Canadian Party Leaders in Recent Federal Elections

1968 was the first year in which Canada's party leaders held a televised election debate. It is thus often considered to be a key year in the history of Canadian politics, as it signaled a shift in the importance of the personalities of the party leaders like never before. Here are the men and women who ran for Prime Minister under major party banners in the post-debate world.

* incubent Prime Minister

The Social Credit Party stopped winning seats after 1979, but still technically existed. They stopped being included in leadership debates however, and generally died as a political force in Canada.
Similarly, the Reform Party ran candidates in the 1988 election but was generally considered a fringe party at that point and failed to win any seats, or garner much media attention.