Portrait |
Name |
Jurisdiction |
Date assumed office |
Date departed office |
Duration |
Political party |
Leadership history and electoral mandates |
|
Rita Johnston |
British Columbia |
2 April 1991 |
5 November 1991 |
217 days |
|
British Columbia Social Credit Party |
Named as interim party leader—and therefore premier—in 1991 upon the resignation of Premier Bill Vander Zalm in the Fantasy Gardens scandal. Confirmed as party leader in the 1991 party leadership election. Her party lost power in the following general election. |
|
Nellie Cournoyea |
Northwest Territories |
14 November 1991 |
22 November 1995 |
4 years, 8 days |
|
Nonpartisan (consensus government) |
Chosen as the premier of the nonpartisan government after the 1991 general election for one term. |
|
Catherine Callbeck |
Prince Edward Island |
25 January 1993 |
9 October 1996 |
3 years, 258 days |
|
Prince Edward Island Liberal Party |
Chosen as party leader—and therefore premier—by the 1993 party leadership election upon the retirement of Premier Joe Ghiz. She then led her party to win the 1993 general election. She was the first provincial female party leader to lead a party to election or re-election. She resigned after dropping in the polls. |
|
Kim Campbell |
Canada (Federal) |
25 June 1993 |
4 November 1993 |
132 days |
|
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada |
Chosen as party leader—and therefore prime minister—by the 1993 party leadership election upon the retirement of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Her party lost power in the following general election. |
|
Pat Duncan |
Yukon |
5 June 2000 |
5 November 2002 |
2 years, 153 days |
|
Yukon Liberal Party |
Named party leader while her party was the third party opposition in 1998. Became leader of the opposition partway through the 29th Yukon Legislature. Led her party to victory and thereby became premier in the 2000 general election. She was the first woman to defeat a sitting premier. Her party lost power in the following general election. |
|
Eva Aariak |
Nunavut |
19 November 2008 |
19 November 2013 |
5 years, 0 days |
|
Nonpartisan (consensus government) |
Chosen as the premier of the nonpartisan government after the 2008 general election for one term. |
|
Kathy Dunderdale |
Newfoundland and Labrador |
3 December 2010 |
24 January 2014 |
3 years, 52 days |
|
Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador |
Chosen as interim party leader—and therefore premier—in 2010 upon the retirement of Premier Danny Williams after serving as his deputy premier. Her party leadership was confirmed at the 2011 party leadership election. She then led her party to victory in the 2011 general election. She resigned after dropping in the polls. |
|
Christy Clark |
British Columbia |
14 March 2011 |
18 July 2017 |
6 years, 126 days |
|
British Columbia Liberal Party |
Chosen as party leader—and therefore premier— by the 2011 party leadership election upon the retirement of Premier Gordon Campbell. Led her party to victory in the 2013 general election. She won a plurality of seats in the 2017 general election, but immediately lost a confidence vote and resigned. |
|
Alison Redford |
Alberta |
7 October 2011 |
23 March 2014 |
2 years, 167 days |
|
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta |
Chosen as party leader—and therefore premier— by the 2011 party leadership election upon the retirement of Premier Ed Stelmach. Then led her party to victory in the 2012 general election. She resigned after dropping in the polls due to a number of damaging scandals.[3][4] |
|
Pauline Marois |
Quebec |
19 September 2012 |
23 April 2014 |
1 year, 216 days |
|
Parti Québécois |
Chosen as party leader while her party was the third party opposition by the 2007 party leadership election. Led her party to become the official opposition in the 2008 general election and later led her party to victory—and thereby became premier—in the 2012 general election. She was the first female party leader to defeat a sitting premier in a province, and the first to achieve victory without having previously inherited premiership from a previous provincial party leader. Her party lost power in the following general election. |
|
Kathleen Wynne |
Ontario |
11 February 2013 |
29 June 2018 |
5 years, 138 days |
|
Ontario Liberal Party |
Chosen as party leader—and therefore premier—by the 2013 party leadership election upon the retirement of Premier Dalton McGuinty. Then led her party to victory in the 2014 general election. Lost re-election in the 2018 general election. Wynne was also the first lesbian woman to serve as a premier in Canada. |
|
Rachel Notley |
Alberta |
24 May 2015 |
30 April 2019 |
3 years, 341 days |
|
Alberta New Democratic Party |
Chosen as party leader while her party was the fourth party opposition by the 2014 party leadership election. Led her party to victory in the 2015 general election. Defeated in the 2019 general election and became Leader of the Opposition. |
|
Caroline Cochrane |
Northwest Territories |
24 October 2019 |
8 December 2023 |
4 years, 45 days |
|
Nonpartisan (consensus government) |
Chosen as the premier of the nonpartisan government after the 2019 general election. Did not run for a second term. |
|
Heather Stefanson |
Manitoba |
2 November 2021 |
18 October 2023 |
1 year, 350 days |
|
Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba |
Chosen as party leader—and premier—by the 2021 party leadership election upon the retirement of Premier Brian Pallister. |
|
Danielle Smith |
Alberta |
6 October 2022 |
incumbent |
1 year, 186 days |
|
United Conservative Party of Alberta |
Chosen as party leader—and premier—by the 2022 United Conservative Party leadership election upon the resignation of Jason Kenney. She was reelected in the 2023 Alberta general election. |