List of premiers of Nova Scotia
Premiers of Nova Scotia
Table:
Premiers of the Province of Nova Scotia (1867–present)

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

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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

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[3]
22 October 2013

61st

Elected June 9, 2009

4 years, 125 days

1

28

Stephen McNeil
(Liberal)

22 October 2013[5]
present

62nd
63rd

Elected October 8, 2013
Re-elected May 30, 2017

11 years, 177 days

2

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