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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.

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