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* John Diefenbaker (Progressive Conservative, 1957-1963)
* Lester B. Pearson (Liberal, 1963-1968)
* Pierre Trudeau (Liberal, 1968-1979) - Brought [[Canadian Politics]] out of sobriety and into flamboyance. Got inflation under control. Co-founded the G7. Called out the army to deal with a terrorist group in [[Montreal]]. Yes, he was a liberal.
* Joe Clark (Progressive Conservative, 1979-1980) - "Joe Who?" Took Canadian Politics right back into sobriety... but it didn't completely take. Lost a confidence motion on his very first budget.
* Pierre Trudeau (Liberal, 1980-1984) - This time around, repatriated the Constitution, meaning the UK could no longer overrule Canadian laws. However, the way he did that annoyed Quebec so much that a separatist movement took hold there (and has never completely gone away).
* John Turner (Liberal) - He held the title of Prime Minister for 79 days (10 days longer than Tupper), but he never lead a federal Parliament.
* Brian Mulroney (Progressive Conservative, 1984-1993) - Balanced the budget. Sang "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" on-stage with [[Ronald Reagan]]. As PM, he was loved by many and hated by many. As of 2019, still working the dinner-speech circuit.
* Kim Campbell (Progressive Conservative, 1993) - The first (and, as of 2019, only) female Prime Minister of Canada. Set up to fail after Mulroney read the popularity polls and resigned; the Progressive Conservatives went from a majority government to two seats in the 1993 election, splintering the right into various rump parties.
* Jean Chrétien (Liberal, 1993-2003) - The Conservatives belittled his facial deformity during the election, causing him to reply "This is the face God gave me," giving him the sympathy vote. Didn't need sympathy to get re-elected. Is a member of the Order of Merit.
* Paul Martin (Liberal, 2003-2006) - A competent leader... and that's about all anyone remembers.
* Stephen Harper (Conservative, 2006-2015) - Pulled the splintered right-of-centre political parties back together and pulled the political pendulum back from the left. By the end, he'd pulled the pendulum too far to the right for most people's comfort - which gave Canada a short grace period before right-wing populism started becoming attractive in the country.
* Justin Trudeau (Liberal, 2015- ) - As of July 2019, the incumbent. Pierre Trudeau's son. Best known as... Pierre Trudeau's son. Has been portrayed on ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''.
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