List of premiers of Nova Scotia
Premiers of Nova Scotia
Confederation Party Nova Scotia Liberal Party Nova Scotia New Democratic Party Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

List of premiers of Nova Scotia

Section Title: Premiers of Nova Scotia
Table Section Text: Confederation Party Nova Scotia Liberal Party Nova Scotia New Democratic Party Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

Premier (party)	Period	Assembly	Elections	Length of tenure	Mandates

1	Hiram Blanchard (Conservative)	July 4, 1867 September 30, 1867	—	Designated July 4, 1867	88 days	0

-	2	William Annand (Anti-Confederation-Liberal)	November 7, 1867 May 8, 1875	24th	Elected September 18, 1867	7 years, 182 days	3

25th	Re-elected May 16, 1871

26th	Re-elected December 17, 1874 Resigned May 8, 1875

3	Philip Carteret Hill (Liberal)	May 11, 1875 October 15, 1878	Designated May 11, 1875	3 years, 157 days	0

-	4	Simon Hugh Holmes (Conservative)	October 22, 1878 May 23, 1882	27th	Elected September 17, 1878	3 years, 213 days	1

-	5	John Sparrow David Thompson (Conservative)	May 25, 1882 July 18, 1882	Designated May 25, 1882 Resigned July 18, 1882	54 days	0

-	6	William Thomas Pipes (Liberal)	August 3, 1882 July 15, 1884	28th	Elected June 20, 1882 Resigned July 15, 1884	1 year, 347 days	1

-	7	William Stevens Fielding (Liberal)	July 28, 1884 July 18, 1896	Designated July 28, 1884	11 years, 356 days	3

29th	Re-elected June 15, 1886

30th	Re-elected May 21, 1890

31st	Re-elected March 15, 1894 Resigned July 18, 1896

-	8	George Henry Murray (Liberal)	July 20, 1896 January 24, 1923	Designated July 20, 1896	26 years, 188 days	6

32nd	Re-elected April 20, 1897

33rd	Re-elected October 2, 1901

34th	Re-elected June 20, 1906

35th	Re-elected June 14, 1911

36th	Re-elected June 20, 1916

37th	Re-elected July 27, 1920 Resigned January 24, 1923

9	Ernest Howard Armstrong (Liberal)	January 24, 1923 July 16, 1925	Designated January 24, 1923	2 years, 173 days	0

-	10	Edgar Nelson Rhodes (Conservative)	July 16, 1925 August 11, 1930	38th	Elected June 25, 1925	5 years, 26 days	2

39th	Re-elected October 1, 1928 Resigned August 11, 1930

11	Gordon Sidney Harrington (Conservative)	August 11, 1930 September 5, 1933	Designated August 11, 1930	3 years, 25 days	0

-	12	Angus L. Macdonald (Liberal) (1st of 2 non-consecutive terms)	September 5, 1933 July 10, 1940	40th	Elected August 22, 1933	6 years, 309 days	2

41st	Re-elected June 29, 1937 Resigned July 10, 1940

13	Alexander Stirling MacMillan (Liberal)	July 10, 1940 September 8, 1945	Designated July 10, 1940	5 years, 60 days	1

42nd	Re-elected October 28, 1941 Resigned September 8, 1945

-	14	Angus L. Macdonald (Liberal) (2nd of 2 non-consecutive terms)	September 8, 1945 April 13, 1954	Designated September 8, 1945	8 years, 217 days	3

43rd	Elected October 23, 1945

44th	Re-elected June 9, 1949

45th	Re-elected May 26, 1953 Died April 13, 1954

15	Harold Connolly (Liberal)	April 13, 1954 September 30, 1954	Designated April 13, 1954 Resigned September 30, 1954	170 days	0

16	Henry Hicks (Liberal)	September 30, 1954 November 20, 1956	Designated September 30, 1954	2 years, 51 days	0

-	17	Robert Stanfield (Progressive Conservative)	November 20, 1956 September 13, 1967	46th	Elected October 30, 1956	10 years, 297 days	4

47th	Re-elected June 7, 1960

48th	Re-elected October 8, 1963

49th	Re-elected May 30, 1967

18	George Isaac Smith (Progressive Conservative)	September 13, 1967 October 28, 1970	Designated September 13, 1967	3 years, 45 days	0

19	Gerald Regan (Liberal)	October 28, 1970 October 5, 1978	50th	Elected October 13, 1970	7 years, 342 days	2

51st	Re-elected April 2, 1974

20	John Buchanan (Progressive Conservative)	October 5, 1978 September 12, 1990	52nd	Elected September 19, 1978	11 years, 342 days	4

53rd	Re-elected October 6, 1981

54th	Re-elected November 6, 1984

55th	Re-elected September 6, 1988 Resigned September 12, 1990

21	Roger Stuart Bacon (Progressive Conservative)	September 12, 1990 February 26, 1991	Designated September 12, 1990 Resigned February 26, 1991	167 days	0

22	Donald William Cameron (Progressive Conservative)	February 26, 1991 June 11, 1993	Designated February 26, 1991	2 years, 105 days	0

23	John Savage (Liberal)	June 11, 1993 July 18, 1997	56th	Elected May 25, 1993 Resigned July 18, 1997	4 years, 37 days	1

-	24	Russell MacLellan (Liberal)	July 18, 1997 August 16, 1999	Designated July 18, 1997	2 years, 29 days	1

57th	Elected March 24, 1998 to a minority government

Jhamm03election.JPG	25	John F. Hamm (Progressive Conservative)	August 16, 1999 February 24, 2006	58th	Elected July 27, 1999	6 years, 192 days	2

59th	Re-elected August 5, 2003 to a minority government Resigned February 24, 2006

-	26	Rodney MacDonald (Progressive Conservative)	February 24, 2006 June 19, 2009	Designated February 24, 2006 to a minority government	3 years, 115 days	1

60th	Re-elected June 13, 2006 to a minority government

-	27	Darrell Dexter (New Democrat)	June 19, 2009 22 October 2013	61st	Elected June 9, 2009	4 years, 125 days	1

-	28	Stephen McNeil (Liberal)	22 October 2013 present	62nd 63rd	Elected October 8, 2013 Re-elected May 30, 2017	5 years, 124 days	2

Sentence(s)

Gordon Sidney Harrington was a Nova Scotia province's 11th Premier from 1930 to 1933.

final_sentence: Gordon Sidney Harrington was a Nova Scotia province's 11th Premier from 1930 to 1933.