List of Prime Ministers of Manitoba

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This list outlines the Prime Minister (Engl. Premier ) of the Canadian province of Manitoba since joining the Canadian Confederation in 1870 on. Manitoba has a unicameral parliament with a parliamentary government based on the Westminster system . The prime minister is also the chairman of the party that holds the most seats in the legislative assembly . The Prime Minister acts as head of government , while the head of state , the Canadian monarch , by a Deputy Governor (lieutenant governor) is represented. In addition, the Prime Minister puts together and presides over the government called the Executive Council from among the elected MPs. Before 1888 there were no political parties in Manitoba.

Prime Minister of Manitoba

Manitoba Liberal Party

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

Progressive Party of Manitoba

New Democratic Party of Manitoba

Prime minister (party)			Term of office
	1.	Alfred Boyd (independent)	September 16, 1870 - December 14, 1871
	2.	Marc-Amable Girard (independent)	December 14, 1871 - March 14, 1872 (1st term)
	3.	Henry Joseph Clarke (independent)	March 14, 1872 - July 8, 1874
	-	Marc-Amable Girard (independent)	July 8, 1874 - December 2, 1874 (2nd term)
	4th	Robert Atkinson Davis (independent)	December 2, 1874 - October 16, 1878
	5.	John Norquay (independent)	October 16, 1878 - December 24, 1887
	6th	David Howard Harrison (independent)	December 26, 1887 - January 19, 1888
	7th	Thomas Greenway (Liberal Party)	January 19, 1888 - January 6, 1900
	8th.	Hugh John Macdonald (Conservative Party)	January 10, 1900 - October 29, 1900
	9.	Rodmond Roblin (Conservative Party)	October 29, 1900 - May 12, 1915
	10.	Tobias Norris (Liberal Party)	May 12, 1915 - August 8, 1922
	11.	John Bracken (United Farmers / Progressive Party)	August 8, 1922 - June 16, 1932
	-	John Bracken (Liberal-Progressive Party)	June 16, 1932 - January 14, 1943
	12.	Stuart Garson (Liberal-Progressive Party)	January 14, 1943 - November 13, 1948
	13.	Douglas Lloyd Campbell (Liberal-Progressive Party)	November 13, 1948 - June 30, 1958
	14th	Dufferin Roblin (Progressive Conservative Party)	June 30, 1958 - November 27, 1967
	15th	Walter Weir (Progressive Conservative Party)	November 27, 1967 - July 15, 1969
	16.	Edward Schreyer (New Democratic Party)	July 15, 1969 - November 24, 1977
	17th	Sterling Lyon (Progressive Conservative Party)	November 24, 1977 - November 30, 1981
	18th	Howard Pawley (New Democratic Party)	November 30, 1981 - May 9, 1988
	19th	Gary Filmon (Progressive Conservative Party)	May 9, 1988 - October 5, 1999
	20th	Gary Doer (New Democratic Party)	October 5, 1999 - October 19, 2009
	21st	Greg Selinger (New Democratic Party)	October 19, 2009 - May 3, 2016
	22nd	Brian Pallister (Progressive Conservative Party)	May 3, 2016 - acting

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c} The United Farmers of Manitoba party was renamed the Progressive Party in 1928. After 1932 the government was formed from a liberal-progressive coalition. During the Second World War the Conservatives, the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Manitoba Social Credit Party were also part of the ruling coalition. The Commonwealth Federation resigned in 1943, while the Social Credit Party sank into insignificance in the 1940s. The Conservatives remained in the coalition until 1950.
2. ^ Until 1950 coalition government with the conservatives

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• Directory of Prime Ministers and Terms of Office

See also

• List of Lieutenant Governors of Manitoba