List of New Brunswick premiers
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This is a list of the premiers of New Brunswick, both as a colony and as a province of Canada. Like the Canadian federal government, New Brunswick uses a 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, sometimes called the prime minister, acts as New Brunswick's head of government, while the Queen of Canada acts as its head of state and is represented by the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. The premier picks a cabinet from the elected members to form the Executive Council of New Brunswick.
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 happen if the Governing party loses the confidence of the legislature, by the defeat of a supply bill or tabling of a confidence motion.
Before Canadian confederation in 1867, New Brunswick was a British crown colony. It had had a system of responsible government beginning in 1854. Since 1867, New Brunswick has been a part of the Canadian federation. It has kept its own legislature to deal with provincial matters.
In the table, dark blue denotes the various parties that led to the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick and red bordered images denote the Liberal Party of New Brunswick.
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[edit] Government leaders prior to responsible government
Government leaders prior to responsible government, 1848-1854.
| Name | Party | Term | |
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Edward Barron Chandler | Conservative | 1848-1854 |
[edit] Premiers of the Colony
Premiers of the Colony of New Brunswick , 1854-1867.
[edit] Premiers since Confederation
Premiers of the province of New Brunswick, Canada, since Confederation.
[edit] References
- Post confederation:
- (1999) in James H. Marsh: New Brunswick, 2000 (in English), Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1615. ISBN 0-7710-2099-6.
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| Lieutenant-Governor Herménégilde Chiasson • Former lieutenant-governors | |
| Premier: Shawn Graham • Former premiers | |
| Opposition Leader: Jeannot Volpé • Former Opposition Leaders | |
| Executive Council (Cabinet) | |
| Legislature: Current members • Former legislatures | |
| Speaker of the Assembly: Eugene McGinley | |
| Political parties: Progressive Conservatives • Liberals • New Democrats | |
| Elections: 2006 general election • Past elections | |
| Current issues: Equalization payments | |
| Other provinces and territories: BC • AB • SK • MB • ON • QC • NB • NS • PEI • NL • YU • NT • NU | |
| Lists of Canadian first ministers | ||
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| Federal | Canada • Province of Canada (historical) |  |
| Provincial | British Columbia • Alberta • Saskatchewan • Manitoba Ontario • Quebec • New Brunswick • Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia • Newfoundland and Labrador |
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| Territorial | Yukon • Northwest Territories • Nunavut | |
For more lists of this type, see Lists of incumbents.
