Editing Prime Minister of Canada (section)

==Activities post-premiership==
[[File:Lester Pearson at Constellation Hotel (50540638176).jpg|thumb|[[Lester B. Pearson|Lester Pearson]] ]]
After exiting office, former prime ministers of Canada have engaged in various pursuits. Some remained in politics: Bowell continued as a senator, and Bennett moved to the United Kingdom after being elevated to the [[House of Lords]].<ref>{{cite DCB |last=Waite |first=P.B. |title=Bennett, Richard Bedford, 1st Viscount Bennett |volume=17 |url = http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bennett_richard_bedford_17E.html }}</ref> A number were leaders of the [[Official Opposition (Canada)|Official Opposition]]: John A. Macdonald, [[Arthur Meighen]], Mackenzie King,<ref>{{cite DCB|authorlink1=H. Blair Neatby |last=Neatby |first=H. Blair |title=King, William Lyon Mackenzie |volume=17 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/king_william_lyon_mackenzie_17E.html}}</ref> and Pierre Trudeau, all before being re-appointed as prime minister (Mackenzie King twice); Alexander Mackenzie and [[John Diefenbaker]], both prior to sitting as regular Members of Parliament until their deaths;<ref name="Dief">{{cite DCB |last=Smith |first=Dennis |title=Diefenbaker, John George |volume=20 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/diefenbaker_john_george_20E.html}}</ref> [[Wilfrid Laurier]] dying while still in the post;<ref>{{cite DCB |last=Bélanger |first=Réal |title=Laurier, Sir Wilfrid |volume=14 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/laurier_wilfrid_14E.html}}</ref> and [[Charles Tupper]],<ref name="Tupper">{{cite DCB |last=Buckner |first=Phillip |title=Tupper, Sir Charles |volume=14|url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/tupper_charles_14E.html}}</ref> [[Louis St. Laurent]],<ref name="StLaurent">{{cite DCB |last=Bothwell |first=Robert |title=St. Laurent, Louis |volume=20 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/st_laurent_louis_stephen_20E.html}}</ref> and John Turner, each before they returned to private business. Meighen was also appointed to the Senate following his second period as prime minister, but resigned his seat to seek re-election and moved to private enterprise after failing to win a riding.<ref name="Meighen">{{cite DCB |last=Glassford |first=Larry A. |title=Meighen, Arthur |volume=18 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/meighen_arthur_18E.html }}</ref> Also returning to civilian life were: Robert Borden, who was Chancellor of [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's]] and [[McGill University|McGill Universities]], as well as working in the financial sector; [[Lester B. Pearson]], who was Chancellor of [[Carleton University]];<ref>{{cite DCB |last=English |first=John |title=Pearson, Lester Bowles |volume=20 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/pearson_lester_bowles_20E.html }}</ref> Joe Clark and Kim Campbell, who were university lecturers, Clark also consultant and Campbell working in international diplomacy and as the director of private companies and chairperson of interest groups; while Pierre Trudeau and Jean Chrétien returned to legal practice.<ref>{{cite DCB |last=English |first=John |title=Trudeau, Pierre Elliott  |volume=22 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/trudeau_pierre_elliott_22E.html}}</ref> Former prime ministers also commonly penned autobiographies—Tupper,<ref name=Tupper /> for example—or published their memoirs—such as Diefenbaker and [[Paul Martin]].<ref name=Dief />