Most Famous Canadian Politicians
Canada has produced 1,112 notable politicians throughout history, led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
WL
William Lyon Mackenzie King Canadian Politician 1874 – 1950
#
4,611
JC
Jean Chrétien Canadian Politician Born 1934
#
5,742
JD
John Diefenbaker Canadian Politician 1895 – 1979
#
7,023
WL
Wilfrid Laurier Canadian Politician 1841 – 1919
#
7,583
BM
Brian Mulroney Canadian Politician Born 1939
#
7,790
KC
Kim Campbell Canadian Politician Born 1947
#
10,554
RB
Robert Borden Canadian Politician 1854 – 1937
#
11,562
RL
René Lévesque Canadian Politician 1922 – 1987
#
11,639
SD
Stéphane Dion Canadian Politician Born 1955
#
12,624
RB
R. B. Bennett Canadian Politician 1870 – 1947
#
14,468
LS
Louis St. Laurent Canadian Politician 1882 – 1973
#
14,550
AM
Arthur Meighen Canadian Politician 1874 – 1960
#
19,690
TD
Tommy Douglas Canadian Politician 1904 – 1986
#
20,088
JA
John Abbott Canadian Politician 1821 – 1893
#
25,500
GC
George-Étienne Cartier Canadian Politician 1814 – 1873
#
32,559
NM
Nellie McClung Canadian Suffragette 1873 – 1951
#
32,614
JC
Joe Clark Canadian Politician Born 1939
#
34,108
MB
Mackenzie Bowell Canadian Politician 1823 – 1917
#
37,655
JS
Jeanne Sauvé Canadian Politician 1922 – 1993
#
41,517
EM
Emily Murphy Canadian Activist 1868 – 1933
#
41,641