Trepanier Lodge No. 83

A.F. & A.M.G.R.B.C. & Y.

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	b.1834-d.1923	1	Died in office
17/10/1878- 06/06/1891	John A. Macdonald	b.1834-d.1923	3	Died in office
13/06/1891- 24/11/1892	John J. C. Abbott	(b.1821-d.1893)	4	Resigned due to ill health.
21/12/1894- 27/04/1896	MacKenzie Bowell	(b.1823-d.1917)	6	Resigned midterm, remaining as Senate opposition leader.
10/10/1911- 10/07/1920	Robert Laird Borden	(b.1854-d.1937)	9	Resigned due to ill health.
07/08/1930- 23/10/1935	R.B. Bennett	(b.1870-d.1947)	14	Remained leader of opposition until 1938.
21/06/1957- 22/04/1963	John George Diefenbaker	(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.