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Canada is a federation that comprises ten provinces and three territories. Its government is structured as a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy, with a monarch as its sovereign and a Prime Minister as its head of government. Each of the country's provinces and territories also has a head of government, called premier in English.
In Canada, a premier (/ ˈ p r iː m j ər / ⓘ PREEM-yər) is the head of government of a province or territory. Though the word is merely a synonym for prime minister, it is employed for provincial prime ministers to differentiate them from the prime minister of Canada. There are ten provincial premiers and three territorial premiers.
Premiers of Canadian provinces since Canadian confederation who have subsequently been elected to the House of Commons of Canada.. Dave Barrett - British Columbia; Andrew George Blair - New Brunswick
List of current members of the King's Privy Council for Canada; Premiers of the provinces, in the order their province joined confederation and by population at joining to break ties Premier of Ontario ; Premier of Quebec (François Legault) Premier of Nova Scotia (Tim Houston) Premier of New Brunswick ; Premier of Manitoba
The premier of Ontario (French: premier ministre de l'Ontario) [note 1] is the head of government of Ontario.Under the Westminster system, the premier governs with the confidence of a majority the elected Legislative Assembly; as such, the premier typically sits as a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) and leads the largest party or a coalition of parties.
Canada's prime ministers during its first century. The prime minister of Canada is an official who serves as the primary minister of the Crown, chair of the Cabinet, and thus head of government of Canada. Twenty-three people (twenty-two men and one woman) have served as prime ministers.
The premier of Ontario, Canada's most populous province, said on Friday he would call an early election, citing the need for a strong mandate to fight against tariffs threatened by U.S. President ...
David Eby has been premier of British Columbia since 2022.. The premier of British Columbia is the first minister for the Canadian province of British Columbia.The province was a British crown colony governed by the governors of British Columbia [1] before joining Canadian Confederation in 1871. [2]