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Premiers

Title Party Term yearssort descending
James Boyle Uniacke Reformer 1848-1854
William Young Liberal 1854-1857
James William Johnston Conservative 1857-1860
William Young Liberal 1860
Joseph Howe Liberal 1860-1863
James William Johnston Conservative 1863-1864
Charles Tupper Conservative 1864-1867
Hiram Blanchard Liberal Conservative 1867
William Annand Reformer 1867-1875
Philip Carteret Hill Liberal 1875-1878
Simon Hugh Holmes Liberal Conservative 1878-1882
John Sparrow David Thompson Liberal Conservative 1882
William Thomas Pipes Liberal 1882-1884
William Stevens Fielding Liberal 1884-1896
George Henry Murray Liberal 1896-1923
Ernest Howard Armstrong Liberal 1923-1925
Edgar Nelson Rhodes Liberal Conservative 1925-1930
Gordon Sidney Harrington Liberal Conservative 1930-1933
Angus Lewis Macdonald Liberal 1933-1940
Alexander Stirling MacMillan Liberal 1940-1945
Angus Lewis Macdonald Liberal 1945-1954
Harold Joseph Connolly Liberal 1954
Henry Davies Hicks Liberal 1954-1956
Robert Lorne Stanfield Progressive Conservative 1956-1967
George Isaac Smith Progressive Conservative 1967-1970
Gerald Augustine Regan Liberal 1970-1978
John MacLennan Buchanan Progressive Conservative 1978-1990
Roger Stuart Bacon Progressive Conservative 1990-1991
Donald William Cameron Progressive Conservative 1991-1993
John Patrick Savage Liberal 1993-1997
Russell Gregoire MacLellan Liberal 1997-1999
John Frederick Hamm Progressive Conservative 1999-2006
Rodney J MacDonald Progressive Conservative 2006-2009
Darrell Dexter NDP 2009-2013
Stephen McNeil Liberal 2013-2021
Iain Rankin Liberal 2021
Tim Houston PC 2021-