List of Prime Ministers of Canada by longevity

This is a list of Prime Ministers of Canada by longevity. Where the Prime Minister in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to December 11, 2016.

Two measures of the longevity are given - this is to allow for the differing number of leap days occurring within the life of each Prime Minister. The first column is the number of days between date of birth and date of death, allowing for leap days; the second column breaks this number down into years and days, with the years being the number of whole years the Prime Minister lived, and the days being the remaining number of days after his/her last birthday.

Overview

If a Prime Minister served more than one non-consecutive term, the dates listed below are for the beginning of their first term, and the end of their final term.

The median age at which a Prime Minister first takes office is roughly 54 years and 10 months, which falls between Wilfrid Laurier and John Turner. The youngest person to become Prime Minister was Joe Clark, who took office one day before his 40th birthday. The oldest person to become Prime Minister was Charles Tupper at the age of 74 years, 304 days. The oldest person ever to serve as Prime Minister was John A. Macdonald, who was still in office when he died at the age of 76 years, 146 days.

The oldest living Prime Minister is John Turner, born June 7, 1929 (aged 87 years, 187 days). The second-oldest living Prime Minister is Jean Chrétien, born January 11, 1934 (aged 82 years, 335 days). The youngest living Prime Minister is the incumbent, Justin Trudeau, born December 25, 1971 (aged 44 years, 352 days).

The longest lived Prime Minister was Charles Tupper, who died at the age of 94 years, 120 days. Mackenzie Bowell was the second-longest lived Prime Minister. Bowell died at the age of 93 years, 348 days, only 136 days short of matching Tupper. John Turner, the oldest living Prime Minister, will tie Tupper if he lives to October 4, 2023. The shortest lived Prime Minister was John S. Thompson, who died (in office) at the age of 49 years, 32 days. Macdonald and Thompson were the only 2 Prime Ministers to die in office.

In 2015, Justin Trudeau became the second-youngest person to become Prime Minister. He started his first term at the age of 43 years and 314 days. The only person to become prime minister younger than Justin Trudeau was Joe Clark.

Prime Ministers of Canada

#
 Prime Minister
 Date of birth
 Start date
of (first) term		 Age at beginning
of (first) term		 End date
of (final) term		 Total time
in office		 Date of death
 Lifespan
1 John A. Macdonald January 11, 1815 July 1, 1867[1] 52 years, 171 days June 6, 1891[2] 6,934 days June 6, 1891 27,905 days (76 years, 146 days)
2 Alexander Mackenzie January 28, 1822 November 7, 1873 51 years, 283 days October 9, 1878 1,797 days April 17, 1892 25,647 days (70 years, 80 days)
3 John Abbott March 12, 1821 June 16, 1891 70 years, 96 days November 24, 1892 527 days October 30, 1893 26,530 days (72 years, 232 days)
4 John Thompson November 10, 1845 December 5, 1892 47 years, 25 days December 12, 1894[2] 737 days December 12, 1894 17,929 days (49 years, 32 days)
5 Mackenzie Bowell December 27, 1823 December 21, 1894 70 years, 359 days April 27, 1896 493 days December 10, 1917 34,316 days (93 years, 348 days)
6 Charles Tupper July 2, 1821 May 1, 1896 74 years, 304 days July 8, 1896 68 days October 30, 1915 34,452 days (94 years, 120 days)
7 Wilfrid Laurier November 20, 1841 July 11, 1896 54 years, 234 days October 5, 1911 5,563 days February 17, 1919 28,212 days (77 years, 89 days)
8 Robert Borden June 26, 1854 October 10, 1911 57 years, 106 days July 10, 1920 3,196 days June 10, 1937 30,299 days (82 years, 349 days)
9 Arthur Meighen June 16, 1874 July 10, 1920 46 years, 24 days September 25, 1926 625 days August 5, 1960 31,461 days (86 years, 50 days)
10 W.L. Mackenzie King December 17, 1874 December 29, 1921 47 years, 12 days November 15, 1948 7,826 days July 22, 1950 27,610 days (75 years, 217 days)
11 R.B. Bennett July 3, 1870 August 7, 1930 60 years, 35 days October 23, 1935 1,903 days June 26, 1947 28,116 days (76 years, 358 days)
12 Louis St. Laurent February 1, 1882 November 15, 1948 66 years, 288 days June 21, 1957 3,140 days July 25, 1973 33,411 days (91 years, 174 days)
13 John Diefenbaker September 18, 1895 June 21, 1957 61 years, 276 days April 22, 1963 2,131 days August 16, 1979 30,647 days (83 years, 332 days)
14 Lester B. Pearson April 23, 1897 April 22, 1963 65 years, 364 days April 20, 1968 1,825 days December 27, 1972 27,641 days (75 years, 248 days)
15 Pierre Trudeau October 18, 1919 April 20, 1968 48 years, 185 days June 30, 1984 5,642 days September 28, 2000 29,566 days (80 years, 346 days)
16 Joe Clark June 5, 1939 June 4, 1979 39 years, 364 days March 3, 1980 273 days 28,314 days (77 years, 189 days)
17 John Turner June 7, 1929 June 30, 1984 55 years, 23 days September 17, 1984 79 days 31,964 days (87 years, 187 days)
18 Brian Mulroney March 20, 1939 September 17, 1984 45 years, 181 days June 25, 1993 3,203 days 28,391 days (77 years, 266 days)
19 Kim Campbell March 10, 1947 June 25, 1993 46 years, 107 days November 4, 1993 132 days 25,479 days (69 years, 276 days)
20 Jean Chrétien January 11, 1934 November 4, 1993 59 years, 297 days December 12, 2003 3,690 days 30,285 days (82 years, 335 days)
21 Paul Martin August 28, 1938 December 12, 2003 65 years, 106 days February 6, 2006 787 days 28,595 days (78 years, 105 days)
22 Stephen Harper April 30, 1959 February 6, 2006 46 years, 282 days November 4, 2015 3,961 days 21,045 days (57 years, 225 days)
23 Justin Trudeau December 25, 1971 November 4, 2015 43 years, 314 days Incumbent 403 days 16,423 days (44 years, 352 days)
# Prime Minister Date of birth Start date of
(first) term		 Age at beginning
of (first) term		 End date
of (final) term		 Total time
in office		 Date of death Lifespan

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Date of Canadian Confederation.
  2. 1 2 Died in office on this date.

Sources

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