List of premiers by province

Canada is a federation that comprises ten provinces and three territories. Its government is structured as a parliamentary democracy, with a Prime Minister as its head of government; and a constitutional monarchy, with King Charles III as its sovereign. Each of the country's provinces and territories has a head of government, called premier in English and premier ministre—the same term used for the federal leader—in French. Collectively, the federal Prime Minister and provincial and territorial premiers are referred to as first ministers.

The longest-serving current first minister is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who assumed office on November 4, 2015;[note 1] the newest first minister is R.J. Simpson of the Northwest Territories, who assumed office on December 8, 2023. The oldest first minister, Blaine Higgs of New Brunswick, is 69; the youngest first minister, P.J. Akeeagok of Nunavut, is 39. Of the current first ministers, one (Danielle Smith of Alberta) is a woman and three (P.J. Akeeagok of Nunavut, R.J. Simpson of the Northwest Territories, and Wab Kinew of Manitoba) are Indigenous.[note 2][1]

Of the current first ministers, three are from the Liberal Party, four are from the Progressive Conservative Party, and two are from the New Democratic Party - however, federal and provincial/territorial parties that share common names are not necessarily affiliated with or politically analogous to one another. Three other first ministers are from locally-branded parties (the Coalition Avenir Québec, the Saskatchewan Party, and the United Conservative Party) and two are non-partisan.

Current Canadian first ministers

Premiers are listed in accordance with the provincial order of precedence: provinces before territories, and by order of joining confederation within those categories; where multiple jurisdictions joined confederation in the same year, they are ordered by population at the time of joining. Incumbency is current as of December 28, 2023.

First minister Jurisdiction Order Party Incumbency First mandate began Current mandate began Renewal of Mandate Parlia-
ment		 Refer-
ence
Federation – Prime Minister of Canada
Justin Trudeau Canada 23rd Liberal Party of Canada 8 years, 54 days 2015 election 2021 election 2025 federal election 44th [2]
Provinces – Provincial premiers
Doug Ford Ontario 26th Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario 5 years, 182 days 2018 election 2022 election 2026 election 43rd [3]
François Legault Quebec 32nd Coalition Avenir Québec 5 years, 71 days 2018 election 2022 election 2026 election 43rd
Tim Houston Nova Scotia 30th Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia 2 years, 119 days 2021 election 2021 election 2025 election 64th [4]
Blaine Higgs New Brunswick 34th Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick 5 years, 49 days 2018 designation 2020 election 2024 election 60th [5]
Wab Kinew Manitoba 25th New Democratic Party of Manitoba 71 days 2023 election 2023 election 2027 election 43rd [6]
David Eby British Columbia 37th British Columbia New Democratic Party 1 year, 40 days 2022 designation 2022 designation 2024 election 42nd [7]
Dennis King Prince Edward Island 33rd Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island 4 years, 233 days 2019 election 2023 election 2027 election 67th [8]
Scott Moe Saskatchewan 15th Saskatchewan Party 5 years, 329 days 2018 designation 2020 election 2024 election 29th [9]
Danielle Smith Alberta 19th United Conservative Party 1 year, 78 days 2022 designation 2023 election 2027 election 31st
Andrew Furey Newfoundland and Labrador 14th Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador 3 years, 131 days 2020 designation 2021 election 2025 election 50th [10]
Territories – Territorial premiers
R.J. Simpson Northwest Territories 14th N/A (consensus government) 20 days 2023 election 2023 election 2027 election 20th
Ranj Pillai Yukon 10th Yukon Liberal Party 348 days 2023 designation 2023 designation 2025 election 35th [11]
P.J. Akeeagok Nunavut 6th N/A (consensus government) 2 years, 39 days 2021 designation 2021 election 2025 election 6th [12]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The longest-serving provincial or territorial premier is Scott Moe of Saskatchewan, who assumed office on February 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ Akeeagok is Inuit, Simpson is Métis, and Kinew is First Nations.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.ntassembly.ca/meet-members/mla/rj-simpson
  2. ↑ "Prime Minister of Canada". Government of Canada. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Office of the Premier". Government of Ontario. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Honourable Tim Houston". Government of Nova Scotia. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Higgs sworn in as 34th premier of New Brunswick". Government of New Brunswick. November 9, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Office of the Premier". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Office of the Premier". Government of British Columbia. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Office of the Premier of Prince Edward Island". Government of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  9. ↑ "SCOTT MOE SWORN IN AS PREMIER OF SASKATCHEWAN, APPOINTS FIRST CABINET". Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Office of the Premier". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Office of the Premier". Government of Yukon. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Longtime politician Paul Quassa chosen new premier of Nunavut". CTV News, November 17, 2017.

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