Of voting age, which is 18.
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As the requirements to be prime minister are not described anywhere in Canadian law, there is no age restriction to be appointed. However, modern convention expects that the prime minister must also be an elected member of the House of Commons, and such elected members must be at least eighteen years old(s. 65(a) of the Canada Elections Act). (Nonetheless, no prime minister of Canada has been younger than 39.)
The current federal voting age of eighteen was proposed to the 28th Parliament by the Government of The Right Honourable Pierre Trudeau P.C., C.H., C.C., Q.C., F.R.S.C. as prime minister. This amendment to s. 3 of the Canada Elections Act reduced the federal voting age (and the minimum age for candidacy) from twenty-one to eighteen years of age.
Sir Mackenzie Bowell died on December 10, 1917 at the age of 93.
R.B. Bennett was the 11th Prime Minister of Canada, from 1930 to 1935. He was born at Hopewell Hill New Brunswick on July 3, 1870. He became the Conservative prime minister of Canada during the Great Depression. He died on June 26, 1947, age 76.
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Yes, there is a minimum age requirement to be the Prime Minister of Australia. According to the Australian Constitution, a person must be at least 18 years old to hold the office of the Prime Minister.
at the ae of 18?
No woman has ever become prime minister of Israel at age seventeen. However, Golda Meir became the prime minister of Israel at age seventy one. She is the only woman to ever hold that position, and the minimum age to be elected is in fact 30.
You must be at least 18-years-old to be eligible for the position of Prime Minister in Canada - the age to be eligible to run for election to the House of Commons.
As the requirements to be prime minister are not described anywhere in Canadian law, there is no age restriction to be appointed. However, modern convention expects that the prime minister must also be an elected member of the House of Commons, and such elected members must be at least eighteen years old(s. 65(a) of the Canada Elections Act). (Nonetheless, no prime minister of Canada has been younger than 39.)
The current federal voting age of eighteen was proposed to the 28th Parliament by the Government of The Right Honourable Pierre Trudeau P.C., C.H., C.C., Q.C., F.R.S.C. as prime minister. This amendment to s. 3 of the Canada Elections Act reduced the federal voting age (and the minimum age for candidacy) from twenty-one to eighteen years of age.
In order to run for Prime Minister of Canada, you do NOT need to be born into Canadian Citizenship. Four past prime ministers were born outside of Canada, most recently, John Turner, who was born in England and emmigrated to Canada at the age of three.
There is no residency requirement. The leader of a political party which obtains the most seats in an election becomes Prime Minister, so that person could have been in Canada for a day and became Prime Minister.
No official age
Sir Mackenzie Bowell died on December 10, 1917 at the age of 93.