List of Spouses of the Prime Minister of Canada

Spouses of the prime ministers

Name (Maiden Name) Date of birth Date of marriage Prime Minister
(Spouse)		 Date tenure began Age at tenure start Date tenure ended Date of death Longevity
1 Agnes Macdonald
(born Susan Agnes Hewitt Bernard)		 August 24, 1836 February 16, 1867 Sir John A. Macdonald July 1, 1867 30 years, 176 days November 5, 1873 September 5, 1920 84 years, 12 days
(30692 days)
2 Jane Mackenzie
(born Jane Sym)		 March 22, 1825 June 17, 1853 Alexander Mackenzie November 7, 1873 48 years, 230 days October 8, 1878 March 30, 1893 68 years, 8 days
(24845 days)
(1) Agnes Macdonald
(born Susan Agnes Hewitt Bernard)		 August 24, 1836 February 16, 1867 Sir John A. Macdonald October 17, 1878 42 years, 54 days June 6, 1891 September 5, 1920 84 years, 12 days
(30692 days)
3 Mary Abbott
(born Mary Martha Bethune)		 October 17, 1823[1] July 26, 1849 Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott June 16, 1891 67 years, 242 days November 24, 1892 February 25, 1898 75 years, 38 days
(27432 days)
4 Annie Thompson
(born Annie Emma Affleck)		 June 26, 1845 July 5, 1870 Sir John Sparrow David Thompson December 5, 1892 47 years, 162 days December 12, 1894 April 10, 1913 (67 years, 288 days)
(24759 days)
None (widower) Sir Mackenzie Bowell December 21, 1894 April 27, 1896
5 Frances Tupper
(born Frances Amalia Morse)		 March 14, 1826 October 6, 1846 Sir Charles Tupper May 1, 1896 70 years, 48 days July 8, 1896 May 11, 1912 86 years, 58 days
(31469 days)
6 Zoé Laurier
(born Zoé Lafontaine)		 June 26, 1841 August 13, 1868 Sir Wilfrid Laurier July 11, 1896 55 years, 15 days October 7, 1911 November 1, 1921 80 years, 128 days
(29347 days)
7 Laura Borden
(born Laura Bond)		 November 26, 1861 September 25, 1889 Sir Robert Laird Borden October 10, 1911 49 years, 318 days July 10, 1920 September 7, 1940 78 years, 286 days
(28774 days)
8 Isabel Meighen
(Isabel Cox)		 April 18, 1882 June 1, 1904 Arthur Meighen July 10, 1920 38 years, 83 days December 29, 1921 September 6, 1985 103 years, 141 days
(37761)
None (never married) William Lyon Mackenzie King December 29, 1921 June 29, 1926
(8) Isabel Meighen
(born Jessie Isabel Cox)		 April 18, 1882 June 1, 1904 Arthur Meighen June 29, 1926 44 years, 72 days November 25, 1926 September 6, 1985 103 years, 141 days
(37761)
None (never married) William Lyon Mackenzie King November 25, 1926 August 7, 1930
None (never married) R.B. Bennett August 7, 1930 October 23, 1935
None (never married) William Lyon Mackenzie King October 23, 1935 November 15, 1948
9 Jeanne St. Laurent
(born Jeanne Renault)		 October 22, 1886 May 19, 1908 Louis Stephen St. Laurent November 15, 1948 62 years, 24 days June 21, 1957 November 14, 1966 80 years, 23 days
(29242 days)
10 Olive Diefenbaker
(born Olive Evangeline Freeman)		 April 14, 1902 December 8, 1953 John George Diefenbaker June 21, 1957 55 years, 68 days April 22, 1963 December 22, 1976 74 years, 252 days
(27281 days)
11 Maryon Pearson
(born Maryon Elspeth Moody)		 December 13, 1901 August 22, 1925 Lester B. Pearson April 22, 1963 61 years, 130 days April 20, 1968 December 26, 1989 88 years, 13 days
(32155)
None (unmarried as of 1968; married in office) Pierre Trudeau April 20, 1968 March 4, 1971
12 Margaret Trudeau
(born Margaret Joan Brrnard Sinclair)		 September 10, 1948 March 4, 1971 Pierre Trudeau March 4, 1971 22 years, 175 days 1977* Living 70 years, 33 days)
(25600 days)
None (separated) de facto Margaret Trudeau Pierre Trudeau 1977 June 4, 1979*
13 Maureen Ann Mcteer Clark September 27, 1952 June 30, 1973 Joe Clark June 4, 1979 26 years, 250 days March 3, 1980 Living 66 years, 16 days
(24122 days)
None (separated) de facto Margaret Trudeau Pierre Trudeau March 3, 1980 April 2, 1984*
None (divorced) Pierre Trudeau April 2, 1984 June 30, 1984*
14 Geills Turner
(born Geills McCrae Kilgour)		 December 23, 1937 May 11, 1963 John Turner June 30, 1984 46 years, 190 days September 17, 1984 Living 80 years, 294 days
(29514 days)
15 Mila Mulroney
(born Milica Pivnički)		 July 13, 1953 May 26, 1973 Brian Mulroney September 17, 1984 31 years, 66 days June 25, 1993 Living (65 years, 92 days)
(23833 days)
None (divorced) Kim Campbell June 25, 1993 November 4, 1993
16 Aline Chrétien
(born Aline Chaîné)		 May 14, 1936 September 10, 1957 Jean Chrétien November 4, 1993 57 years, 174 days December 12, 2003 Living 82 years, 152 days
(30102 days)
17 Sheila Martin
(née Cowan)		 July 31, 1943 September 11, 1965 Paul Martin December 12, 2003 60 years, 134 days February 6, 2006 Living 75 years, 74 days
(27468 days)
18 Laureen Harper
(born Laureen Ann Teskey)		 June 23, 1963 December 11, 1993 Stephen Harper February 6, 2006 42 years, 228 days November 4, 2015 Living 55 years, 112 days
(20201 days)
19 Sophie Grégoire Trudeau April 24, 1975 May 28, 2005 Justin Trudeau November 4, 2015 40 years, 194 days Present Living 43 years, 172 days
(15878 days)

(*) The Trudeaux separated in 1977 but did not obtain a divorce until April 2, 1984. Trudeau left office in June 1984, two months after his divorce was finalized.

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