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Prime Ministers of Canada Wikipedia []

Prime Ministers of Canada: Government website []

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Biographies on Prime MInisters []


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There are about ten million sites on the net that could give you a list of all the Prime Ministers of Canada. However, the unique nature of the office merits a more comprehensive chart. Non-Canadians hear about how we had a female Prime Minister, and think how lovely and progressive Canada must be to allow for such a thing. Unfortunately, Kim Campbell, along with many other Prime Ministers, were never popularly elected, and simply assumed the office of Prime Minister following the resignation of a sitting PM. They were appointed by the governing party, and not elected by the people. In this chart, I use the term "interim" to designate Prime Ministers who were never elected to office by the Canadian people, and simply held their position by virtue of party appointment. Once they win an election, they cease to be interim, although sometimue signifies the "Conservative Party" (in whatever form the party was taking at the time) and red signifies the Liberal Party, obviously. The dark colors are used to signify Prime Ministers who were elected to their office.

**Minority Governments** There have been a few cases in which a Prime Minister has not founnd himself in control of the majority of MPs in the House of Commons. Such a situation is known as a "minority government" and rarely lasts long before the opposition MPs decide to turn against the PM and force a no-confidence vote. Here is a timeline of Canada's minority governments:

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