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Brian Pallister is the current Premier of Manitoba.

The Canadian province of Manitoba was created in 1870.[1] 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 Queen 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.[2]

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.[3]

Manitoba has had twenty-one Premiers since the province was formed, of which six were non-partisan, six were Progressive Conservatives, four were Liberals, and four were New Democrats. However, during the early years of the province and until 1874, leading ministers were not titled "Premier".[4] Furthermore, they were officially non-partisan and were chosen by elected members of the Legislative Assembly from among themselves before the province began to use a party system in 1888.[5] 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.[6]

Premiers of Manitoba

  Non-partisan   Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba   Progressive Party of Manitoba   Manitoba Liberal Party   New Democratic Party of Manitoba

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Electoral mandates (Assembly) Political party Riding


1
Alfred Boyd
(1835–1908) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent Title created (caretaker government)⁠

1870 election (1st Leg.)

Non-partisan MLA for St. Andrews North
2
Marc-Amable Girard
(1822–1892) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (1st Leg.) Non-partisan MLA for St. Boniface East
3
Henry Joseph Clarke
(1833–1889) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (1st Leg.) Non-partisan MLA for St. Charles
—
none
 30 November
2024 		incumbent  (1st Leg.) Non-partisan MLA for
Marc-Amable Girard was the de facto premier as the Provincial Secretary.[7][8]
4
Robert Atkinson Davis
(1841–1903) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (1st Leg.)⁠

1874 election (2nd Leg.)

Non-partisan MLA for Winnipeg and St. John until 1874

MLA for Winnipeg
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5
John Norquay
(1841–1889) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (2nd Leg.)⁠

1878 election (3rd Leg.)⁠

1879 election (4th Leg.)⁠

1883 election (5th Leg.)⁠

1886 election (6th Leg.)

Non-partisan MLA for St. Andrews South until 1879

MLA for St. Andrews
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6
David Howard Harrison
(1843–1905) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (6th Leg.) Non-partisan MLA for Minnedosa West
7
Thomas Greenway
(1838–1908) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (6th Leg.)⁠

1888 election (7th Leg.)⁠

1892 election (8th Leg.)⁠

1896 election (9th Leg.)

Liberal MLA for Mountain
8
Hugh John Macdonald
(1850–1929) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent 1899 election (10th Leg.) Conservative MLA for Winnipeg South
9
Rodmond Roblin
(1853–1937) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (10th Leg.)⁠

1903 election (11th Leg.)⁠

1907 election (12th Leg.)⁠

1910 election (13th Leg.)⁠

1914 election (14th Leg.)

Conservative MLA for Woodlands until 1903

MLA for Dufferin
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10
Tobias Norris
(1861–1936) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (14th Leg.)⁠

1915 election (15th Leg.)⁠

1920 election (16th Leg.)

Liberal MLA for Lansdowne
11
John Bracken
(1883–1969) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent 1922 election (17th Leg.)⁠

1927 election (18th Leg.)⁠

1932 election (19th Leg.)⁠

1936 election (20th Leg.)⁠

1941 election (21st Leg.)

Progressive MLA for The Pas
12
Stuart Garson
(1898–1977) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (21st Leg.)⁠

1945 election (22nd Leg.)

Liberal–Progressive MLA for Fairford
13
Douglas Lloyd Campbell
(1895–1995) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (22nd Leg.)⁠

1949 election (23rd Leg.)⁠

1953 election (24th Leg.)

Liberal–Progressive MLA for Lakeside
14
Dufferin Roblin
(1917–2010) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent 1958 election (25th Leg.)⁠

1959 election (26th Leg.)⁠

1962 election (27th Leg.)⁠

1966 election (28th Leg.)

Progressive Conservative MLA for Wolseley
15
Walter Weir
(1929–1985) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (28th Leg.) Progressive Conservative MLA for Minnedosa
16
Edward Schreyer
(b. 1935) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent 1969 election (29th Leg.)⁠

1973 election (30th Leg.)

New Democratic MLA for Rossmere
17
Sterling Lyon
(1927–2010) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent 1977 election (31st Leg.) Progressive Conservative MLA for Charleswood
18
Howard Pawley
(1934–2015) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent 1981 election (32nd Leg.)⁠

1986 election (33rd Leg.)

New Democratic MLA for Selkirk
19
Gary Filmon
(b. 1942) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent 1988 election (34th Leg.)⁠

1990 election (35th Leg.)⁠

1995 election (36th Leg.)

Progressive Conservative MLA for Tuxedo
20
Gary Doer
(b. 1948) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent 1999 election (37th Leg.)⁠

2003 election (38th Leg.)⁠

2007 election (39th Leg.)

New Democratic MLA for Concordia
21
Greg Selinger
(b. 1951) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent Appointment (39th Leg.)⁠

2011 election (40th Leg.)

New Democratic MLA for St. Boniface
22
Brian Pallister
(b. 1954) 		30 November
2024 		incumbent 2016 election (41st Leg.) Progressive Conservative MLA for Fort Whyte
Min. Minority government
Co. Coalition government

Template:Timeline of MB Premiers

Living former premiers

As of December 2015, three former premiers of Manitoba are alive, the oldest being Edward Schreyer (1969–1977). The most recent former premier to die was Howard Pawley (1981–1988) on December 30, 2015.

Name Term Date of birth
Edward Schreyer 1969–1977 (1935-12-21) December 21, 1935 (age 88)
Gary Filmon 1988–1999 (1942-08-24) August 24, 1942 (age 82)
Gary Doer 1999–2009 (1948-03-31) March 31, 1948 (age 76)

See also

References

General
  • "Dates of Manitoba General Elections". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
  • "Provincial Premiers". Elections Manitoba. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
Specific
  1. ^ "Entered Confederation: 1870". Library and Archives Canada. May 10, 2001. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
  2. ^ "Roles and Responsibilities". Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Archived from the original on September 27, 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
  3. ^ "Legislative Terminology" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Government of Manitoba. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  4. ^ Davd Burley, "The Emergence of the Premiership, 1870-1874," Manitoba Premiers of the 19th and 20th centuries, Barry Ferguson and Robert Wardhaugh, eds., Great Plains, 2010
  5. ^ "Friendly Rivalries: Manitoba Elections Since 1966". CBC. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  6. ^ "Territorial Evolution, 1870". Natural Resources Canada. April 6, 2004. Archived from the original on June 28, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Biographies of Deceased Members". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. August 4, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  8. ^ "Manitoba Premiers". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved April 3, 2013.

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