List of premiers of Manitoba

The Canadian province of Manitoba was created in 1870.[1] Manitoba has 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 Manitoba's head of government, and the Queen of Canada is its head of state and is represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. The Premier picks a cabinet from the elected members to form the Executive Council of Manitoba, and then presides over that body.[2]

Brian Pallister is the current Premier of Manitoba.

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, but the premier may ask for early dissolution of the Legislative Assembly. An election may also happen if the governing party loses the confidence of the legislature by the defeat of a supply bill or tabling of a confidence motion.[3]

Manitoba has had twenty-one Premiers since the province was formed, of which six were non-partisan, six were Progressive Conservatives, four were Liberals, and four were New Democrats. However, during the early years of the province and until 1874, leading ministers were not titled "Premier".[4] Furthermore, they were officially non-partisan and were chosen by elected members of the Legislative Assembly from among themselves before the province began to use a party system in 1888.[5] This article only covers the time since the province was created in 1870. Before that, the territory was part of the District of Assiniboia in Rupert's Land, and was loosely controlled by the Hudson's Bay Company.[6]

Premiers of Manitoba

  Non-partisan   Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba   Progressive Party of Manitoba   Manitoba Liberal Party   New Democratic Party of Manitoba

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
District
Term of office Electoral mandates (Assembly) Political party
1
Alfred Boyd
(1835–1908)
MLA for St. Andrews North
16 September[7] 1870

14 December[7] 1871
  • Title created(no assembly)
  • 1870 election(1st Assembly)
Non-partisan


2
Marc-Amable Girard
(1822–1892)
MLA for St. Boniface East
14 December[7] 1871

14 March[7] 1872
  • Appointment(1st Assembly)
Non-partisan


3
Henry Joseph Clarke
(1833–1889)
MLA for St. Charles
14 March[7] 1872

8 July[7] 1874
  • Appointment(1st Assembly)
Non-partisan


none 8 July 1874

2 December 1874
(1st Assembly)
Non-partisan


Marc-Amable Girard was the de facto premier as the Provincial Secretary.[7][8]
4
Robert Atkinson Davis
(1841–1903)
MLA for Winnipeg and St. John until 1874
MLA for Winnipeg
3 December[7] 1874

16 October[7] 1878
  • Appointment(1st Assembly)
  • 1874 election(2nd Assembly)
Non-partisan


5
John Norquay
(1841–1889)
MLA for St. Andrews South until 1879
MLA for St. Andrews
16 October[7] 1878

24 December[7] 1887
  • Appointment(2nd Assembly)
  • 1878 election(3rd Assembly)
  • 1879 election(4th Assembly)
  • 1883 election(5th Assembly)
  • 1886 election(6th Assembly)
Non-partisan


6
David Howard Harrison
(1843–1905)
MLA for Minnedosa West
26 December[7] 1887

19 January[7] 1888
  • Appointment(6th Assembly)
Non-partisan


7
Thomas Greenway
(1838–1908)
MLA for Mountain
19 January[7] 1888

6 January[7] 1900
  • Appointment(6th Assembly)
  • 1888 election(7th Assembly)
  • 1892 election(8th Assembly)
  • 1896 election(9th Assembly)
Liberal


8
Sir Hugh John Macdonald
(1850–1929)
MLA for Winnipeg South
10 January[7] 1900

29 October[7] 1900
  • 1899 election(10th Assembly)
Conservative


9
Sir Rodmond Roblin
(1853–1937)
MLA for Woodlands until 1903
MLA for Dufferin
29 October[7] 1900

12 May[7] 1915
  • Appointment(10th Assembly)
  • 1903 election(11th Assembly)
  • 1907 election(12th Assembly)
  • 1910 election(13th Assembly)
  • 1914 election(14th Assembly)
Conservative


10
Tobias Norris
(1861–1936)
MLA for Lansdowne
12 May[7] 1915

8 August[7] 1922
  • Appointment(14th Assembly)
  • 1915 election(15th Assembly)
  • 1920 election(16th Assembly)[Min.]
Liberal


11
John Bracken
(1883–1969)
MLA for The Pas
8 August[7] 1922

14 January[7] 1943
  • 1922 election(17th Assembly)
  • 1927 election(18th Assembly)
  • 1932 election(19th Assembly)[Co.]
  • 1936 election(20th Assembly)[Min.]
  • 1941 election(21st Assembly)[Co.]
Progressive


12
Stuart Garson
(1898–1977)
MLA for Fairford
14 January[7] 1943

13 November[7] 1948
  • Appointment(21st Assembly)[Co.]
  • 1945 election(22nd Assembly)[Co.]
Liberal–Progressive


13
Douglas Lloyd Campbell
(1895–1995)
MLA for Lakeside
13 November[7] 1948

30 June[7] 1958
  • Appointment(22nd Assembly)[Co.]
  • 1949 election(23rd Assembly)
  • 1953 election(24th Assembly)
Liberal–Progressive


14
Dufferin Roblin
(1917–2010)
MLA for Wolseley
30 June[7] 1958

27 November[7] 1967
  • 1958 election(25th Assembly)[Min.]
  • 1959 election(26th Assembly)
  • 1962 election(27th Assembly)
  • 1966 election(28th Assembly)
Progressive Conservative


15
Walter Weir
(1929–1985)
MLA for Minnedosa
27 November[7] 1967

15 July[7] 1969
  • Appointment(28th Assembly)
Progressive Conservative


16
Edward Schreyer
(b. 1935)
MLA for Rossmere
15 July[9] 1969

24 November[9] 1977
  • 1969 election(29th Assembly)[Min.]
  • 1973 election(30th Assembly)
New Democratic


17
Sterling Lyon
(1927–2010)
MLA for Charleswood
24 November[7] 1977

17 November[7] 1981
  • 1977 election(31st Assembly)
Progressive Conservative


18
Howard Pawley
(1934–2015)
MLA for Selkirk
30 November[9] 1981

9 May[9] 1988
  • 1981 election(32nd Assembly)
  • 1986 election(33rd Assembly)
New Democratic


19
Gary Filmon
(b. 1942)
MLA for Tuxedo
9 May[9] 1988

5 October[9] 1999
  • 1988 election(34th Assembly)[Min.]
  • 1990 election(35th Assembly)
  • 1995 election(36th Assembly)
Progressive Conservative


20
Gary Doer
(b. 1948)
MLA for Concordia
5 October[9] 1999

19 October[9] 2009
  • 1999 election(37th Assembly)
  • 2003 election(38th Assembly)
  • 2007 election(39th Assembly)
New Democratic


21
Greg Selinger
(b. 1951)
MLA for St. Boniface
19 October[9] 2009

3 May[9] 2016
  • Appointment(39th Assembly)
  • 2011 election(40th Assembly)
New Democratic


22
Brian Pallister
(b. 1954)
MLA for Fort Whyte
3 May[9] 2016

Incumbent
  • 2016 election(41st Assembly)
  • 2019 election(42nd Assembly)
Progressive Conservative


Min. Minority government
Co. Coalition government

Living former premiers

As of February 2019, four former premiers of Manitoba are alive, the oldest being Edward Schreyer (19691977). The most recent former premier to die was Howard Pawley (19811988) on December 30, 2015.

NameTermDate of birth
Edward Schreyer 19691977 (1935-12-21) December 21, 1935
Gary Filmon 19881999 (1942-08-24) August 24, 1942
Gary Doer 19992009 (1948-03-31) March 31, 1948
Greg Selinger 20092016 (1951-02-16) February 16, 1951

See also

  • Premier of Manitoba
  • List of premiers of Manitoba by time in office
  • Leader of the Opposition (Manitoba)

References

General
  • "Dates of Manitoba General Elections". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  • "Provincial Premiers". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
Specific
  1. "Entered Confederation: 1870". Library and Archives Canada. May 10, 2001. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
  2. "Roles and Responsibilities". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on September 27, 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
  3. "Legislative Terminology" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Government of Manitoba. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  4. Davd Burley, "The Emergence of the Premiership, 1870-1874," Manitoba Premiers of the 19th and 20th centuries, Barry Ferguson and Robert Wardhaugh, eds., Great Plains, 2010
  5. "Friendly Rivalries: Manitoba Elections Since 1966". CBC. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  6. "Territorial Evolution, 1870". Natural Resources Canada. April 6, 2004. Archived from the original on June 28, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
  7. "Biographies of Deceased Members". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. August 4, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  8. "Manitoba Premiers". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  9. "Biographies of Living Members". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. November 4, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2013.

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