List of premiers of Nova Scotia

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Premier of Nova Scotia
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Incumbent
Tim Houston
since August 31, 2021
Seat Halifax
Formation 1867

The Canadian province of Nova Scotia was a British colony with a system of responsible government since 1848, before it joined Canadian Confederation in 1867. Since Confederation, the province has been a part of the Canadian federation and has kept its own legislature to deal with provincial matters.[1]

Nova Scotia has a unicameral Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the premier is the leader of the party that controls the most seats in the House of Assembly. The premier is Nova Scotia's head of government, and the king in right of Nova Scotia is its head of state and is represented by the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia. The premier picks a cabinet from the elected members to form the Executive Council of Nova Scotia, and presides over that body.[1]

Members are first elected to the House during general elections. General elections must be conducted every five years from the date of the last election, but the premier may ask for early dissolution of the Legislative Assembly. An election may also occur if the governing party loses the confidence of the legislature by the defeat of a supply bill or tabling of a confidence motion.[2] Nova Scotia has had 27 individuals serve as premier since Confederation, of which 12 were Conservatives, 14 were Liberals, and one New Democrat.

Premiers of Nova Scotia

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
District		 Term of office Electoral mandates (Assembly) Political party


Premiers of the pre-Confederation period
1
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 James Boyle Uniacke
(1799–1858)
MLA for Cape Breton County
–
 Liberal


2
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 William Young
(1799–1887)
MLA for Inverness County
–
 Liberal


3
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 James William Johnston
(1792–1873)
MLA for Annapolis County
–
 Conservative


4
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 William Young
(1799–1887)
MLA for Inverness County
–
 Liberal


5
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 Joseph Howe
(1804–1873)
MLA for Hants County, South Division
–
 Liberal


6
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 James William Johnston
(1792–1873)
MLA for Annapolis County
–
 Conservative


7
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 Charles Tupper
(1821–1915)
MLA for Cumberland County
–
 Confederation


Premiers of the post-Confederation period
1
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 Hiram Blanchard
(1820–1874)
MLA for Inverness County
–
  • Appointment (no assembly)
 Conservative
Named leader in 1867


2
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 William Annand
(1808–1887)
Councillor for province-at-large
–
 Anti-Confederation
Named leader in 1867


3
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 Philip Carteret Hill
(1821–1894)
MLA for Halifax County
–
 Liberal
Named leader in 1875


4
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 Simon Hugh Holmes
(1831–1919)
MLA for Pictou County
–
 Conservative
Named leader in 1874


5
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 John Sparrow David Thompson
(1845–1894)
MLA for Antigonish County
–
  • Appointment (no assembly)
 Conservative
Named leader in 1882


6
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 William Thomas Pipes
(1850–1909)
MLA for Cumberland County
–
 Liberal
Named leader in 1882


7
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 William Stevens Fielding
(1848–1929)
MLA for Halifax County
–
 Liberal
Named leader in 1883


8
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 George Henry Murray
(1861–1929)
MLA for Victoria County
–
 Liberal
Named leader in 1896


9
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 Ernest Howard Armstrong
(1864–1946)
MLA for Shelburne County
–
 Liberal
Named leader in 1923


10
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 Edgar Nelson Rhodes
(1877–1942)
MLA for Hants County
–
 Conservative
Named leader in 1925


11
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 Gordon Sidney Harrington
(1883–1943)
MLA for Cape Breton Centre
–
 Conservative
Named leader in 1930


12
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 Angus L. Macdonald
(1890–1954)
MLA for Halifax South
–
 Liberal
Named leader in 1930


13
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 Alexander Stirling MacMillan
(1871–1955)
MLA for Hants
–
 Liberal
Named leader in 1940


14
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 Angus L. Macdonald
(1890–1954)
MLA for Halifax South
–
 Liberal
Named leader in 1945


15
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 Harold Connolly
(1901–1980)
MLA for Halifax North
–
 Liberal
Named leader in 1954


16
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 Henry Hicks
(1915–1990)
MLA for Annapolis
–
 Liberal
Named leader in 1954


17
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 Robert Stanfield
(1914–2003)
MLA for Colchester
–
 PC
Named leader in 1948


18
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 George Isaac Smith
(1909–1982)
MLA for Colchester
–
 PC
Named leader in 1967


19
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 Gerald Regan
(1928–2019)
MLA for Halifax Needham
–
 Liberal
Named leader in 1965


20
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 John Buchanan
(1931–2019)
MLA for Halifax Atlantic
–
 PC
Named leader in 1971


21
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 Roger Stuart Bacon
(1926–2021)
MLA for Cumberland East
–
 PC
Named leader in 1990


22
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 Donald William Cameron
(1946–2021)
MLA for Pictou East
–
 PC
Named leader in 1991


23
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 John Savage
(1932–2003)
MLA for Dartmouth South
–
 Liberal
Named leader in 1992


24
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 Russell MacLellan
(b. 1940)
MLA for Cape Breton North
–
 Liberal
Named leader in 1997


25
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 John F. Hamm
(b. 1938)
MLA for Pictou Centre
–
 PC
Named leader in 1995


26
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 Rodney MacDonald
(b. 1972)
MLA for Inverness
–
 PC
Named leader in 2006


27
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 Darrell Dexter
(b. 1957)
MLA for Cole Harbour
–
 NDP
Named leader in 2001		 [3]
28
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 Stephen McNeil
(b. 1964)
MLA for Annapolis
–
 Liberal
Named leader in 2007		 [4]
29
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 Iain Rankin
(b. 1983)
MLA for Timberlea-Prospect
–
 Liberal
Named leader in 2021		 [5]
30
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 Tim Houston
(b. 1970)
MLA for Pictou East
–
 PC
Named leader in 2018



References

General
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Specific
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  4. ↑ Stephen McNeil leads Liberals to majority in Nova Scotia. CBC News, October 8, 2013.
  5. ↑ [1]. CTV News, February 23, 2021.

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