List of premiers of British Columbia

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David Eby has been premier of British Columbia since 2022.

The premier of British Columbia is the first minister for the Canadian province of British Columbia. The province was a British crown colony governed by the governors of British Columbia[1] before joining Canadian Confederation in 1871.[2] Since then, it has had a unicameral Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the premier is the leader of the party that controls the most seats in the legislative assembly. The premier is British Columbia's head of government, and the [[Monarchy of Canada|Template:Canadian monarch, current of Canada]] is its head of state and is represented by the lieutenant governor of British Columbia. The premier picks a cabinet from the elected members to form the Executive Council of British Columbia and presides over that body.[3]

Members are first elected to the legislature during general elections. General elections must be conducted every four years from the date of the last election. An election may take place before the four-year mark if the governing party loses the confidence of the legislature by the defeat of a supply bill or the passage of a no-confidence motion, provided that there is no alternative configuration in the legislature that the lieutenant governor believes can command confidence.[lower-alpha 1][3]

Before 1903, British Columbia did not use a party system; instead, premiers of British Columbia had no official party affiliation and were chosen by elected members of the legislative assembly from among themselves. Candidates ran as "Government", "Opposition", "Independent", or in formulations such as "Opposition independent", indicating their respective positions to the incumbent regime.

British Columbia has had 36 individuals serve as premier since joining Confederation, of which 14 individuals had no party affiliation, three were Conservatives, eight were Liberals, four were Socreds, and seven were New Democrats. The first premier was John Foster McCreight, who was inaugurated in 1871. Joseph Martin spent the shortest time in office, at 106 days. At over twenty years, W. A. C. Bennett spent the longest time in office and is the only premier to serve in more than five parliaments. The incumbent premier is David Eby, who was sworn in on November 18, 2022.

Premiers of British Columbia

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List of premiers by time in office

Rank Premier Total time in office Dates in office Mandates Party
1 W. A. C. Bennett Template:Ayd August 1, 1952 – September 15, 1972 7 Template:Canadian party colour
2 Richard McBride Template:Ayd June 1, 1903 – December 15, 1915 5 Template:Canadian party colour
3 Bill Bennett Template:Ayd December 22, 1975 – August 6, 1986 3 Template:Canadian party colour
4 Gordon Campbell Template:Ayd June 5, 2001 – March 14, 2011 3 Template:Canadian party colour
5 John Oliver Template:Ayd March 6, 1918 – August 17, 1927 3 Template:Canadian party colour
6 Thomas Dufferin Pattullo Template:Ayd November 15, 1933 – December 9, 1941 3 Template:Canadian party colour
7 Christy Clark Template:Ayd March 14, 2011 – July 18, 2017 3 Template:Canadian party colour
8 John Hart Template:Ayd December 9, 1941 – December 29, 1947 2 Template:Canadian party colour
9 George Anthony Walkem Template:Ntsh 5 years, 343 days February 11, 1874 – February 1, 1876
June 25, 1878 – June 13, 1882 		3 Template:Canadian party colour
10 John Horgan Template:Ayd July 18, 2017 – November 18, 2022 2 Template:Canadian party colour
11 Simon Fraser Tolmie Template:Ayd August 21, 1928 – November 15, 1933 1 Template:Canadian party colour
12 Bill Vander Zalm Template:Ayd August 6, 1986 – April 2, 1991 2 Template:Canadian party colour
13 Boss Johnson Template:Ayd December 29, 1947 – August 1, 1952 2 Template:Canadian party colour
14 Mike Harcourt Template:Ayd November 5, 1991 – February 22, 1996 1 Template:Canadian party colour
15 William Smithe Template:Ayd January 29, 1883 – March 28, 1887 2 Template:Canadian party colour
16 David Eby Template:Ayd November 18, 2022 – present 2 Template:Canadian party colour
17 Glen Clark Template:Ayd February 22, 1996 – August 25, 1999 2 Template:Canadian party colour
18 John Herbert Turner Template:Ayd March 4, 1895 – August 15, 1898 1 Template:Canadian party colour
19 Dave Barrett Template:Ayd September 15, 1972 – December 22, 1975 1 Template:Canadian party colour
20 John Robson Template:Ayd August 2, 1889 – June 29, 1892 2 Template:Canadian party colour
21 Theodore Davie Template:Ayd July 2, 1892 – March 4, 1895 2 Template:Canadian party colour
22 James Dunsmuir Template:Ayd June 15, 1900 – November 21, 1902 1 Template:Canadian party colour
23 Andrew Charles Elliott Template:Ayd February 1, 1876 – June 25, 1878 1 Template:Canadian party colour
24 Alexander E. B. Davie Template:Ayd April 1, 1887 – August 1, 1889 1 Template:Canadian party colour
25 Charles Augustus Semlin Template:Ayd August 15, 1898 – February 27, 1900 1 Template:Canadian party colour
26 Ujjal Dosanjh Template:Ayd February 24, 2000 – June 5, 2001 1 Template:Canadian party colour
27 Harlan Carey Brewster Template:Ayd November 23, 1916 – March 1, 1918 1 Template:Canadian party colour
28 Amor De Cosmos Template:Ayd December 23, 1872 – February 11, 1874 1 Template:Canadian party colour
29 John Foster McCreight Template:Ayd November 14, 1871 – December 23, 1872 1 Template:Canadian party colour
30 John Duncan MacLean Template:Ayd August 20, 1927 – August 21, 1928 1 Template:Canadian party colour
31 William John Bowser Template:Ayd December 15, 1915 – November 23, 1916 1 Template:Canadian party colour
32 Robert Beaven Template:Ayd June 13, 1882 – January 29, 1883 1 Template:Canadian party colour
33 Rita Johnston Template:Ayd April 2, 1991 – November 5, 1991 1 Template:Canadian party colour
34 Edward Gawler Prior Template:Ayd November 21, 1902 – June 1, 1903 1 Template:Canadian party colour
35 Dan Miller Template:Ayd August 25, 1999 – February 24, 2000 1 Template:Canadian party colour
36 Joseph Martin Template:Ayd February 28, 1900 – June 15, 1900 1 Template:Canadian party colour

Political parties by time in office

By premier's party
Party Time in office
(days) 		# Premiers

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Liberal Party Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".[lower-alpha 2] 8 Harlan Carey Brewster, John Oliver, John Duncan MacLean, Duff Pattullo, John Hart[lower-alpha 2], Boss Johnson[lower-alpha 2], Gordon Campbell, and Christy Clark
Social Credit Party Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". 4 W. A. C. Bennett, Bill Bennett, Bill Vander Zalm, and Rita Johnston
New Democratic Party Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". 7 Dave Barrett, Mike Harcourt, Glen Clark, Dan Miller, Ujjal Dosanjh, John Horgan, and David Eby (incumbent)
Conservative Party Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". 3 Richard McBride, William John Bowser, and Simon Fraser Tolmie
By cabinet's party
Party Time in office
(days) 		# Cabinets

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Liberal Party Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". 7 Brewster, Oliver, MacLean, Pattullo, Johnson[lower-alpha 3], Campbell, and C. Clark
Social Credit Party Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". 4 W. A. C. Bennett, B. Bennett, Vander Zalm, and Johnston
New Democratic Party Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". 7 Barrett, Harcourt, G. Clark, Miller, Dosanjh, Horgan, and Eby (incumbent)
Conservative Party Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". 3 McBride ministry, Bowser ministry, and Tolmie ministry
bgcolor="Template:Canadian party colour" | Liberal–Conservative coalition Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". 2 Hart, and Johnson[lower-alpha 3]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ See the 2017 British Columbia general election and aftermath.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 This number includes the entire premierships of John Hart and Boss Johnson, as they were Liberal party members, despite them leading coalition governments with some Conservative MLAs.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Boss Johnson led a coalition majority government from December 29, 1947 to January 18, 1952, and a Liberal minority government from January 18, 1952 to August 1, 1952.

References

  1. ↑ "History and Heritage of British Columbia". BritishColumbia.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2008.
  2. ↑ "British Columbia – Canadian Confederation". Library and Archives Canada. August 9, 2006. Archived from the original on June 21, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2008.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the Legislature – Province of British Columbia". Province of British Columbia. Retrieved November 5, 2008.

General

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