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What the Liberals
stand for
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The Liberals stand for
- Minimum Wage: helping poor workers get a better sallary
-Unaversal
health care: Supplying every citizen with a health care plan that doesn't work around their wallet
-Enhancing environmental
acts: Cleaning up our environment will improve the health and economic opportunities of each of us
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Opposing privitized government services.
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Leaders of the Liberal Party since 1867
Beginning of Leadership |
Name |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
Length of Leadership |
1 July 1867 |
George Brown |
29 November 1818 |
10 May 1880 |
2 months, 19 days (interim)1 |
20 September 1867 |
Vacant |
n/a |
n/a |
2 years (approx) |
1869 |
Edward Blake |
13 October 1833 |
1 March 1912 |
2 years (approx) (interim) |
1871 |
Vacant |
n/a |
n/a |
2 years (approx) |
6 March 1873 |
Alexander Mackenzie |
28 January 1822 |
17 April 1892 |
7 years, 1 month |
27 April 1880 |
Edward Blake |
13 October 1833 |
1 March 1912 |
7 years, 1 month |
23 June 1887 |
Sir Wilfrid Laurier |
20 November 1841 |
17 February 1919 |
31 years, 8 months |
17 February 1919 |
Daniel Duncan McKenzie |
8 January 1859 |
8 June 1927 |
5 months, 3 weeks (interim) |
7 August 1919 |
William Lyon Mackenzie King |
17 December 1874 |
22 July 1950 |
29 years |
7 August 1948 |
Louis St. Laurent |
1 February 1882 |
25 July 1973 |
9 years, 5 months |
16 January 1958 |
Lester B. Pearson |
23 April 1897 |
28 December 1972 |
10 years, 3 months |
6 April 1968 |
Pierre Elliott Trudeau |
18 October 1919 |
28 September 2000 |
16 years, 2 months |
16 June 1984 |
John Turner |
7 June 1929 |
Living |
6 years |
6 February 1990 |
Herb Gray |
25 May 1931 |
Living |
4 months, 17 days² (interim Parliamentary leader) |
23 June 1990 |
Jean Chrétien |
11 January 1934 |
Living |
13 years, 5 months |
14 November 2003 |
Paul Martin |
28 August 1938 |
Living |
2 years, 3 months |
18 March 2006 |
Bill Graham |
17 March 1939 |
Living |
8 months, 2 weeks³ (interim) |
2 December 2006 |
Stéphane Dion |
28 September 1955 |
Living |
Current leader |
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