List of prime ministers of Canada by date of death

This is a complete list of Canadian prime ministers by date of death.

John A. Macdonald and John Thompson were the only prime ministers to die in office. Four prime ministers have died outside of Canada; three in the United Kingdom and one in the United States.^{[ citation needed ]} Richard Bennett is the only prime minister to be buried outside of Canada. ^{[1] [2]}

List

Order of Death	Name	Date of death	Order of Office	Cause of death	Age at Death	Lifespan after office	Place of death Place of burial	Image
1	John A. Macdonald	June 6, 1891	1	Stroke	75 years, 330 days	0 days	Ottawa, Ontario Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario
2	Alexander Mackenzie	April 17, 1892	2	Stroke from a fall hitting his head	70 years, 80 days	13 years, 192 days	Toronto, Ontario Lakeview Cemetery Sarnia, Ontario
3	John Abbott	October 30, 1893	3	Brain cancer	72 years, 232 days	340 days	Montreal, Quebec Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec
4	John Thompson	December 12, 1894	4	Heart attack	49 years, 32 days	0 days	Windsor Castle, England Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
5	Charles Tupper	October 30, 1915	6	Heart failure	94 years, 120 days	19 years, 186 days	Bexleyheath, Kent, England St. John's Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
6	Mackenzie Bowell	December 10, 1917	5	Pneumonia	93 years, 348 days	21 years, 155 days	Belleville, Ontario Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Ontario
7	Wilfrid Laurier	February 17, 1919	7	Stroke	77 years, 89 days	7 years, 134 days	Ottawa, Ontario Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario
8	Robert Borden	June 10, 1937	8	Heart failure	82 years, 349 days	16 years, 335 days	Ottawa, Ontario Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario
9	R. B. Bennett	June 26, 1947	11	Heart attack while taking a bath	76 years, 358 days	11 years, 246 days	Mickleham, England St. Michael's Churchyard, Mickleham, England
10	W. L. Mackenzie King	July 22, 1950	10	Pneumonia	75 years, 217 days	1 year, 249 days	Chelsea, Quebec Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto
11	Arthur Meighen	August 5, 1960	9	Heart failure	86 years, 50 days	33 years, 315 days	Toronto, Ontario St. Marys Cemetery, St. Marys, Ontario
12	Lester B. Pearson	December 27, 1972	14	Cancer	75 years, 248 days	4 years, 251 days	Ottawa, Ontario MacLaren Cemetery, Wakefield, Quebec
13	Louis St. Laurent	July 25, 1973	12	Heart failure	91 years, 174 days	16 years, 34 days	Quebec City, Quebec St. Thomas Aquinas Cemetery, Compton, Quebec
14	John Diefenbaker	August 16, 1979	13	Heart attack	83 years, 332 days	16 years, 116 days	Ottawa, Ontario Diefenbaker Centre, University of Saskatchewan
15	Pierre Trudeau	September 28, 2000	15	Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer	80 years, 346 days	16 years, 90 days	Montreal, Quebec St-Remi-de-Napierville Cemetery, Saint-Rémi, Quebec (state funeral)
16	John Turner	September 19, 2020 [3] [4]	17	Congestive heart failure [5]	91 years, 104 days	36 years, 2 days	Toronto, Ontario Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto [5]
17	Brian Mulroney	February 29, 2024 [6]	18	Complications following a fall and cardiac issues	84 years, 346 days	30 years, 249 days	Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. [7] Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery, Montreal [8] (state funeral)

See also

• State funerals in Canada

References

1. "Former Prime Ministers and Their Grave Sites". Government of Canada . 28 May 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
2. "Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada – Former Prime Ministers and Their Grave Sites – The Right Honourable Richard Bedford Bennett". Parks Canada. Government of Canada. 20 December 2010. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
3. "Former prime minister John Turner to be honoured with state funeral Oct. 6". Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
4. Austen, Ian (October 2020). "John Turner, Briefly Its Leader but Long a Force in Canada, Dies at 91". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
5. Paikin, Steve (2022). John Turner: An Intimate Biography of Canada's 17th Prime Minister. Toronto, Ontario: Sutherland House Books. pp. 284–295. ISBN   978-1-989555-83-5. OCLC   1313801194.
6. "Brian Mulroney, one of Canada's most consequential prime ministers, is dead at 84". CBC News. 29 February 2024. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
7. Cowell, Alan (29 February 2024). "Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister Who Led Canada Into NAFTA, Dies at 84" . The New York Times . Retrieved 29 February 2024.
8. "Recherche d'une personne défunte: Brian Mulroney (T01213)". Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery (in French). Montreal, Quebec. 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.