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| Prime Minister | Political Party | Dates in Office |
| Sir John A. Macdonald | Conservative | 1867-73 |
| Alexander Mackenzie | Liberal | 1873-78 |
| Sir John A. Macdonald | Conservative | 1878-91 |
| Sir John J. C. Abbott | Conservative | 1891-92 |
| Sir John S. D. Thompson | Conservative | 1892-94 |
| Sir Mackenzie Bowell | Conservative | 1894-96 |
| Sir Charles Tupper | Conservative | 1896 |
| Sir Wilfred Laurier | Liberal | 1896-1911 |
| Sir Robert L. Borden | Conservative/Unionist | 1911-20 |
| Arthur Meighen | Conservative | 1920-21 |
| W. L. M. King | Liberal | 1921-26 |
| Arthur Meighen | Conservative | 1926 |
| W. L. M. King | Liberal | 1926-30 |
| Richard B. Bennett | Conservative | 1930-35 |
| W. L. M. King | Liberal | 1935-48 |
| Louis St. Laurent | Liberal | 1948-57 |
| John G. Diefenbaker | Progressive Conservative | 1957-63 |
| Lester B. Pearson | Liberal | 1963-68 |
| Pierre Elliott Trudeau | Liberal | 1968-79 |
| Joseph Clark | Progressive Conservative | 1979-80 |
| Pierre Elliott Trudeau | Liberal | 1980-84 |
| John Turner | Liberal | 1984 |
| Brian Mulroney | Progressive Conservative | 1984-93 |
| Kim Campbell | Progressive Conservative | 1993 |
| Jean Chrétien | Liberal | 1993- |
