List of prime ministers of Canada by academic degrees information
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This is a list of the prime ministers of Canada by their academic degrees. The following list does not include honorary degrees conferred to the prime minister. Four future prime ministers attended the University of Toronto, three prime ministers the University of British Columbia, Université Laval or McGill University.
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Prime Minister
Degree
University
Year
1
John A. Macdonald
none - apprenticeship towards becoming a lawyer
2
Alexander Mackenzie
none
3
John Abbott
B.C.L.
McGill University
1854
D.C.L.
McGill University
1867
4
John Sparrow Thompson
none - apprenticeship towards becoming a lawyer
5
Mackenzie Bowell
none
6
Dr. Charles Tupper
D.C.L.
LL.D
M.D.
University of Edinburgh
1843
7
Wilfrid Laurier
B.C.L.
McGill University
1864
D.C.L.
LL.D.
D.Litt.
8
Robert Borden
none - articled in law firm towards becoming a lawyer
9
Arthur Meighen
B.A. in Mathematics
University College at the University of Toronto
1896
Law graduate
Osgoode Hall Law School
1902?
LL.D.
10
Dr. William Lyon Mackenzie King
B.A.
University of Toronto
1895
LL.B.
University of Toronto
1896
M.A.
University of Toronto
1897
M.A. in political economy
Harvard University
1898
Ph.D.
Harvard University
1909
11
Richard Bedford Bennett
LL.B.
Dalhousie University
1893
12
Louis St. Laurent
B.A.
Séminaire Saint-Charles-Borromée
1902
LL.L.
Université Laval
1905
D.C.L.
LL.D.
13
John Diefenbaker
B.A.
University of Saskatchewan
1915
M.A. in Political Science and Economics
University of Saskatchewan
1916
LL.B
University of Saskatchewan
1919
LL.D.
D.C.L.
D.Litt
D.S.L.
14
Lester B. Pearson
B.A. in history and sociology
Victoria College at the University of Toronto
1919
B.A. in modern history
St John's College, University of Oxford
1923
M.A. in history
St John's College, University of Oxford
1925
LL.D.
15
Pierre Trudeau
L.L.B.
Université de Montréal
1943
M.A. in political economy
Harvard University
1945
incomplete doctorate studies
London School of Economics
16
Joe Clark
B.A. in political science
University of Alberta
M.A. in political science
University of Alberta
17
John Turner
B.A.h.
The University of British Columbia
1949
B.A. in Jurisprudence
Magdalen College, University of Oxford
1951
B.C.L.
Magdalen College, University of Oxford
1952
M.A.
Magdalen College, University of Oxford
1957
LL.D.
18
Brian Mulroney
B.A. in Political Science
St. Francis Xavier University
1959
LL.L.
Université Laval
1964
LL.D.
Université Laval
19
Kim Campbell
B.A. in Political Science
The University of British Columbia
1969
LL.B.
The University of British Columbia
1983
20
Jean Chrétien
B.A.
Séminaire Sainte-Marie
1955
LL.L.
Université Laval
1958
21
Paul Martin
B.A. in history and philosophy
St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto
1961
LL.B.
University of Toronto
1965
22
Stephen Harper
B.A. in economics
University of Calgary
1983
M.A. in economics
University of Calgary
1993
23
Justin Trudeau
B.A. in English
McGill University
1994
B.Ed.
University of British Columbia
1998
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