List of premiers of Prince Edward Island
| Premier of Prince Edward Island | |
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| Government of Prince Edward Island Office of the Premier |
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| Style | The Honourable |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | Legislative Assembly |
| Seat | Charlottetown |
| Appointer | Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 1873 |
| Salary | $68,721 plus $74,634 (indemnity and allowances)[1] |
The premier of Prince Edward Island is the first minister for the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive.
Prince Edward Island was a British crown colony before it joined Canadian Confederation in 1873. It has had a system of responsible government since 1851, and the province kept its own legislature to deal with provincial matters after joining Confederation.[2] Prince Edward Island 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.[3] The premier is Prince Edward Island's head of government, and the king of Canada is its head of state and is represented by the lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island.[4] The premier picks a cabinet from the elected members to form the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island, and presides over that body.[5]
Members are first elected to the legislature during general elections. General elections must be conducted every five years from the date of the last election, but the premier may ask for early dissolution of the Legislative Assembly. An election may also take place if the governing party loses the confidence of the legislature by the defeat of a supply bill or tabling of a confidence motion.[6]
Prince Edward Island has had 45 government leaders since it became a colony in 1851. The province had 7 premiers while a colony and 33 premiers after joining Confederation, of which 16 were from the Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party and 23 were from the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party. The current premier is Dennis King, since May 9, 2019. King was the first premier of a minority government in PEI since 1890.[7] King's party gained seats in two by-elections in 2020 and 2021, giving him a majority government.
List of premiers of Prince Edward Island
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) District |
Term of office | Electoral mandates (Assembly) | Political party
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Premiers of the Colony of Prince Edward Island |
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George Coles (1810–1875) MHA for 1st Queens |
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Liberal Named leader in 1851 |
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| 2 | John Holl (1802–1869) Councillor for colony-at-large |
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Conservative Named leader in 1854 |
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George Coles (1810–1875) MHA for 1st Queens |
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Liberal Named leader in 1851 |
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| 3 |
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Edward Palmer (1809–1889) MHA for 5th Queens (Councillor after 1860) |
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Conservative Named leader in 1855 |
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John Hamilton Gray (1811–1887) MHA for 4th Queens |
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Conservative Named leader in 1863 |
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| 5 |
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J. C. Pope (1826–1885) MHA for 3rd Prince |
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Conservative Named leader in 1865 |
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George Coles (1810–1875) MHA for 1st Queens |
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Liberal Named leader in 1851 |
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| 6 | Joseph Hensley (1824–1894) MHA for 1st Kings |
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Liberal Named leader in 1869 |
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| 7 | R. P. Haythorne (1815–1891) Councillor for 2nd Queens |
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Liberal Named leader in 1869 |
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J. C. Pope (1826–1885) MHA for 4th Prince |
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Conservative Named leader in 1865 |
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| — | R. P. Haythorne (1815–1891) Councillor for 2nd Queens |
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Liberal Named leader in 1869 |
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J. C. Pope (1826–1885) MHA for 5th Queens |
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Conservative Named leader in 1865 |
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Premiers of the Province of Prince Edward Island |
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J. C. Pope (1826–1885) MHA for 5th Queens |
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Conservative Named leader in 1865 |
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| 2 | L. C. Owen (1822–1912) MHA for 3rd Kings |
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Conservative Named leader in 1873 |
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| 3 |
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Louis Henry Davies (1845–1924) MHA for 5th Queens |
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Liberal Named leader in 1876 |
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| 4 | William Wilfred Sullivan (1839–1920) MHA for 2nd Kings |
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Conservative Named leader in 1877 |
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| 5 | Neil McLeod (1842–1915) MHA for 5th Queens |
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Conservative Named leader in 1889 |
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| 6 | Frederick Peters (1851–1919) MHA for 3rd Queens (Assemblyman after 1893) |
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Liberal Named leader in 1891 |
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| 7 | Alexander B. Warburton (1852–1929) Councillor for 1st Queens |
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Liberal Named leader in 1897 |
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| 8 |
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Donald Farquharson (1834–1903) Councillor for 2nd Queens |
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Liberal Named leader in 1898 |
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| 9 |
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Arthur Peters (1854–1908) Assemblyman for 2nd Kings |
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Liberal Named leader in 1901 |
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| 10 | Francis Haszard (1849–1938) Councillor for 4th Queens |
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Liberal Named leader in 1908 |
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| 11 | H. James Palmer (1851–1939) Assemblyman for 3rd Queens |
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Liberal Named leader in 1911 |
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| 12 | John A. Mathieson (1863–1947) Councillor for 5th Kings |
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Conservative Named leader in 1903 |
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| 13 | Aubin-Edmond Arsenault (1870–1968) Assemblyman for 3rd Prince |
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Conservative Named leader in 1917 |
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| 14 | John Howatt Bell (1846–1929) Assemblyman for 4th Prince |
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Liberal Named leader in 1915 |
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| 15 | James D. Stewart (1874–1933) Councillor for 5th Kings |
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Conservative Named leader in 1921 |
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| 16 | Albert C. Saunders (1874–1943) Assemblyman for 1st Prince |
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Liberal Named leader in 1923 |
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| 17 | Walter M. Lea (1874–1936) Councillor for 4th Prince |
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Liberal Named leader in 1930 |
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| — | James D. Stewart (1874–1933) Councillor for 5th Kings |
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Conservative Named leader in 1921 |
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| 18 | William J. P. MacMillan (1881–1957) Councillor for 5th Queens |
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Conservative Named leader in 1933 |
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| — | Walter M. Lea (1874–1936) Councillor for 4th Prince |
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Liberal Named leader in 1930 |
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| 19 | Thane A. Campbell (1895–1978) Councillor for 1st Prince |
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Liberal Named leader in 1936 |
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| 20 | J. Walter Jones (1878–1954) Councillor for 4th Queens |
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Liberal Named leader in 1943 |
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| 21 | Alexander W. Matheson (1903–1976) Councillor for 4th Kings |
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Liberal Named leader in 1953 |
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| 22 |
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Walter R. Shaw (1887–1981) Councillor for 1st Queens |
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PC Named leader in 1957 |
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| 23 |
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Alexander B. Campbell (b. 1933) Councillor for 5th Prince |
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Liberal Named leader in 1965 |
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| 24 |
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W. Bennett Campbell (1943–2008) Assemblyman for 3rd Kings |
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Liberal Named leader in 1978 |
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| 25 |
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J. Angus MacLean (1914–2000) Assemblyman for 4th Queens |
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PC Named leader in 1976 |
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| 26 |
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Jim Lee (b. 1937) Assemblyman for 5th Queens |
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PC Named leader in 1981 |
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| 27 |
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Joe Ghiz (1945–1996) Assemblyman for 6th Queens |
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Liberal Named leader in 1981 |
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| 28 |
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Catherine Callbeck (b. 1939) Councillor for 1st Queens |
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Liberal Named leader in 1993 |
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| 29 |
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Keith Milligan (b. 1950) Assemblyman for 2nd Prince |
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Liberal Named leader in 1996 |
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| 30 |
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Pat Binns (b. 1948) MLA for Murray River-Gaspereaux |
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PC Named leader in 1996 |
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| 31 |
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Robert Ghiz (b. 1974) MLA for Charlottetown-Brighton |
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Liberal Named leader in 2003 |
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| 32 | Wade H. MacLauchlan (b. 1954) MLA for York-Oyster Bed |
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Liberal Named leader in 2015 |
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| 33 | Dennis King (b. 1971) MLA for Brackley-Hunter River |
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PC Named leader in 2019 |
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