Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada

This is a list of federal conservative party leaders in Canada after Confederation

List of Tory leaders in Canada since Confederation

This is a list of leaders of Canada’ Conservative parties (1867–present) and prime ministers from those parties since Confederation.

Conservative (1867-1942)

Name		From	To	Riding as leader	Notes
	Sir John A. Macdonald	July 1, 1867	June 6, 1891	Kingston, ON (1867–18, 1887–91); Victoria, BC (1878–82); Carleton, ON (1882–88)	1st Prime Minister
	Sir John Abbott	June 16, 1891	November 24, 1892	Senator for Inkerman, QC	3rd Prime Minister
	Sir John Sparrow David Thompson	December 5, 1892	December 12, 1894	Antigonish, NS	4th Prime Minister
	Sir Mackenzie Bowell	December 21, 1894	April 27, 1896	Senator for Hastings, ON	5th Prime Minister
	Sir Charles Tupper	May 1, 1896	February 6, 1901	Cape Breton, NS	6th Prime Minister
	Sir Robert Laird Borden	February 6, 1901	July 10, 1920	Halifax, NS (1900–04, 1908–17); Carleton, ON (1905–08); Kings, NS (1917–21)	8th Prime Minister
	Arthur Meighen	July 10, 1920	September 24, 1926	Portage la Prairie, MB (1908–21, 1925–26); Grenville, ON (1922–25)	9th Prime Minister
	Hugh Guthrie (interim leader)	October 11, 1926	October 12, 1927	Wellington South
	R. B. Bennett	October 12, 1927	July 7, 1938	Calgary West, AB	11th Prime Minister
	Robert Manion	July 7, 1938	May 14, 1940	London, ON	Resigned after lost seat in 1940 election
	Richard Hanson (interim leader)	May 14, 1940	November 12, 1941	York—Sunbury, NB
	Arthur Meighen	November 12, 1941	December 9, 1942	Senator for St. Marys, Ontario	Resigned after failed attempt to enter the House of Commons in the York South by-election.

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1942–2003)

Picture	Name	Term start	Term end	Riding as leader	Notes
	John Bracken	December 11, 1942	July 20, 1948	Neepawa	Former Premier of Manitoba
	George Drew	October 2, 1948	November 29, 1956	Carleton	Former Premier of Ontario
	William Earl Rowe	November 29, 1956 (Interim)	December 14, 1956	Dufferin—Simcoe	Interim leader until 1956 leadership convention
	John Diefenbaker	December 14, 1956	September 9, 1967	Prince Albert	13th Prime Minister of Canada
	Robert Stanfield	September 9, 1967	February 22, 1976	Halifax	Former Premier of Nova Scotia
	Joe Clark	February 22, 1976	February 19, 1983	Rocky Mountain, Yellowhead	16th Prime Minister of Canada
	Erik Nielsen	February 19, 1983 (Interim)	June 11, 1983	Yukon	Interim leader until 1983 leadership convention
	Brian Mulroney	June 11, 1983	June 13, 1993	Central Nova, Manicouagan, Charlevoix	18th Prime Minister of Canada
	Kim Campbell	June 13, 1993	December 14, 1993	Vancouver Centre	19th Prime Minister of Canada
	Jean Charest	December 14, 1993	April 2, 1998	Sherbrooke	Former Premier of Quebec
	Elsie Wayne	April 2, 1998 (Interim)	November 14, 1998	Saint John	Interim until 1998 leadership election
	Joe Clark	November 14, 1998	May 31, 2003	Kings—Hants, Calgary Centre	His second tenure as leader
	Peter MacKay	May 31, 2003	December 7, 2003	Central Nova	Final leader of the Progressive Conservative Party; merged the PC Party with Stephen Harper's Canadian Alliance in 2003, cofounding the new Conservative Party of Canada.

Conservative Party of Canada (2003–present)

Leader			Term start	Term end	Constituency	Notes
—		John Lynch-Staunton	8 December 2003	20 March 2004	Senator for Grandville, Quebec	Interim leader, served concurrently as Senate Opposition Leader.
1st		Stephen Harper	20 March 2004	19 October 2015 Acting: 19 October 2015 – 4 November 2015	Calgary Southwest, Alberta	First official leader of the modern Conservative Party of Canada; Served as Leader of the Official Opposition from 2004–2006, and Prime Minister from 2006–2015.
—		Rona Ambrose	5 November 2015	27 May 2017	Sturgeon River—Parkland, Alberta	Interim leader and served as Leader of the Official Opposition
2nd		Andrew Scheer	27 May 2017	24 August 2020	Regina—Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan	Served as Leader of the Official Opposition from 2017 to 2020. He resigned on December 12, 2019, but stayed as leader until his successor was chosen on August 24, 2020.
3rd		Erin O'Toole	24 August 2020	2 February 2022	Durham, Ontario	Served as Leader of the Official Opposition from 2020 to 2022. He was removed by the Conservative caucus on February 2, 2022.
—		Candice Bergen	2 February 2022	10 September 2022	Portage—Lisgar, Manitoba	Interim leader and served as Leader of the Official Opposition in 2022.
4th		Pierre Poilievre	10 September 2022	Incumbent	Carleton, Ontario	Serves as current Leader of the Official Opposition.