PRESENTS
Canada's Leaders in History
The Fathers of Confederation
The Quebec Conference of 1864
Front Row:(left to right) E. Whalen, A.T. Galt, George Brown, J.A. Macdonald, Col. J.H. Gray, C. Tupper, É.-P. Taché, S.L. Tilley, George-É. Cartier, J. McCully, E.B. Chandler, W.H. Steeves, Lt. Col. J.H. Gray
Back Row:(l to r) G. Coles, H.L. Langevin, E. Palmer, O. Mowat, J.M. Johnson, A.G. Archibald, C. Fisher, J. Cockburn, J.C. Chapais, W.A. Henry, R.B. Dickey, A.A. Macdonald, W.H. Pope, J.A. Shea, F.B.T. Carter, H. Bernard, J.H. Haviland
The Governors General of Canada
| 1867-1868 | The Viscount Monck |
| 1868-1872 | Lord Lisgar |
| 1872-1878 | The Earl of Dufferin |
| 1878-1883 | The Marquess of Lorne |
| 1883-1888 | The Marquess of Lansdowne |
| 1888-1893 | Lord Stanley of Preston |
| 1893-1898 | The Earl of Aberdeen |
| 1898-1904 | The Earl of Minto |
| 1904-1911 | The Earl Grey |
| 1911-1916 | The Duke of Connaught |
| 1916-1921 | The Duke of Devonshire |
| 1921-1926 | Lord Byng of Vimy |
| 1926-1931 | The Viscount Willingdon of Rafton |
| 1931-1935 | The Earl of Bessborough |
| 1935-1940 | Lord Tweedsmuir of Elsfield |
| 1940-1946 | The Earl of Athlone |
| 1946-1952 | The Viscount Alexander of Tunis |
| 1952-1959 | The Right Honourable Vincent Massey (the first Canadian born Governor General) |
| 1959-1967 | The Right Honourable Georges-Philias Vanier |
| 1967-1974 | The Right Honourable Roland Michener |
| 1974-1979 | The Right Honourable Jules Léger |
| 1979-1984 | The Right Honourable Edward Schreyer |
| 1984-1990 | The Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé |
| 1990-1995 | The Right Honourable Ramon John Hnatyshyn |
| 1995-1999 | The Right Honourable Roméo LeBlanc |
| 1999-2005 | The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson |
| 2005-2010 | The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean |
| 2010-2017 | The Right Honourable David Lloyd Johnston. |
| 2017- 2021 | The Right Honourable Julie Payette |
| 2021-present | The Right Honourable Mary J. May Simon |
Official Residence of the Prime Minister
24 Sussex Drive, in Ottawa, Ontario is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Canada. The house was built by a wealthy American mill owner named Joseph Merrill Currier in 1867-1868. The official residence was purchased by the federal government in 1943, at which time the house was renovated and redesigned to its present state.Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) became the first P.M. to live at 24 Sussex Drive. Since then, every newly elected Prime Minister has lived in the official residence during his time in office. Many changes have been made to the inside of the house to suit each Prime Minister. The biggest change occurred in 1975 when an indoor swimming pool was added by Pierre Elliot Trudeau.
The house sits in a beautiful spot above the Ottawa River on a cliff not far from the Parliament Buildings.
The Prime Ministers and Terms In Ofice
| John A. Macdonald Term of Office: July 1, 1867 - November 5, 1873; October 17, 1878 - June 6, 1891 Alexander Mackenzie Term of Office: November 7, 1873 - October 8, 1878 John Abbott Term of Office: June 16, 1891 - November 24, 1892 John Thompson Term of Office: December 5, 1892 - December 12, 1894 Mackenzie Bowell Term of Office: December 21, 1894 - April 27, 1896 Charles Tupper Term of Office: May 1, 1896 - July 8, 1896 Wilfrid Laurier Term of Office: July 11, 1896 - October 6, 1911 Robert L. Borden Term of Office: October 10, 1911 - July 10, 1920 Arthur Meighen Term of Office: July 10, 1920 - December 29, 1921; June 29, 1926 - September 25, 1926 Mackenzie King Term of Office: December 29, 1921 - June 28, 1926; September 25, 1926 - August 7, 1930; October 23, 1935 - November 15, 1948 Richard B. Bennett Term of Office: August 7, 1930 - October 23, 1935 Louis St. Laurent Term of Office: November 15, 1948 - June 21, 1957 John Diefenbaker Term of Office: June 21, 1957 - April 22, 1963 Lester B. Pearson Term of Office: April 22, 1963 - April 20, 1968 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Term of Office: April 20, 1968 - June 3, 1979; March 3, 1980 - June 30, 1984 Joe Clark Term of Office: June 4, 1979 - March 2, 1980 John Turner Term of Office: June 30, 1984 - September 17, 1984 Brian Mulroney Term of Office: September 17, 1984-June 13, 1993 Kim Campbell Term of Office: June 13, 1993 - October 25, 1993 Jean Chrétien Term of Office: October 25, 1993 - December 12, 2003 Paul Martin Term of Office: December 12, 2003 - February 6, 2006 Stephen Harper Term of Office: February 6, 2006 - November 4, 2015 Justin Trudeau Term of Office: November 4, 2015 - March 14, 2025 Mark Carney Term of Office: March 14, 2025 - present |
Gravesites Of The Deceased Prime Ministers
Sir John Alexander Macdonald
b. 11 January 1815
d. 6 June 1891
Cataraqui Cemetery
Kingston, Ontario
Alexander Mackenzie
b. 28 January 1822
d. 17 April 1892
Lakeview Cemetery
Sarnia, Ontario
Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott
b. 12 March 1821
d. 30 October 1893
Mount Royal Cemetery
Mount Royal, Quebec
Sir John Sparrow David Thompson
b. 10 November 1845
d. 12 December 1894
Holy Cross Cemetery
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Sir Mackenzie Bowell
b. 27 December 1823
d. 10 December 1917
Belleville Cemetery
Belleville, Ontario
Sir Charles Tupper
b. 2 July 1821
d. 30 October 1915
St. John's Cemetery
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
b. 20 November 1841
d. 17 February 1919
Notre Dame Cemetery
Ottawa, Ontario
Sir Robert Laird Borden
b. 26 June 1854
d. 10 June 1937
Beechwood Cemetery
Ottawa, Ontario
Arthur Meighen
b. 16 June 1874
d. 5 August 1960
St. Marys Cemetery
St. Marys, Ontario
William Lyon Mackenzie King
b. 17 December 1874
d. 22 July 1950
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Toronto, Ontario
Richard Bedford Bennett
b. 3 July 1870
d. 26 June 1947
St. Michael's Churchyard
Mickleham, Surrey, England
(The only former Canadian Prime Minister buried outside Canada)
Louis Stephen St. Laurent
b. 1 February 1882
d. 25 July 1973
Cemetery Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin
Compton, Quebec
John George Diefenbaker
b. 18 September 1895
d. 16 August 1979
Grounds of Diefenbaker Canada Centre,
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Lester Bowles Pearson
b. 23 April 1897
d. 27 December 1972
MacLaren Cemetery
Wakefield, Quebec
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
b. 18 October 1919
d. 28 September 2000
Saint-Rémi Cemetery
Saint-Rémi, Quebec
Brian Mulroney
b. 20 May 1939
d. 29 February 2024
Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
Montreal, Quebec
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