List of premiers of Manitoba

Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English The Canadian province of Manitoba was created in 1870. 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 King 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.

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.

Before 1888, Manitoba had no formal party system; premiers were officially non-partisan and were chosen by elected members of the Legislative Assembly from among themselves.

Manitoba has had 24 individuals serve as premier since the province was formed, of which six were non-partisan, nine were Progressive Conservatives, four were Liberals, five were New Democrats and one was Progressive. However, during the early years of the province, the leading minister in the legislature was designated provincial secretary and the government was de facto led by the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba; it was not until 1874 that responsible government was introduced and the title of "premier" used. The early provincial secretaries, as the most prominent elected officials in the province, are retroactively counted as premiers in modern sources.

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.

Wab Kinew is the incumbent premier, since October 2023.

On 7 December 2023, Louis Riel was granted the honorary title of "First Premier of Manitoba" after the Louis Riel Act received royal assent. As it is an honorary title, however, Alfred Boyd remains the official first premier of the province.

Premiers of Manitoba

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List of premiers by time in office

Rank	Premier	Incumbency	Terms of office		Mandates	Party	Ref.
1		Template:Ayd	August 8, 1922	January 14, 1943	5Template:Efn	Template:Canadian party colour
2		Template:Ayd	October 29, 1900	May 12, 1915	4	Template:Canadian party colour
3		Template:Ayd	January 19, 1888	January 6, 1900	3	Template:Canadian party colour
4		Template:Ayd	May 9, 1988	October 5, 1999	3	Template:Canadian party colour
5		Template:Ayd	October 5, 1999	October 19, 2009	3	Template:Canadian party colour
6		Template:Ayd	November 13, 1948	June 30, 1958	2	Template:Canadian party colour
7		Template:Ayd	June 30, 1958	November 27, 1967	4	Template:Canadian party colour
8		Template:Ayd	October 16, 1878	December 24, 1887	4	Template:Canadian party colour
9		Template:Ayd	July 15, 1969	November 24, 1977	2	Template:Canadian party colour
10		Template:Ayd	May 12, 1915	August 8, 1922	2	Template:Canadian party colour
11		Template:Ayd	October 19, 2009	May 3, 2016	1	Template:Canadian party colour
12		Template:Ayd	November 30, 1981	May 9, 1988	2	Template:Canadian party colour
13		Template:Ayd	January 14, 1943	November 13, 1948	1	Template:Canadian party colour
14		Template:Ayd	May 5, 2016	September 1, 2021	2	Template:Canadian party colour
15		Template:Ayd	November 24, 1977	November 17, 1981	1	Template:Canadian party colour
16		Template:Ayd	December 3, 1874	October 16, 1878	1	Template:Canadian party colour
17		Template:Ayd	March 14, 1872	July 8, 1874	0	Template:Canadian party colour
18	(incumbent)	Template:Ayd	October 18, 2023	Incumbent	1	Template:Canadian party colour
19		Template:Ayd	November 2, 2021	October 18, 2023	0	Template:Canadian party colour
20		Template:Ayd	November 27, 1967	July 15, 1969	0	Template:Canadian party colour
21		Template:Ayd	September 16, 1870	December 14, 1871	1	Template:Canadian party colour
22		Template:Ayd	January 10, 1900	October 29, 1900	1	Template:Canadian party colour
23		Template:Ayd	December 14, 1871	March 14, 1872	0	Template:Canadian party colour
24		Template:Ayd	September 1, 2021	November 2, 2021	0	Template:Canadian party colour
25		Template:Ayd	December 26, 1887	January 19, 1888	0	Template:Canadian party colour

See also

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

References

General

Specific

External links

• Office of the Premier at the Province of Manitoba