After throwing up during a campaign debate, this PM is quoted as saying: 'I get sick ... [because] I am forced to listen to the ranting of my honourable opponent.'
The second PM to be born in Scotland
Refused Knighthood three times
First Liberal PM
First PM to not serve in the house while in office
First native-born PM
This PM signed the Montreal Annexation Manifesto; which called for Canada to be annexed by the United States of America
First Roman Catholic PM
First Nova Scotian PM
Died while in England visiting the Queen
This PM was removed from actual power, by his own cabinet, months before he officially resigned as PM
The first PM to be born in England
The second (of two) PM to be the head of government as a senator
This PM did his most notable political work as Premier of Nova Scotia, Father of Confederation, and High Commissioner of Canada in the U.K.
In office for 68 days
This PM battled Joseph Howe's Anti-Confederation Party in his early days
First Francophone PM
Oversaw the confederation of Saskatchewan and Alberta
Is known for his conciliatory policies regarding the Boer War and the Manitoba Schools Question
PM during the first World War
This PM's government legislated the infamous War Measures Act which would only be brought into force two other times in Canadian history
Was PM while leading the Unionist Party
Served as PM during two Ministries but was never elected
First PM to represent Manitoba in the house
This PM was given the chance to form a government during the King-Byng Affair
PM during World War II
Longest Serving PM
This PM oversaw the parliament that infamously refused to accept refugees from the MS St. Louis
Instituted Canada's 'New Deal', which represented a 180 degree shift in his view on government's role in the economy
The last PM born in the Maritime provinces
Most historians consider this PM's term as a resounding failure in the face of the Great Depression
His term saw the confederation of Newfoundland
You might say this PM is 'Straight Outta Compton'
This PM advised the crown to appoint the first Canadian-born Governor General
When this PM was 15, he met Mackenzie King and told him: ' 'I can't waste any more time on you, Prime Minister...'
John F. Kennedy helped bring down this PM's minority government when he asked Canada to host nukes
This PM won the strongest majority in parliamentary history, in terms of percentage of seats
Famous for his bow ties
Nobel Prize laureate
Introduced universal health care
Dated Barbra Streisand
Died in 2000
Last PM to use the War Measures Act
This PM's short term ended a 16 year period of continuous Liberal rule
This PM's Order of Canada citation mentions his being the youngest ever Prime Minister
This PM was one of three Members of Parliament to not join the Conservative Party of Canada after the merger of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance
Was PM for 79 days
Last PM to not be born in Canada
Was Teammates with Roger Bannister at Oxford
Said: 'I'm not denying anything I did not say'
Negotiated at Meech Lake
His eldest son is a TV host
The only PM born in British Columbia
Only PM to not reside at 24 Sussex Drive since it was recognized as the official residence of the PM
said: 'an election is no time to discuss serious issues'
said: 'No, a proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof, and when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.'
Pioneered the Clarity Act
His government was among the best informed governments in the world with respect to the Rwandan Genocide
Before he was PM, he was named to the World Economic Forum's 'Dream Cabinet'
Canada recorded five consecutive budget surpluses while this PM served as Minister of Finance
The second PM to be connected to the Sponsorship Scandal, though he was later exhonerated
First PM to come from the party created in the wake of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance
said: 'Make no mistake, Canada is not a bilingual country.'
One of the founders of the Reform Party
Son of a former PM
Led his party to the largest ever numerical increase in seats in Canadian electoral history
Portrayed a Canadian soldier in a CBC television program
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