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* 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 (although her saying that the election campaign wasn't long enough to discuss her party's platform didn't help); 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) - "[http://www.parli.ca/little-guy-from-shawinigan/ The Little Guy from Shawinigan]". The Conservatives [http://www.parli.ca/is-this-a-prime-minister/ belittled his facial deformity during the election], causing him to reply "This is the face God gave me," giving him the sympathy vote. He didn't need sympathy to get re-elected, despite being a centrist populist. (Yes, "populism" does not necessarily include "right-wing".) He is a member of the Order of Merit.
* Paul Martin (Liberal, 2003-2006) - A competent leader... and that's about all anyone remembers. For once, bland didn't work.
* Stephen Harper (Conservative, 2006-2015) - Pulled the splintered right-of-centre political parties back together and pulled the political pendulum back from the left. Another PM who received the "Captain Canada" nickname, in his case for his annual trips to show the flag on the northern border. By the end, he'd pulled the pendulum too far to the right for most people's comfort (including his party promising a "[http://www.parli.ca/barbaric-cultural-practices-hotline/ Barbaric Cultural Practices Hotline]" if re-elected) - which gave Canada a short grace period before right-wing populism started becoming attractive in the country.
* Justin Trudeau (Liberal, 2015- ) - As of December 2019, the incumbent. Pierre Trudeau's son. The first Prime Minister of Canada to have been born in Ottawa. At first, he was best-known as being Pierre Trudeau's son, but his willingness to disagree with [[Donald Trump]] has increased his popularity. He's been portrayed on ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''. [[Grew the Beard]] both literally and figuratively in January 2020, when the first most people saw of him with facial hair was when he demanded answers from Iran after a passenger jet was shot down.
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