List of Prime Ministers of Nova Scotia

This list outlines the Prime Minister (Engl. Premier ) of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on. Nova Scotia 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 House of Representatives . 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 the Canadian Confederation in 1867, Nova Scotia was a British crown colony that had the right to self-government from 1848.

List of Prime Ministers of Nova Scotia

Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia Liberal Party

Nova Scotia New Democratic Party

Confederation Party

Prime Minister of the Colony of Nova Scotia (1848–1867)
Prime minister (party)			Term of office
	01.	James Boyle Uniacke (Liberal Party)	February 2, 1848 - April 3, 1854
	02.	William Young (Liberal Party) (1st term)	April 4, 1854 - February 20, 1857
	03.	James William Johnston (Conservative Party)	February 24, 1857 - February 7, 1860
	0-	William Young (see above) (2nd term)	February 10, 1860 - August 3, 1860
	04th	Joseph Howe (Liberal Party)	August 3, 1860 - June 5, 1863
	0-	James William Johnston (see above) (2nd term)	June 11, 1863 - May 11, 1864
	05.	Charles Tupper (Confederation Party)	May 11, 1864 - July 4, 1867
Prime Minister of the Province of Nova Scotia (since 1867)
Prime minister (party)			Term of office
	01.	Hiram Blanchard (Conservative Party)	July 4, 1867 - September 30, 1867
	02.	William Annand (Liberal Party)	September 30, 1867 - May 8, 1875
	03.	Philip Carteret Hill (Liberal Party)	May 11, 1875 - October 15, 1878
	04th	Simon Hugh Holmes (Conservative Party)	October 22, 1878 - May 23, 1882
	05.	John Thompson (Conservative Party)	May 25, 1882 - July 18, 1882
	06th	William Thomas Pipes (Liberal Party)	August 3, 1882 - July 15, 1884
	07th	William Stevens Fielding (Liberal Party)	July 28, 1884 - July 18, 1896
	08th.	George Henry Murray (Liberal Party)	July 20, 1896 - January 24, 1923
	09.	Ernest Howard Armstrong (Liberal Party)	January 24, 1923 - July 16, 1925
	10.	Edgar Nelson Rhodes (Conservative Party)	July 16, 1925 - August 11, 1930
	11.	Gordon Sidney Harrington (Conservative Party)	August 11, 1930 - September 5, 1933
	12.	Angus Lewis Macdonald (Liberal Party) (1st term)	September 5, 1933 - July 10, 1940
	13.	Alexander Stirling MacMillan (Liberal Party)	July 10, 1940 - September 8, 1945
	-	Angus Lewis Macdonald (see above) (2nd term)	September 8, 1945 - April 13, 1954
	14th	Harold Joseph Connolly (Liberal Party)	April 13, 1954 - September 30, 1954
	15th	Henry Hicks (Liberal Party)	September 30, 1954 - November 20, 1956
	16.	Robert Stanfield (Progressive Conservative Party)	November 20, 1956 - September 13, 1967
	17th	George Isaac Smith (Progressive Conservative Party)	September 13, 1967 - October 28, 1970
	18th	Gerald Regan (Liberal Party)	October 28, 1970 - October 5, 1978
	19th	John Buchanan (Progressive Conservative Party)	October 5, 1978 - September 12, 1990
	20th	Roger Stuart Bacon (Progressive Conservative Party)	September 12, 1990 - February 26, 1991
	21st	Donald William Cameron (Progressive Conservative Party)	February 26, 1991 - June 11, 1993
	22nd	John Savage (Liberal Party)	June 11, 1993 - July 18, 1997
	23.	Russell MacLellan (Liberal Party)	July 18, 1997 - August 16, 1999
	24.	John Hamm (Progressive Conservative Party)	August 16, 1999 - February 24, 2006
	25th	Rodney MacDonald (Progressive Conservative Party)	February 24, 2006 - June 19, 2009
	26th	Darrell Dexter (New Democratic Party)	June 19, 2009 - October 22, 2013
	27.	Stephen McNeil (Liberal Party)	October 22, 2013 - Acting

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• Terms of office of Prime Minister of Nova Scotia

See also

• List of Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia