Canada is a parliamentary democracy that includes ten provinces and three territories. Each province and territory has a head of government. Those people are called Premiers to avoid confusion with the federal Prime Minister.[1]
All but five of the Premiers are men. The longest-serving Premier is Dalton McGuinty of Ontario, who has held the position since October 23, 2003; the newest Premier is Pauline Marois of Quebec, who assumed office on September 17, 2012. The oldest premier, Pauline Marois of Quebec, was born in 1949; The youngest Premier, Robert Ghiz of Prince Edward Island, was born in 1974. There are thirteen incumbent Premiers, of which three are from a Liberal Party, three are from a Conservative Party, two are from the New Democratic Party, one is from the Parti Québécois, one is from the Saskatchewan Party, one is from the Yukon Party, and two are non-partisan.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
First minister | Federation, province, or territory | Order | Party | Incumbency | First mandate began | Current mandate began | Parliament | Refer- ences | |
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Federation - Prime Minister | |||||||||
Justin Trudeau | Canada | 23rd | Liberal | 8 years, 197 days | 2015 Election | 2015 Election | 42nd | [14] | |
Provinces - Provincial Premiers | |||||||||
Kathleen Wynne | Ontario | 25th | Liberal | 11 years, 98 days | 2013 Designation | 2013 Designation | 40th | [9] | |
Pauline Marois | Quebec | 30th | Parti Québécois | 11 years, 245 days | 2012 Election | 2012 Election | 40th | ||
Stephen McNeil | Nova Scotia | 28th | Liberal | 10 years, 210 days | 2013 Election | 2013 Election | 62nd | [11] | |
David Alward | New Brunswick | 32nd | Progressive Conservative | 13 years, 220 days | 2010 Election | 2010 Election | 57th | [13] | |
Greg Selinger | Manitoba | 21st | New Democratic | 14 years, 213 days | 2009 Designation | 2011 Election | 40th | [8] | |
Christy Clark | British Columbia | 35th | Liberal | 13 years, 66 days | 2011 Designation | 2011 Designation | 39th | [15] | |
Robert Ghiz | Prince Edward Island | 31st | Liberal | 16 years, 342 days | 2007 Election | 2011 Election | 64th | [12] | |
Brad Wall | Saskatchewan | 14th | Saskatchewan Party | 16 years, 180 days | 2007 Election | 2011 Election | 27th | [7] | |
Alison Redford | Alberta | 14th | Progressive Conservative | 12 years, 225 days | 2011 Designation | 2012 Election | 28th | [6] | |
Kathy Dunderdale | Newfoundland and Labrador | 10th | Progressive Conservative | 13 years, 168 days | 2010 Designation | 2011 Election | 47th | [10] | |
Territories - Territorial Premiers | |||||||||
Bob McLeod | Northwest Territories | 12th | N/A | 12 years, 206 days | 2011 Election | 2011 Election | 17th | [3] | |
Darrell Pasloski | Yukon | 8th | Yukon Party | 12 years, 343 days | 2011 Designation | 2011 Election | 33rd | [2] | |
Eva Aariak | Nunavut | 2nd | N/A | 15 years, 182 days | 2008 Election | 2008 Election | 3rd | [4] |