List of female first ministers in Canada

List of female first ministers in Canada

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Portrait	Name of Premier	Province / Territory	Date Assumed Office	Date Departed Office	Duration	Political Party	Leadership history and electoral Mandates

Rita Johnston	British Columbia	2 April 1991	5 November 1991	217 days	British Columbia Social Credit Party	Named as interim party leader—and therefore premier—in 1991 upon the resignation of Premier Bill Vander Zalm in the Fantasy Gardens scandal.

-	Nellie Cournoyea	Northwest Territories	14 November 1991	22 November 1995	4 years, 8 days	Nonpartisan (consensus government)	Chosen as the premier of the nonpartisan government after the 1991 general election for one term.

Catherine Callbeck	Prince Edward Island	25 January 1993	9 October 1996	3 years, 258 days	Prince Edward Island Liberal Party	Chosen as party leader—and therefore premier—by the 1993 party leadership election upon the retirement of Premier Joe Ghiz. She then led her party to win the 1993 general election.

-	Kim Campbell	Canada (federal)	25 June 1993	4 November 1993	132 days	Progressive Conservative Party of Canada	Chosen as party leader—and therefore prime minister—by the 1993 party leadership election upon the retirement of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Her party lost power in the following general election.

Pat Duncan	Yukon	5 June 2000	5 November 2002	2 years, 153 days	Yukon Liberal Party	Named party leader while her party was the third party opposition in 1998. Became leader of the opposition partway through the 29th Yukon Legislature.

-	Eva Aariak	Nunavut	19 November 2008	19 November 2013	5 years, 0 days	Nonpartisan (consensus government)	Chosen as the premier of the nonpartisan government after the 2008 general election for one term.

-	Kathy Dunderdale	Newfoundland and Labrador	3 December 2010	24 January 2014	3 years, 52 days	Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador	Chosen as interim party leader—and therefore premier—in 2010 upon the retirement of Premier Danny Williams after serving as his deputy premier.

-	Christy Clark	British Columbia	14 March 2011	18 July 2017	6 years, 126 days	British Columbia Liberal Party	Chosen as party leader—and therefore premier— by the 2011 party leadership election upon the retirement of Premier Gordon Campbell. Led her party to victory in the 2013 general election.

-	Alison Redford	Alberta	7 October 2011	23 March 2014	2 years, 167 days	Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta	Chosen as party leader—and therefore premier— by the 2011 party leadership election upon the retirement of Premier Ed Stelmach. Then led her party to victory in the 2012 general election.

-	Pauline Marois	Quebec	19 September 2012	23 April 2014	1 year, 216 days	Parti Québécois	Chosen as party leader while her party was the third party opposition by the 2007 party leadership election. Led her party to become the official opposition in the 2008 general election and later led her party to victory—and thereby became premier—in the 2012 general election.

-	Kathleen Wynne	Ontario	11 February 2013	29 June 2018	5 years, 138 days	Ontario Liberal Party	Chosen as party leader—and therefore premier—by the 2013 party leadership election upon the retirement of Premier Dalton McGuinty. Then led her party to victory in the 2014 general election.

-	Rachel Notley	Alberta	24 May 2015	30 April 2019	3 years, 341 days	Alberta New Democratic Party	Chosen as party leader while her party was the fourth party opposition by the 2014 party leadership election. Led her party to victory in the 2015 general election.

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Johnston became the first female premier in Canadia, where she succeeded Bill Vander Zalm in 1991 to become the Premier of British Columbia.

final_sentence: Johnston became the first female premier in Canadia, where she succeeded Bill Vander Zalm in 1991 to become the Premier of British Columbia.