The following list indicates ridings represented by Canadian prime ministers during their term(s) of office . Some prime ministers represented more than one constituency during their term(s), hence the tallied numbers exceed the number of prime ministers. Moreover, two prime ministers—John Abbott and Sir Mackenzie Bowell —served their terms while a member of the Senate . John Turner was a member of neither the House of Commons or the Senate during his entire term as Prime Minister.
Three provinces—New Brunswick , Newfoundland and Labrador , and Prince Edward Island —have never been represented by a sitting prime minister. Mackenzie King briefly represented the Prince Edward Island riding of Prince , and Jean Chrétien even more briefly represented the New Brunswick riding of Beauséjour prior to their assuming the premiership, however. None of the three territories has been represented by a person who served as prime minister.
Two ridings have been represented by two sitting prime ministers. Both King and John Diefenbaker served Prince Albert ; and both Wilfrid Laurier and Louis St. Laurent represented Quebec East . R. B. Bennett represented Calgary West during his premiership, as did Stephen Harper prior to his. Similarly, John A. Macdonald served his fourth term as MP for Carleton , a riding represented by Robert Borden as Opposition Leader in the 10th Parliament .
Riding
Province
Prime Minister
Portrait
Start
End
Notes
Prime minister outside Parliament
John A. Macdonald
1 July 1867
20 September 1867
Macdonald was appointed as the first Prime Minister on the date that Canada came into existence, but before the first Parliamentary election was held
Kingston
Ontario
John A. Macdonald
20 September 1867
5 November 1873
Lambton
Ontario
Alexander Mackenzie
7 November 1873
8 October 1878
Victoria
British Columbia
John A. Macdonald
17 October 1878
20 June 1882
Macdonald was initially elected as the MP for Marquette in the federal election ; after his appointment as Prime Minister, he was required to vacate his seat and fight a ministerial by-election , in which he chose to stand in Victoria
Carleton
Ontario
John A. Macdonald
20 June 1882
21 February 1887
Kingston
Ontario
John A. Macdonald
22 February 1887
6 June 1891
Senator for Quebec
John Abbott
16 June 1891
24 November 1892
First person to serve as Prime Minister from the Senate
Antigonish
Nova Scotia
John Thompson
5 December 1892
12 December 1894
Senator for Ontario
Mackenzie Bowell
21 December 1894
27 April 1896
Cape Breton
Nova Scotia
Charles Tupper
1 May 1896
8 July 1896
Tupper was appointed as Prime Minister following the dissolution of Parliament, but before the federal election
Quebec East
Quebec
Wilfrid Laurier
11 July 1896
6 October 1911
Laurier won the riding of Saskatchewan (Provisional District) in the federal election but only held the seat for 18 days. On July 11, 1896, he vacated that seat, choosing instead to sit in the riding of Quebec East, which he had also contested and won in the federal election.
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Robert Borden
10 October 1911
16 December 1917
Kings
Nova Scotia
Robert Borden
17 December 1917
10 July 1920
Portage la Prairie
Manitoba
Arthur Meighan
10 July 1920
29 December 1921
York North
Ontario
William Mackenzie King
29 December 1921
28 October 1925
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
William Mackenzie King
29 October 1925
28 June 1926
Portage la Prairie
Manitoba
Arthur Meighan
29 June 1926
25 September 1926
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
William Mackenzie King
25 September 1926
6 August 1930
Calgary West
Alberta
R.B. Bennett
7 August 1930
22 October 1935
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
William Mackenzie King
23 October 1935
10 June 1945
Prime minister outside Parliament
William Mackenzie King
11 June 1945
6 August 1945
Mackenzie King lost his own seat in the 1945 election and thus served as Prime Minister outside Parliament for two months; subsequently re-entered Parliament in a by-election in Glengarry , a safe seat vacated by the sitting MP to allow Mackenzie King to stand for election
Glengarry
Ontario
William Mackenzie King
6 August 1945
15 November 1948
Quebec East
Quebec
Louis St. Laurent
15 November 1948
20 June 1957
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
John Diefenbaker
21 June 1957
21 April 1963
Algoma East
Ontario
Lester B. Pearson
22 April 1963
20 April 1968
Mount Royal
Quebec
Pierre Trudeau
20 April 1968
3 June 1979
Yellowhead
Alberta
Joe Clark
4 June 1979
2 March 1980
Mount Royal
Quebec
Pierre Trudeau
3 March 1980
30 June 1984
Prime minister outside Parliament
John Turner
30 June 1984
17 September 1984
Was not serving in either the Senate or the House of Commons when elected as Trudeau's successor, and decided not to try and contest a by-election during his time in office
Manicouagan
Quebec
Brian Mulroney
17 September 1984
21 November 1988
Charlevoix
Quebec
Brian Mulroney
21 November 1988
25 June 1993
Vancouver Centre
British Columbia
Kim Campbell
25 June 1993
3 November 1993
Saint-Maurice
Quebec
Jean Chrétien
4 November 1993
12 December 2003
LaSalle—Émard
Quebec
Paul Martin
12 December 2003
5 February 2006
Calgary Southwest
Alberta
Stephen Harper
6 February 2006
3 November 2015
Papineau
Quebec
Justin Trudeau
4 November 2015
Incumbent
Prior to, or following, their tenure as prime minister, the following individuals represented other ridings:
Sir John Abbott : Argenteuil , QC
Richard Bedford Bennett : Calgary , AB
Sir Robert Borden : Carleton , ON
Sir Mackenzie Bowell : Hastings North , ON
Jean Chrétien : Saint-Maurice—Laflèche , QC; Beauséjour , NB
Joe Clark : Rocky Mountain , AB; Kings—Hants , NS; Calgary Centre , AB
John Diefenbaker : Lake Centre , SK
Stephen Harper : Calgary West , AB; Calgary Heritage , AB
W.L. Mackenzie King : Waterloo North , ON; Prince , PE
Sir Wilfrid Laurier : Drummond—Arthabaska , QC
Alexander Mackenzie : York East , ON
Arthur Meighen : Grenville , ON
Brian Mulroney : Central Nova , NS
Sir Charles Tupper : Cumberland , NS; Cape Breton , NS
John Turner : St. Lawrence—St. George , QC; Ottawa-Carleton , ON; Vancouver Quadra , BC
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