List of prime ministers of Canada by date of death

This is a complete list of Canadian prime ministers by date of death. As of November 2020, there are six living former prime ministers (Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin, Brian Mulroney, Joe Clark, Kim Campbell and Stephen Harper, in order from oldest to youngest), as well as the incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Order of DeathNameDate of
death		Order of Office Cause of deathAge at Death Place of death
Place of burial
1John A. MacdonaldJune 6, 18911 Stroke76 Ottawa, Ontario
Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario
2Alexander MackenzieApril 17, 18922 Stroke from a fall hitting his head70 Toronto, Ontario
Lakeview Cemetery Sarnia, Ontario
3John AbbottOctober 30, 18933 Brain cancer72 Montreal, Quebec
Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec
4John ThompsonDecember 12, 18944 Heart attack49 Windsor Castle, England
Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
5Charles TupperOctober 30, 19156 Heart failure94 Bexleyheath, Kent, England
St. John's Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
6Mackenzie BowellDecember 10, 19175 Pneumonia93 Belleville, Ontario
Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Ontario
7Wilfrid LaurierFebruary 17, 19197 Stroke77 Ottawa, Ontario
Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario
8Robert BordenJune 10, 19378 Heart failure82 Ottawa, Ontario
Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario
9R. B. BennettJune 26, 194711 Heart attack while taking a bath76 Mickleham, England
St. Michael's Churchyard, Mickleham, England
10W. L. Mackenzie KingJuly 22, 195010 Pneumonia75 Chelsea, Quebec
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto
11Arthur MeighenAugust 5, 19609 Heart failure86 Toronto, Ontario
St. Marys Cemetery, St. Marys, Ontario
12Lester B. PearsonDecember 27, 197214 Cancer75 Ottawa, Ontario
MacLaren Cemetery, Wakefield, Quebec
13Louis St. LaurentJuly 25, 197312 Heart failure91 Quebec City, Quebec
St. Thomas Aquinas Cemetery, Compton, Quebec
14John DiefenbakerAugust 16, 197913 Heart attack83 Ottawa, Ontario
Diefenbaker Centre, University of Saskatchewan
15Pierre TrudeauSeptember 28, 200015 Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer80 Montreal, Quebec
St-Remi-de-Napierville Cemetery, Saint-Rémi, Quebec
16John TurnerSeptember 19, 2020[1]17 91 Toronto, Ontario
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto

Date of Death by Day in Calendar Year
OrderPrime MinisterDate of Death
1Wilfrid LaurierFebruary 17
2Alexander MackenzieApril 17
3John A. MacdonaldJune 6
4Robert BordenJune 10
5R.B. BennettJune 26
6W.L. Mackenzie KingJuly 22
7Louis St. LaurentJuly 25
8Arthur MeighenAugust 5
9John DiefenbakerAugust 16
10John TurnerSeptember 19
11Pierre TrudeauSeptember 28
12/13John AbbottOctober 30
Charles Tupper
14Mackenzie BowellDecember 10
15John ThompsonDecember 12
16Lester B. PearsonDecember 27

Number of deaths by century
19th century
4 (first John A. Macdonald; last John Thompson)
20th century
11 (first Charles Tupper; last Pierre Trudeau)
21st century
1 (John Turner)

Facts
  • John A. Macdonald and John Thompson were the only prime ministers to die in office.
  • Three prime ministers have died outside of Canada, all in Britain.
  • Richard Bennett is the only PM to die and be buried outside of Canada.
  • There has never been a year in which more than one Prime Minister has died.
  • The closest time between the death of two prime ministers is the 210 days between the death of Lester B. Pearson on December 27, 1972, and Louis St. Laurent on July 25, 1973.
  • The longest time between the death of two prime ministers is the 21 years and 43 days between the death of John Diefenbaker on August 16, 1979, and Pierre Trudeau on September 28, 2000.
  • Only one day - October 30 - is the death day of more than one Prime Minister. John Abbott died October 30, 1893, and Charles Tupper died October 30, 1915.
  • Wilfrid Laurier died earliest in the calendar year, on February 17, 1919. Lester B. Pearson died latest in the calendar year, on December 27, 1972.
  • June and December have the largest amount of Prime Minister's death dates, with 3 each.
  • Between the deaths of John A. Macdonald in 1891 and John Turner in 2020, a Prime Minister has died in every decade except for the 1900s, 1920s, 1980s, 1990s and 2010s.

References
  1. "Former prime minister John Turner to be honoured with state funeral Oct. 6".
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