Beat the Record

Our FDR, former PM Mackenzie King, holds the longevity record at 22.5 years in office. Close behind is Original PM Sir Bob Walpole at 21 years. With a POD of 1948, have that record broken in a democratic First World country.

Canadian record holders:

1: Mackenzie King- 1921-30, 1935-48
2. Sir John A. Macdonald: 1867-73, 1878-91
3: Maurice Duplessis- 1936-39, 1944-59
4: Pierre Trudeau- 1968-84
5: Sir Wilfrid Laurier- 1896-1911
 
Unfortunately, even without the 22nd, the US system isn't built for this. Parliamentary systems have the unlimited domestic power that POTUSes crave. :D In my next TL, I'll fix it by the motto "The longer the incumbency the better the outcome."
 
Pig Iron Bob Menzies ruled in Australia for 2 years in 1939-41 and then 16 from 1949-66, at which point his Liberal Party successors stayed on until late 1972. That's 23 years from party, 16 of under one man who'd already done 2 years previously. I don't know how you'd stretch Pig Iron Bob out to 22 years since he was 65 when he retired in 1966.
 
Pig Iron Bob Menzies ruled in Australia for 2 years in 1939-41 and then 16 from 1949-66, at which point his Liberal Party successors stayed on until late 1972. That's 23 years from party, 16 of under one man who'd already done 2 years previously. I don't know how you'd stretch Pig Iron Bob out to 22 years since he was 65 when he retired in 1966.

Going against the OP's fanboyish obsession with Great Men As Perpetual Leaders, I've always thought that if Menzies had stayed on past the '66 election (an election which no Liberal PM could lose) & refused to stand down then he can't win against Whitlam in '68 or '69. He may even have lost to Cairns.

Howard's personal defeat in Bennelong has reinforced my view.

But that sounds too much like a counterfactual, and not a shallow obsession with Great Leaders Setting Irrelevant Political Milestones.
 
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