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The following list indicates ridings represented by Canadian prime ministers during their term(s) of office. Some prime ministers represented more than one constituency during their term(s), hence the tallied numbers exceed the number of prime ministers. Moreover, two prime ministers—John Abbott and Sir Mackenzie Bowell—served their terms while a member of the Senate. John Turner was a member of neither the House of Commons or the Senate during his entire term as Prime Minister.

Three provinces—New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island—have never been represented by a sitting prime minister. Mackenzie King briefly represented the Prince Edward Island riding of Prince, and Jean Chrétien even more briefly represented the New Brunswick riding of Beauséjour prior to their assuming the premiership, however. None of the three territories has been represented by a person who served as prime minister.

Two ridings have been represented by two sitting prime ministers. Both King and John Diefenbaker served Prince Albert; and both Wilfrid Laurier and Louis St. Laurent represented Quebec East. R. B. Bennett represented Calgary West during his premiership, as did Stephen Harper prior to his. Similarly, John A. Macdonald served his fourth term as MP for Carleton, a riding represented by Robert Borden as Opposition Leader in the 10th Parliament.

Riding Province Prime Minister Portrait Start End Notes
Prime minister outside Parliament John A. Macdonald 1 July 1867 20 September 1867 Macdonald was appointed as the first Prime Minister on the date that Canada
came into existence, but before the first Parliamentary election was held
Kingston Ontario Ontario John A. Macdonald 20 September 1867 5 November 1873
Lambton Ontario Ontario Alexander Mackenzie 7 November 1873 8 October 1878
Victoria British Columbia British Columbia John A. Macdonald 17 October 1878 20 June 1882 Macdonald was initially elected as the MP for Marquette in the federal election;
after his appointment as Prime Minister, he was required to vacate his seat
and fight a ministerial by-election, in which he chose to stand in Victoria
Carleton Ontario Ontario John A. Macdonald 20 June 1882 21 February 1887
Kingston Ontario Ontario John A. Macdonald 22 February 1887 6 June 1891
Quebec Senator for Quebec John Abbott 16 June 1891 24 November 1892 First person to serve as Prime Minister from the Senate
Antigonish Nova Scotia Nova Scotia John Thompson 5 December 1892 12 December 1894
Ontario Senator for Ontario Mackenzie Bowell 21 December 1894 27 April 1896
Cape Breton Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Charles Tupper 1 May 1896 8 July 1896 Tupper was appointed as Prime Minister following the dissolution of
Parliament, but before the federal election
Quebec East Quebec Quebec Wilfrid Laurier 11 July 1896 6 October 1911 Laurier won the riding of Saskatchewan (Provisional District) in the federal election
but only held the seat for 18 days. On July 11, 1896, he vacated that seat,
choosing instead to sit in the riding of Quebec East, which he had also contested
and won in the federal election.
Halifax Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Robert Borden 10 October 1911 16 December 1917
Kings Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Robert Borden 17 December 1917 10 July 1920
Portage la Prairie Manitoba Manitoba Arthur Meighan 10 July 1920 29 December 1921
York North Ontario Ontario William Mackenzie King 29 December 1921 28 October 1925
Prince Albert Saskatchewan Saskatchewan William Mackenzie King 29 October 1925 28 June 1926
Portage la Prairie Manitoba Manitoba Arthur Meighan 29 June 1926 25 September 1926
Prince Albert Saskatchewan Saskatchewan William Mackenzie King 25 September 1926 6 August 1930
Calgary West Alberta Alberta R.B. Bennett 7 August 1930 22 October 1935
Prince Albert Saskatchewan Saskatchewan William Mackenzie King 23 October 1935 10 June 1945
Prime minister outside Parliament William Mackenzie King 11 June 1945 6 August 1945 Mackenzie King lost his own seat in the 1945 election and thus served as Prime Minister
outside Parliament for two months; subsequently re-entered Parliament in a by-election in
Glengarry, a safe seat vacated by the sitting MP to allow Mackenzie King to stand for election
Glengarry Ontario Ontario William Mackenzie King 6 August 1945 15 November 1948
Quebec East Quebec Quebec Louis St. Laurent 15 November 1948 20 June 1957
Prince Albert Saskatchewan Saskatchewan John Diefenbaker 21 June 1957 21 April 1963
Algoma East Ontario Ontario Lester B. Pearson 22 April 1963 20 April 1968
Mount Royal Quebec Quebec Pierre Trudeau 20 April 1968 3 June 1979
Yellowhead Alberta Alberta Joe Clark 4 June 1979 2 March 1980
Mount Royal Quebec Quebec Pierre Trudeau 3 March 1980 30 June 1984
Prime minister outside Parliament John Turner 30 June 1984 17 September 1984 Was not serving in either the Senate or the House of Commons when elected as Trudeau's
successor, and decided not to try and contest a by-election during his time in office
Manicouagan Quebec Quebec Brian Mulroney 17 September 1984 21 November 1988
Charlevoix Quebec Quebec Brian Mulroney 21 November 1988 25 June 1993
Vancouver Centre British Columbia British Columbia Kim Campbell 25 June 1993 3 November 1993
Saint-Maurice Quebec Quebec Jean Chrétien 4 November 1993 12 December 2003
LaSalle—Émard Quebec Quebec Paul Martin 12 December 2003 5 February 2006
Calgary Southwest Alberta Alberta Stephen Harper 6 February 2006 3 November 2015
Papineau Quebec Quebec Justin Trudeau 4 November 2015 Incumbent

Ridings represented by future or former prime ministers

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Prior to, or following, their tenure as prime minister, the following individuals represented other ridings:

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