir John A. MacDonald. [video]. Retrieved from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXbFGXXo6sQ
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