# List of premiers of British Columbia by time in office

This is a list of premiers of British Columbia, ordered by the length of their incumbency.

## List

| Rank | Premier | Total time in office | Dates in office | Mandates | Party |
| 1 | W. A. C. Bennett | 20 years, 45 days | August 1, 1952 – September 15, 1972 | 7 | █ Social Credit |
| 2 | Richard McBride | 12 years, 197 days | June 1, 1903 – December 15, 1915 | 5 | █ Conservative |
| 3 | Bill Bennett | 10 years, 227 days | December 22, 1975 – August 6, 1986 | 3 | █ Social Credit |
| 4 | Gordon Campbell | 9 years, 282 days | June 5, 2001 – March 14, 2011 | 3 | █ Liberal |
| 5 | John Oliver | 9 years, 164 days | March 6, 1918 – August 17, 1927 | 3 | █ Liberal |
| 6 | Thomas Dufferin Pattullo | 8 years, 24 days | November 15, 1933 – December 9, 1941 | 3 | █ Liberal |
| 7 | Christy Clark | 6 years, 126 days | March 14, 2011 – July 18, 2017 | 3 | █ Liberal |
| 8 | John Hart | 6 years, 20 days | December 9, 1941 – December 29, 1947 | 2 | █ Liberal |
| 9 | George Anthony Walkem | 5 years, 343 days | February 11, 1874 – February 1, 1876June 25, 1878 – June 13, 1882 | 3 | █ Non-partisan |
| 10 | John Horgan | 5 years, 123 days | July 18, 2017 – November 18, 2022 | 2 | █ New Democratic |
| 11 | Simon Fraser Tolmie | 5 years, 86 days | August 21, 1928 – November 15, 1933 | 1 | █ Conservative |
| 12 | Bill Vander Zalm | 4 years, 239 days | August 6, 1986 – April 2, 1991 | 2 | █ Social Credit |
| 13 | Boss Johnson | 4 years, 216 days | December 29, 1947 – August 1, 1952 | 2 | █ Liberal |
| 14 | Mike Harcourt | 4 years, 109 days | November 5, 1991 – February 22, 1996 | 1 | █ New Democratic |
| 15 | William Smithe | 4 years, 58 days | January 29, 1883 – March 28, 1887 | 2 | █ Non-partisan |
| 16 | Glen Clark | 3 years, 184 days | February 22, 1996 – August 25, 1999 | 2 | █ New Democratic |
| 17 | John Herbert Turner | 3 years, 164 days | March 4, 1895 – August 15, 1898 | 1 | █ Non-partisan |
| 18 | Dave Barrett | 3 years, 98 days | September 15, 1972 – December 22, 1975 | 1 | █ New Democratic |
| 19 | John Robson | 2 years, 332 days | August 2, 1889 – June 29, 1892 | 2 | █ Non-partisan |
| 20 | Theodore Davie | 2 years, 243 days | July 2, 1892 – March 4, 1895 | 2 | █ Non-partisan |
| 21 | James Dunsmuir | 2 years, 159 days | June 15, 1900 – November 21, 1902 | 1 | █ Non-partisan |
| 22 | Andrew Charles Elliott | 2 years, 144 days | February 1, 1876 – June 25, 1878 | 1 | █ Non-partisan |
| 23 | Alexander E. B. Davie | 2 years, 122 days | April 1, 1887 – August 1, 1889 | 1 | █ Non-partisan |
| 24 | David Eby | 1 year, 334 days | November 18, 2022 – present | 1 | █ New Democratic |
| 25 | Charles Augustus Semlin | 1 year, 196 days | August 15, 1898 – February 27, 1900 | 1 | █ Non-partisan |
| 26 | Ujjal Dosanjh | 1 year, 101 days | February 24, 2000 – June 5, 2001 | 1 | █ New Democratic |
| 27 | Harlan Carey Brewster | 1 year, 98 days | November 23, 1916 – March 1, 1918 | 1 | █ Liberal |
| 28 | Amor De Cosmos | 1 year, 50 days | December 23, 1872 – February 11, 1874 | 1 | █ Non-partisan |
| 29 | John Foster McCreight | 1 year, 39 days | November 14, 1871 – December 23, 1872 | 1 | █ Non-partisan |
| 30 | John Duncan MacLean | 1 year, 1 day | August 20, 1927 – August 21, 1928 | 1 | █ Liberal |
| 31 | William John Bowser | 344 days | December 15, 1915 – November 23, 1916 | 1 | █ Conservative |
| 32 | Robert Beaven | 230 days | June 13, 1882 – January 29, 1883 | 1 | █ Non-partisan |
| 33 | Rita Johnston | 217 days | April 2, 1991 – November 5, 1991 | 1 | █ Social Credit |
| 34 | Edward Gawler Prior | 192 days | November 21, 1902 – June 1, 1903 | 1 | █ Non-partisan |
| 35 | Dan Miller | 183 days | August 25, 1999 – February 24, 2000 | 1 | █ New Democratic |
| 36 | Joseph Martin | 107 days | February 28, 1900 – June 15, 1900 | 1 | █ Non-partisan |

## Political parties by time in office

| Party | Time in office (days) | # | Name(s) |
| BC United (formerly BC Liberals) | 17,010 | 8 | Harlan Carey Brewster, John Oliver, John Duncan MacLean, Duff Pattullo, John Hart, Boss Johnson, Gordon Campbell, and Christy Clark |
| Social Credit Party | 13,151 | 4 | W.A.C. Bennett, Bill Bennett, Bill Vander Zalm, and Rita Johnston |
| New Democratic Party | 7,348 | 7 | Dave Barrett, Mike Harcourt, Glen Clark, Dan Miller, Ujjal Dosanjh, John Horgan, and David Eby (incumbent) |
| Conservative Party | 6,839 | 3 | Richard McBride, William John Bowser, and Simon Fraser Tolmie |
* 1 2 3 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.