Canadian Prime Ministers

The sixteenth prime minister was the Right Honourable Joe Clark.

Trudeau had four children, Justin, Alexandre and Michel Trudeau, and Sarah Coyne, one of whom (Michel) predeceased him.

• Sir John A Macdonald wanted to be prime minister because he always wanted to work with law when he was a little kid

Stephen Harper, leader of the Conservative Party, is currently Canada's Prime Minister.

He actually made a announcement that he was retiring so then Pierre Elliot Trudeau succeeded

48-64 years old.

Pierre Trudeau first became the Prime Minister of Canada when he was 48. He briefly lost power to Joe Clark when he was 59, but regained power next year when he turned 60. He retired as Prime Minister when he was 64.

The Prime Minister of Canada in 1870 was The Right Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald, who was in office from July 1, 1867 to November 5, 1873, and then again from October 17, 1878 to June 6, 1891. He was Canada's first Prime Minister.

As a teenager Stephen Harper was a member of the Liberal Party, but he became upset with Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his handling of the Canadian energy crisis in the 1970's/80's. Harper switched parties and eventually ended up working for the Reform Party as their Chief Policy Officer. It's speculative, but I'd imagine the reason he got into politics was the reason many people do: they don't like the current state of affairs, and they want to change it.

In addition to holding over thirty years in various political offices, including ten years as Prime Minister, Jean Chrétien is famous for triumphing over Québec Separtists in two referendums. A Québecker himself, Chrétien successfully fought in convincing the people of Québec that their sovereignty was not the solution to strains in their relationship with the federal government, and that it was in both Québec's and Canada's best interest to remain a part of the nation.

Sir John Alexander MacDonald, he was elected in August 1867.

pierre live in oubec

The last five Prime Ministers of Canada are:

Brian Mulroney: September 17, 1984 - June 24/25, 1993

Kim Campbell: June 25, 1993 - November 3/4, 1993

Jean Chretien: November 4, 1993 - December 11/12, 2003

Paul Martin: December 12, 2003 - February 5/6, 2006

Stephen Harper: February 6, 2006 - present

The Responsibilities of a Prime Minister is to make sure that the rules of his/her country is being followed.

"Worst"...is a subjective term.

Pierre-Elliot Trudeau who is considered by many to be Canada's greatest prime minister might also be considered the worst as it was his liberal government who set the trend of large social spending that began Canada's decline into debt and structural defecit.

John Diefenbaker would be at the top of most people's lists as the man who "killed the avro arrow"

Maclean's put John Chretien down as the worst Canadian Prime minister and would probably top most Canadian lists. Chretien took a page out of Trudeau book on spending, and a few from William Lyon Mackenzie King's on social policy and to top it all off, spoke neither official language of Canada very fluently.

Steven Harper's government began after the liberals had balanced the books under Martin's shrewd command. Harper quickly cut taxes (ie. government income), increased spending in national defense and was the first Prime minister to suggest patrolling Canada's vast borders.... The result of this was that he put us millions of dollars in debt combined with his failure to act with regards to climate change. He has prorogued parliament twice, which some Canadians thought was to avoid questions.

Pierre Trudeau suffered from prostate cancer (which he ultimately died from on September 28, 2000). He also suffered from Parkinson's Disease.

he was responsible for the Constitution to be brought home in 1982, he was minister of Justice back in 1968, He caused many a girls heart to go pitapat. it was called trudeaumania!! So now his son is just about to step into his shoes and maybe cause the same phenomena!

i dont know i was wondering the same thing

he was prime minister for 19 years.( 1867-1873, 1878,1891) he was the second longest serving prime minister behind william lyon mackenzie king

1. kim campbell Being the only first woman to be a prime minister of canada and she is the minister of kim campbell was the minister of foreign affairs
2. john a macdonald prime minister of health and the first man to be a prime minister of canada
3. pierre elliott trurudeau was the prime minister of

Canada has a parliamentary system where the leader of the party (perhaps allied with other parties) that has the largest number of seats in Parliament becomes the leader of the government. He or she is then the first (prime) minister among those who hold cabinet positions. If his or her party loses its majority in the parliament a new election can be held and if another party then gets enough votes the government changes. So it's very different from the US system where a person "presides" over the government for a set term.

Some parliamentary governments do have a president too, but that position is only honorary--he or she is above politics and stays on just to cut ribbons at bridge openings and the like and represents the country as a point of stability. In England (and some other European countries) the king or queen fulfills this rule--sort of like a living flag. In Canada the Queen's representative, the Governor-General, stands in for her.

Kim Campbells first name is Campbell she named her self kim when her parents divorced. she was the first female prime minister. she was the 19th prime minister of canada. she was a prime minister for only 4 months

yes

To call it a "setback" would be an understatement.