Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

Tory leaders since Confederation:

(Liberal-) Conservative Party of Canada

• Sir John A. Macdonald (July 1, 1867 - June 6, 1891)
• Sir John Abbott (June 16, 1891 - November 24, 1892)
• Sir John Thompson (December 5, 1892 - December 12, 1894)
• Sir Mackenzie Bowell (December 21, 1894 - April 27, 1896)
• Sir Charles Tupper (May 1, 1896 - February 5, 1901)
• Sir Robert Laird Borden (February 6, 1901 - July 9, 1920)
• Arthur Meighen (July 10, 1920 - September 24, 1926)
• Hugh Guthrie (October 11, 1926 - October 11, 1927 interim)
• Richard Bedford Bennett (October 12, 1927 - July 6, 1938)
• Robert Manion (July 7, 1938 - May 13, 1940)
• Richard Hanson (May 14, 1940 - November 11, 1941 interim)
• Arthur Meighen (November 12, 1941 - December 9, 1942)¹

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

• John Bracken (December 11, 1942 - July 20, 1948)²
• George Drew (October 2, 1948 - November 29, 1956)³
• John George Diefenbaker (December 14, 1956 - September 8, 1967)
• Robert Stanfield (September 9, 1967 - February 21, 1976)⁴
• Joe Clark (February 22, 1976 - February 18, 1983)
• Erik Nielsen (February 19, 1983 - June 10, 1983 interim)
• Brian Mulroney (June 11, 1983 - June 12, 1993)
• Kim Campbell (June 13, 1993 - December 13, 1993)
• Jean Charest (December 14, 1993 - April 2, 1998)
• Elsie Wayne (April 2, 1998 - November 13, 1998 interim)
• Joe Clark (November 14, 1998 - May 30, 2003)
• Peter MacKay (May 31, 2003 - December 8, 2003)

Conservative Party of Canada

• Stephen Harper (March 22, 2004) to present

Footnotes

1 On this occasion, Meighen failed in his attempts to win re-election to the House of Commons, so Hanson remained Leader of the Opposition throughout Meighen's term

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2 Bracken did not win election to the House of Commons until 1945, so Hanson remained Leader of the Opposition until January 1943, when he was replaced by Gordon Graydon

Related Topics:
1943 - Gordon Graydon

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3 On two occasions when Drew was too ill to perform his duties, William Earl Rowe served as Leader of the Opposition

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4 Michael Starr served as Leader of the Opposition until November 5, 1967, when Stanfield, who had previously been premier of Nova Scotia, won election to Parliament

Related Topics:
Michael Starr - November 5 - 1967 - Premier - Nova Scotia

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