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Appendix to 20 YEAR DEATH CYCLE OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTS

 

INITIAL INTERVAL & CANADIAN PRIME MINISTERS
Prime Minister

Initial
Interval

 Party Term(s) Time as P M
           Years
John Alexander Macdonald 2 Cons July 1, 1867  -  Nov 5, 1873 6
Alexander Mackenzie 11 Liberal Nov 7, 1873  -  Oct 8, 1878 5
John Alexander Macdonald   Cons Oct 17, 1878  -  June 6, 1891 13
John Joseph Caldwell Abbott 9 Cons June 16, 1891  -  Nov 24, 1892 1
John Sparrow David Thompson 9 Cons Dec 5, 1892 - Dec 12, 1894 2
Mackenzie Bowell 10 Cons Dec 12, 1894  -  Apr 27, 1896 1
Charles Tupper 16 Cons May 1, 1896  -  July 8, 1896 0
Wilfrid Laurier 10 Liberal July 11, 1896  -  Oct 6, 1911 15
Robert Laird Borden 15 Cons Oct 10, 1911  -  Oct 12, 1917 6
Robert Laird Borden   Unionist Oct 12, 1917  -  July 10, 1920 3
Arthur Meighen 11 Unionist July 10, 1920  -  Dec 29, 1921 1
William Lyon Mackenzie King 11 Liberal Dec 29, 1921  -  June 28, 1926 4
Arthur Meighen   Cons June 29, 1926  -  Sept 25, 1926 2 mths
William Lyon Mackenzie King   Liberal Sept. 25, 1926  -  Aug 7, 1930 4
Richard Bedford Bennett 10 Cons Aug 7, 1930  -  Oct. 23, 1935 5
William Lyon Mackenzie King   Liberal Oct 23, 1935  -  Nov 15, 1948 13
Louis Stephen St. Laurent 6 Liberal Nov 15, 1948  -  June 21, 1957

9
John George Diefenbaker 5 PC June 21, 1957  -  Apr 22, 1963 9
Lester Bowles Pearson 3 Liberal Apr 22, 1963  -  Apr 20, 1968

5
Pierre Elliott Trudeau 3 Liberal Apr 20, 1968  -  June 3, 1979

11
Charles Joseph Clark 0 PC June 4, 1979  -  March 2, 1980

9 mths
Pierre Elliott Trudeau   Liberal March 3, 1980  -  June 30, 1984 4
John Napier Turner 9 Liberal June 30, 1984  -  Sept 17, 1984 2 mths
Martin 'Brian' Mulroney 10 PC Sept 17, 1984  -  June 25, 1993 9
A. Kim Campbell 7 PC June 25, 1993  -  Nov 4, 1993 4 mths
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien 6 Liberal Nov 4, 1993  -  Dec 12, 2003 10
Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, Jr. 2 Liberal Dec 12, 2003  -  Feb 6, 2006 2
Stephen 'Joe' Harper (a) 1 Cons Feb 6, 2006  -  present  
Some Canadian leaders had more than one stint as Prime Minister. The names given in bold are the first time that a particular leader held power.
(a) Two names were given for this prime minister Stephen Harper & Joe Harper, which had an initial interval of 10 and 1 respectively. The latter is presented in this table.
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