List of premiers of New Brunswick
- List of premiers of New Brunswick
This is a list of the premiers of New Brunswick, both as a colony and as a province of Canada. New Brunswick uses 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, sometimes called the prime minister, acts as New Brunswick's head of government, while the Queen of Canada acts as its head of state and is represented by the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. The premier picks a cabinet from the elected members to form the Executive Council of New Brunswick, and presides over that body.
Members are first elected to the legislature during general elections. General elections must be conducted every five 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 Canadian confederation in 1867, New Brunswick was a British crown colony. It had had a system of responsible government beginning in 1854. Since 1867, New Brunswick has been a part of the Canadian federation. It has kept its own legislature to deal with provincial matters.
Political parties did not become legally recognized in New Brunswick until 1935. In the table after that date, dark blue denotes the various parties that led to the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick and red bordered images denote the Liberal Party of New Brunswick.
References
*Post confederation:
**cite book |editor=James H. Marsh |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |title=New Brunswick |edition=2000 |year=1999 |publisher=McClelland & Stewart |location=Toronto |id=ISBN 0-7710-2099-6 |pages=1615
For more lists of this type, see Lists of incumbents.
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