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List of Canadian Prime Ministers
1. Sir John A. Macdonald (Liberal-Conservative) 1867-1873

1867: George Brown (Liberal), Joseph Howe (Anti-Confederation)
1872: Edward Blake (Liberal)

2. Alexander Mackenzie (Liberal) 1873-1978
1874: Sir John A. Macdonald (Liberal-Conservative)
1. Sir John A. Macdonald (Liberal-Conservative) 1878-1891
1878: Alexander Mackenzie (Liberal)
1882: Edward Blake (Liberal)
1887: Edward Blake (Liberal)
1891: Wilfred Laurier (Liberal)

3. Sir John Abbott (Liberal-Conservative) 1891-1892
4. Sir John Thompson (Liberal-Conservative) 1892-1895
5. Sir Charles Tupper (Liberal-Conservative) 1895-1900

1896: Wilfred Laurier (Liberal) [1]
6. Sir Wilfred Laurier (Liberal/National Liberal) 1900-1919 †
1900: Sir Charles Tupper (Liberal-Conservative)
1904: Arthur Rupert Dickey (Liberal-Conservative)
1908: Arthur Rupert Dickey (Liberal-Conservative)
1911: Sir George Eulas Foster (Conservative)
1917: Albert Kemp (Conservative)

7. William Melville Martin (National Liberal) 1919-1924
1922 (minority): Charles Ballantyne (Liberal-Conservative), Thomas Langton Church (National) [2]
8. Charles Ballantyne (Liberal-Conservative) 1924-1929
1924 (minority): William Melville Martin (National Liberal), Thomas Langton Church (National)
1925: William Melville Martin (National Liberal), Thomas Langton Church (National)

9. Hugh Guthrie (National Liberal) 1929-1931
1929: Charles Ballantyne (Liberal-Conservative), Thomas Langton Church (National)
10. Thomas Crerar (National Liberal) 1931-1933 [3]
11. Arthur Sauvé (Liberal-Conservative/Wartime Government) 1933-1944 †
1933: Thomas Crerar (National Liberal), Thomas Langton Church (National), H.H. Stevens (Reconstruction), J.S. Woodsworth (Labour)
1937: Thomas Crerar (National Liberal), Thomas Langton Church (National), J.S. Woodsworth (Labour)
1941: James Garfield Gardiner (National Liberal), Thomas Langton Church (National), J.S. Woodsworth (Labour)

12. Richard Hanson (Wartime Government/Liberal-Conservative) 1944-1945 [4]
13. Camillien Houde (Liberal-Conservative/People's Party) 1945-1946
14. Stuart Garson (National Liberal) 1946-1954
1946: Camillien Houde (People's Party), Solon Earl Low (National), Henry Elvins Spencer (Labour)
1950: George Nowlan (Democratic Conservative), Solon Earl Low (National), Henry Elvins Spencer (Labour)

15. Major James Coldwell (National Liberal) 1954-1959 [5]
1955, June. (minority): George Nowlan (Democratic Conservative), Solon Earl Low (National), William Irvine (Labour)
1955, Sept.: George Nowlan (Democratic Conservative), Solon Earl Low (National), William Irvine (Labour)

16. Paul Sauvé (Democratic Conservative) 1959-1970 [6]
1959 (minority): Major James Coldwell (National Liberal), Robert N. Thompson (National), William Irvine (Labour)
1960: Donald Hugh Mackay (National Liberal), Robert N. Thompson (National), William Irvine (Labour)
1964: Donald Hugh Mackay (National Liberal), Robert N. Thompson (National), Hazen Argue (Labour)
1968: Robert Winters (National Liberal), Robert N. Thompson (National), Hazen Argue (Labour)

17. George Hees (Democratic Conservative) 1970-1973
18. Paul Hellyer (National Liberal) 1973-1980

1973 (minority): George Hees (Democratic Conservative), Gordon Taylor (National), Hazen Argue (Labour)
1975 (minority): Yves Ryan (Democratic Conservative), Gordon Taylor (National), Hazen Argue (Labour)
1976: Yves Ryan (Democratic Conservative), Gordon Taylor (National), Hazen Argue (Labour)

19. Michael Meighen (Democratic Conservative) 1980-1984
1980: Paul Hellyer (National Liberal), Gordon Taylor (National), Rosemary Brown (Labour)
20. James Armstrong Richardson (National Liberal) 1984-1991
1984: Michael Meighen (Democratic Conservative), Robert Curtis Clark (National), John Paul Harney (Labour)
1988 (minority): Benoît Bouchard (Democratic Conservative), Bob Clark (National), John Paul Harney (Labour)
1990 (minority): Benoît Bouchard (Democratic Conservative), Bob Clark (National), John Paul Harney (Labour)

21. Benoît Bouchard (Democratic Conservative) 1991-2000
1991 (minority): James Armstrong Richardson (National Liberal), Raymond Speaker (National), Howard McCurdy (Labour), Gordon Kesler (United West)
1993 (minority): Laurence Decore (National Liberal), Raymond Speaker (National), Howard McCurdy (Labour), Gordon Kesler (United West)
1996: Laurence Decore (National Liberal), Howard McCurdy (Labour), Raymond Speaker (National), Gordon Kesler (United West)

22. Ralph Klein (National Liberal) 2000-2006
2000: Benoît Bouchard (Democratic Conservative), Lorne Calvert (Labour), Tom Long (National), Gordon Kesler (United West)
2004: Pat Binns (Democratic Conservative), Lorne Calvert (Labour), Tom Long (National), Doug Christie (United West)

23. Joe Volpe (National Liberal) 2006-2008 [7]
24. Pat Binns (Democratic Conservative) 2008-2013 [8]
2008 (minority): Joe Volpe (National Liberal), Lorne Calvert (Labour), Tom Long (National), Bruce Burnett (Western Bloc)
2010: Stephen Harper (National Liberal), Michael Prue (Labour), Tom Long (National), Bruce Burnett (Western Bloc)

25. Denis Lebel (Democratic Conservative) 2013-2015
26. Stephen Harper (National Liberal) 2015-
[9]
2015: Denis Lebel (Democratic Conservative), Michael Prue (Labour), Doug Ford (National), Bruce Burnett (Western Bloc)

[1] You're probably wondering how Laurier, the great Liberal titan, lost. Well IOTL he actually lost the popular vote. You'll also notice that I had John Thompson stay on as Prime Minister an extra year. He still dies, but with a little bit of extra time, he manages to bring Newfoundland into Confederation. Those extra Atlantic seats manage to push Tupper over the top and hand the Liberal-Conservatives one more kick at the can.

[2] A member of the Orange Order of Canada, former Toronto Mayor Thomas Langton Church did not care much for his party's new French-Canadian leader. So, he started his own. The West stayed Liberal, Quebec and the East went Tory, while Ontario seemed content to give the Nationals a try.

[3] It kinda sucks to get your first kick at the job of Prime Minister just as the Great Depression hits the country. What's worse is when you're leading a party as ambitious as the Liberals, who don't have much of a problem dumping a leader when Canadians are protesting in the streets. Maybe that progressive-thinking Crerar will do the job.

[4] Sure, when the Prime Minister dies, you get a replacement. Trouble is, the guy who died had been Prime Minister for eleven years, and his most obvious successor, Robert Manion, had died the year before. Thanks Manion. Ah well, Hanson will do for now. Steady as she goes!

[5] An acolyte of Crerar, Coldwell is convinced to become Liberal leader after several scandals risk booting the government from office. He's reluctant, but on the advice of his mentor, he takes the job. Becoming the father of healthcare isn't a bad legacy to have.

[6] Lets be honest, if the Tories wanted to win again, and win big, they needed a Sauvé at the helm. Managed to serve a week longer than his Dad. Go figure.

[7] Did he help balance the budget? Sure. But he started to act a little too authoritarian towards the end. Can't have that now.

[8] Quiet and unassuming, Binns was the first non-Quebec leader since George Hees in the early 70s, and the first Maritime leader since...geez, George Nowlan in the 1950s. The man started to get tired after five years in Ottawa, and decided he wanted to spend a little more time with his family. Can you blame the guy?

[9] A protegee of Decore and Klein, Harper seems determined to completely wipe out the Tories no matter what. He's reaching out to Quebec, cementing the Liberal's roots in Ontario, and recruited some star candidates out in Atlantic Canada. Who knows, with any luck this guy could be around for quite some time.

† Died in office.

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