List of British Columbia premiers (original) (raw)

This is a list of the premiers of British Columbia, Canada, since it joined Confederation in 1871.

Note that party politics were not introduced until 1903.

Premier From To Party
John Foster McCreight 1871-11-13 1872-12-23
Amor De Cosmos 1872-12-23 1874-02-11
George Anthony Walkem 1874-02-11 1876-02-01
Andrew Charles Elliott 1876-02-01 1878-06-25
George Anthony Walkem 1878-06-25 1882-06-13
Robert Beaven 1882-06-13 1883-01-29
William Smithe 1882-01-29 1887-05-01
Alexander Edmund Batson Davie 1887-05-01 1889-08-01
John Robson 1889-08-02 1892-06-29
Theodore Davie 1892-07-02 1895-03-04
John Herbert Turner 1895-03-04 1898-08-15
Charles Augustus Semlin 1898-08-15 1900-02-28
Joseph Martin 1900-02-28 1900-06-15
James Dunsmuir 1900-06-15 1902-11-21
Edward Gawler Prior 1902-11-21 1903-06-01
Richard McBride 1903-06-01 1915-12-15 Conservative
William John Bowser 1915-12-15 1916-11-23 Conservative
Harlan Carey Brewster 1916-11-23 1918-03-01 Liberal
John Oliver 1918-03-06 1927-08-17 Liberal
John Duncan MacLean 1927-08-20 1928-08-21 Liberal
Simon Fraser Tolmie 1928-08-21 1933-11-15 Conservative
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo 1933-11-15 1941-12-09 Liberal
John Hart 1941-12-09 1947-12-29 Coalition
Byron Ingemar Johnson 1947-12-29 1952-08-01 Coalition
William Andrew Cecil Bennett 1952-08-01 1972-09-15 Social Credit
David Barrett 1972-09-15 1975-12-22 NDP
William Richards Bennett 1975-12-22 1986-08-06 Social Credit
William N. Vander Zalm 1986-08-06 1991-04-02 Social Credit
Rita Johnston 1991-04-02 1991-11-05 Social Credit
Michael Harcourt 1991-11-05 1996-02-22 NDP
Glen Clark 1996-02-22 1999-08-25 NDP
Dan Miller 1999-08-25 2000-02-24 NDP
Ujjal Dosanjh 2000-02-24 2001-06-05 NDP
Gordon Campbell 2001-06-05 Present Liberal

Other lists of first ministers: Prime Minister - Alberta - Manitoba - N.B - Nfld.-Lab - N.S - Ontario - P.E.I - Quebec - Sask - Yukon - N.W.T - Nunavut

For more lists of this type, see Lists of incumbents.