List of premiers of British Columbia by time in office

This is a list of premiers of the province of British Columbia in order of time served in office as premiers as of March 5, 2012. The preceding premier always stays in office during an election campaign, and that time is included in the total.

Rank	Name	Time in Office	Mandates
1.	William Andrew Cecil Bennett	&1000000000000002000000020 years, &1000000000000004500000045 days	7
2.	Richard McBride	&1000000000000001200000012 years, &10000000000000197000000197 days	4
3.	William Richards Bennett	&1000000000000001000000010 years, &10000000000000227000000227 days	3
4.	Gordon Muir Campbell	&100000000000000090000009 years, &10000000000000282000000282 days	3
5.	John Oliver	&100000000000000090000009 years, &10000000000000164000000164 days	2
6.	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	&100000000000000080000008 years, &1000000000000002400000024 days	2
7.	John Hart	&100000000000000060000006 years, &1000000000000002000000020 days	2
8.	George Anthony Walkem	5 years, 331 days	na
9.	Simon Fraser Tolmie	&100000000000000050000005 years, &1000000000000008600000086 days	1
10.	William N.T.M. Vander Zalm	&100000000000000040000004 years, &10000000000000239000000239 days	1
11.	Byron Ingemar Johnson	&100000000000000040000004 years, &10000000000000216000000216 days	1
12.	Michael Franklin Harcourt	&100000000000000040000004 years, &10000000000000109000000109 days	1
13.	William Smithe	&100000000000000040000004 years, &1000000000000005800000058 days	na
14.	Glen David Clark	&100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000184000000184 days	1
15.	John Herbert Turner	&100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000157000000157 days	na
16.	David Barrett	&100000000000000030000003 years, &1000000000000009800000098 days	1
17.	John Robson	&100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000332000000332 days	na
18.	Theodore Davie	&100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000243000000243 days	na
19.	James Dunsmuir	&100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000159000000159 days	na
20.	Andrew Charles Elliott	&100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000144000000144 days	na
21.	Alexander Edmund Batson Davie	&100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000122000000122 days	na
22.	Charles Augustus Semlin	&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000196000000196 days	na
23.	Ujjal Dosanjh	&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000101000000101 days	0
24.	Harlan Carey Brewster	&100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000009800000098 days	1
25.	Amor De Cosmos	&100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000004800000048 days	na
26.	John Foster McCreight	&100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000003900000039 days	na
27.	John Duncan MacLean	&100000000000000010000001 year, &100000000000000000000000 days	0
28.	Christy Clark (incumbent)	357 days	0
27.	William John Bowser	344 days	0
30.	Robert Beaven	230 days	0
31.	Rita Johnston	217 days	0
32.	Edward Gawler Prior	192 days	na
33.	Arthur Daniel Miller	183 days	0
34.	Joseph Martin	106 days	na

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Before 1903, BC operated without political parties and governments were formed from members of the legislature and therefore no one was elected with a mandate to govern.