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Prime Minister
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Degree
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University
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Year
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1
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John A. Macdonald
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none - apprenticeship towards becoming a lawyer
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2
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Alexander Mackenzie
|
none
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3
|
John Abbott
|
B.C.L. |
McGill University |
1854
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D.C.L. |
McGill University |
1867
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4
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John Sparrow Thompson
|
none - apprenticeship towards becoming a lawyer
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5
|
Mackenzie Bowell
|
none
|
6
|
Dr. Charles Tupper
|
D.C.L.
|
LL.D
|
M.D. |
University of Edinburgh |
1843
|
7
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Wilfrid Laurier
|
B.C.L. |
McGill University |
1864
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D.C.L.
|
LL.D.
|
D.Litt.
|
8
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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
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Dr. William Lyon Mackenzie King
|
B.A. |
University of Toronto |
1895
|
LL.B. |
University of Toronto |
1896
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M.A. |
University of Toronto |
1897
|
M.A. in political economy |
Harvard University |
1898
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Ph.D. |
Harvard University |
1909
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11
|
Richard Bedford Bennett
|
LL.B. |
Dalhousie University |
1893
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12
|
Louis St. Laurent
|
B.A. |
Séminaire Saint-Charles-Borromée |
1902
|
LL.L. |
Université Laval |
1905
|
D.C.L.
|
LL.D.
|
13
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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
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LL.D.
|
15
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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
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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
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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
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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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