Premier of Ontario

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The Premier of Ontario is the first minister for the Canadian province of Ontario. The Premier is appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario as the province's head of government, and presides over the Executive council or cabinet as the Queen in Right of Ontario's first minister.

Although sometimes referred to as the Prime Minister of Ontario, the Executive Council Act (R.S.O. 1990) stipulates that the leader of the government party is known as the Premier and President of the Council. (While the titles premier and prime minister are technically interchangeable, in English Canada the practice is normally to reserve the title prime minister for the national leader. However, in French the term premier ministre refers to both positions. The French language does not have a separate term for the premier of a province.)

The current Premier of Ontario is Dalton McGuinty.

The longest serving Premier in the province's history was Sir Oliver Mowat who was in office from 1872 to 1896. Ontario's first Premier was John Sandfield Macdonald.

[edit] List of Premiers

For a more in-depth list, see List of Ontario Premiers.

Term Number	Premier	Time in Office	Political Party
1	John Sandfield Macdonald	July 15, 1867 – December 20, 1871	Ontario PC Party
2	Edward Blake	December 20, 1871 – October 25, 1872	Ontario Liberal Party
3	Oliver Mowat	October 25, 1872 – July 21, 1896	Ontario Liberal Party
4	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	July 21, 1896 – October 20, 1899	Ontario Liberal Party
5	George William Ross	October 20, 1899 – February 08, 1905	Ontario Liberal Party
6	James Whitney	February 08, 1905 – September 25, 1914	Ontario PC Party
7	William Hearst	October 02, 1914 – November 14, 1919	Ontario PC Party
8	Ernest Charles Drury	November 14, 1919 – July 16, 1923	United Farmers of Ontario
9	Howard Ferguson	July 16, 1923 – December 16, 1930	Ontario PC Party
10	George Stewart Henry	December 16, 1930 – July 10, 1934	Ontario PC Party
11	Mitchell Hepburn	July 10, 1934 – October 21, 1942	Ontario Liberal Party
12	Gordon Daniel Conant	October 21, 1942 – May 18, 1943	Ontario Liberal Party
13	Harry Nixon	May 18, 1943 – August 17, 1943	Ontario Liberal Party
14	George Drew	August 17, 1943 – October 19, 1948	Ontario PC Party
15	Thomas Laird Kennedy	October 19, 1948 – May 04, 1949	Ontario PC Party
16	Leslie Frost	May 04, 1949 – November 08, 1961	Ontario PC Party
17	John Robarts	November 08, 1961 – March 01, 1971	Ontario PC Party
18	Bill Davis	March 01, 1971 – February 08, 1985	Ontario PC Party
19	Frank Miller	February 08, 1985 – June 26, 1985	Ontario PC Party
20	David Peterson	June 26, 1985 – October 01, 1990	Ontario Liberal Party
21	Bob Rae	October 1, 1990 - June 26, 1995	Ontario New Democratic Party
22	Mike Harris	June 26, 1995 – April 14, 2002	Ontario PC Party
23	Ernie Eves	April 15, 2002 – October 22, 2003	Ontario PC Party
24	Dalton McGuinty	October 23, 2003 - Incumbent	Ontario Liberal Party

[edit] See also

[edit] External link

Premier of Ontario Official Site

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