List of Canadian Prime Ministers by longevity

This is a list of Canadian Prime Ministers by longevity. Where the person in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to .

Conservative Prime Minister John Sparrow Thompson died youngest at 49 years 32 days

Rank

Prime Minister

Date of birth

Date of death

Longevity

days

years/days

1

Charles Tupper

July 2 1821

October 30 1915

34,452

2

Mackenzie Bowell

December 27 1824

December 10 1917

33,950

3

Louis St. Laurent

February 1 1882

July 25 1973

33,411

4

Arthur Meighen

June 16 1874

August 5 1960

31,461

5

John Diefenbaker

September 18 1895

August 16 1979

30,647

6

Robert Borden

June 26 1854

June 10 1937

30,299

7

Pierre Trudeau

October 18 1919

September 28 2000

29,566

8

John Turner

June 7 1929

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9

Wilfrid Laurier

November 20 1841

February 17 1919

28,212

10

R. B. Bennett

July 3 1870

April 22 1947

28,051

11

John A. Macdonald

January 11 1815

June 6 1891

27,905

12

Lester B. Pearson

April 23 1897

December 26 1972

27,640

13

W. L. Mackenzie King

December 17 1874

July 22 1950

27,610

14

Jean Chrétien

January 11 1934

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15

John Abbott

March 12 1821

October 30 1893

26,530

16

Alexander Mackenzie

January 28 1822

April 17 1892

25,647

17

Paul Martin

April 28 1938

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18

Brian Mulroney

March 20 1939

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19

Joe Clark

June 5 1939

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20

Kim Campbell

March 18 1947

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21

John Thompson

November 10 1845

December 12 1894

17,929

22

Stephen Harper

April 30 1959

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