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13 Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen ................................................................................................Conservative June 29, 1926 to Sept. 25, 1926
14 Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King .................................................................................Liberal Sept. 25, 1926 to Aug. 7, 1930
15 Rt. Hon. Richard Bedford Bennett (became Viscount Bennett, 1941) ........................Conservative Aug. 7, 1930 to Oct. 23, 1935
16 Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King .................................................................................Liberal Oct. 23, 1935 to Nov. 15, 1948
17 Rt. Hon. Louis Stephen Saint-Laurent ...................................................................................Liberal Nov. 15, 1948 to June 21, 1957
18 Rt. Hon. John George Diefenbaker ...........................................................Progressive Conservative June 21, 1957 to Apr. 22, 1963
19 Rt. Hon. Lester Bowles Pearson ..............................................................................................Liberal Apr. 22, 1963 to Apr. 20, 1968
20 Rt. Hon. Pierre Elliott Trudeau ................................................................................................Liberal Apr. 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979
21 Rt. Hon. Charles Joseph Clark ...................................................................Progressive Conservative June 4, 1979 to March 3, 1980
22 Rt. Hon. Pierre Elliott Trudeau ................................................................................................Liberal March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984
23 Rt. Hon. John Napier Turner ....................................................................................................Liberal June 30, 1984 to Sept. 17, 1984
24 Rt. Hon. Martin Brian Mulroney ...............................................................Progressive Conservative Sept. 17, 1984 to June 25, 1993
25 Rt. Hon. A. Kim Campbell ..........................................................................Progressive Conservative June 25, 1993 to Nov. 4, 1993
26 Rt. Hon. Jean Joseph Jacques Chrétien ..................................................................................Liberal Nov. 4, 1993 to Dec. 11, 2003
27 Rt. Hon. Paul Edgar Philippe Martin .....................................................................................Liberal Dec. 12, 2003 to Feb. 5, 2006
28 Rt. Hon. Stephen Joseph Harper ...................................................................................Conservative Feb. 6, 2006 -
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How Canadians
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