Canadian Masonic Prime Ministers (original) (raw)

Canadian Prime Ministers

Canada has had twenty-two Prime Ministers since Confederation in 1867 — six of them have been freemasons.

01/07/1867-05/11/1872		John A. Macdonald			LC	(b.1834-d.1923)	1
17/10/1878-06/06/1891				3	Died in office
13/06/1891-24/11/1892		John J. C. Abbott		LC	(b.1821-d.1893)	4	Resigned due to ill health.
21/12/1894-27/04/1896		MacKenzie Bowell		LC	(b.1823-d.1917)	6	Resigned midterm, remaining as Senate opposition leader.
10/10/1911-10/07/1920		Robert Laird Borden		C	(b.1854-d.1937)	9	Resigned due to ill health.
07/08/1930-23/10/1935		R.B. Bennett		C	(b.1870-d.1947)	14	Remained leader of opposition until 1938.
21/06/1957-22/04/1963		John George Diefenbaker		C	(b.1895-d.1979)	17	Forced to call election after failing to win house majority.

Masonic information gleaned from Saskatchewan: Laying the Corner Stone, Our Masonic Builders Barry W. Dixon, ed.. n.d. [pp. 1-12.] Copies can be viewed in the Grand Lodge Library.