Editing List of premiers of Nova Scotia (section)

==Premiers of Nova Scotia==

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'''Premiers of the pre-Confederation period'''
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|name            = [[James Boyle Uniacke]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 1
|leadership      = 
|image           = James Boyle Uniacke.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|birth_year      = 1799
|death_year      = 1858
|riding          = [[Cape Breton (provincial electoral district)|Cape Breton County]]
|term_start      = 1848-02-02
|term_end        = 1854-04-04
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1847
|event1_assembly = 18th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1851
|event2_assembly = 19th
}}

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|name            = [[William Young (Nova Scotia politician)|William Young]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 2
|number_sub      = 1 of 2
|leadership      = 
|image           = Hall-WilliamYoung.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|birth_year      = 1799
|death_year      = 1887
|riding          = [[Inverness (provincial electoral district)|Inverness County]]
|term_start      = 1854-04-04
|term_end        = 1857-02-24
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1854
|event1_assembly = 19th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1855
|event2_assembly = 20th
}}

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|name            = [[James William Johnston]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 3
|number_sub      = 1 of 2
|leadership      = 
|image           = James William Johnston.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|birth_year      = 1792
|death_year      = 1873
|riding          = [[Annapolis (provincial electoral district)|Annapolis County]]
|term_start      = 1857-02-24
|term_end        = 1860-02-10
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1859
|event1_assembly = 22nd
}}

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|name            = [[William Young (Nova Scotia politician)|William Young]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 4
|number_sub      = 2 of 2
|leadership      = 
|image           = Hall-WilliamYoung.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|birth_year      = 1799
|death_year      = 1887
|riding          = [[Inverness (provincial electoral district)|Inverness County]]
|term_start      = 1860-02-10
|term_end        = 1860-08-03
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1860
|event1_assembly = 22nd
}}

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|name            = [[Joseph Howe]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 5
|leadership      = 
|image           = Joehowe.JPG
|party           = Liberal
|birth_year      = 1804
|death_year      = 1873
|riding          = [[Hants (provincial electoral district)|Hants County, South Division]]
|term_start      = 1860-08-03
|term_end        = 1863-06-11
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1860
|event1_assembly = 22nd
}}

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|name            = [[James William Johnston]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 6
|number_sub      = 2 of 2
|leadership      = 
|image           = James William Johnston.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|birth_year      = 1792
|death_year      = 1873
|riding          = [[Annapolis (provincial electoral district)|Annapolis County]]
|term_start      = 1863-06-11
|term_end        = 1864-05-11
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1863
|event1_assembly = 23rd
}}

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|name            = [[Charles Tupper]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 7
|leadership      = 
|image           = Sir charles tupper.jpg
|party           = Confederation
|birth_year      = 1821
|death_year      = 1915
|riding          = [[Cumberland (Nova Scotia electoral district)|Cumberland County]]
|term_start      = 1864-05-11
|term_end        = 1867-07-04
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1864
|event1_assembly = 23rd
}}
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'''Premiers of the post-Confederation period'''
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|name            = [[Hiram Blanchard]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 1
|leadership      = 1867
|image           = 1st Premier of Nova Scotia, Hiram Blanchard.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|birth_year      = 1820
|death_year      = 1874
|riding          = [[Inverness (provincial electoral district)|Inverness County]]
|term_start      = 1867-07-04
|term_end        = 1867-11-07
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1867
|event1_assembly = none
}}

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|name            = [[William Annand]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 2
|leadership      = 1867
|image           = William Annand by William Notman.jpg
|party           = Anti-Confederation
|birth_year      = 1808
|death_year      = 1887
|member_title    = [[Legislative Council of Nova Scotia|Councillor]]
|riding          = province-at-large
|term_start      = 1867-11-07
|term_end        = 1875-05-11
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1867
|event1_assembly = 24th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1871
|event2_assembly = 25th
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 1874
|event3_assembly = 26th
}}

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|name            = [[Philip Carteret Hill]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 3
|leadership      = 1875
|image           = 
|party           = Liberal
|birth_year      = 1821
|death_year      = 1894
|riding          = [[Halifax (provincial electoral district)|Halifax County]]
|term_start      = 1875-05-11
|term_end        = 1878-10-22
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1875
|event1_assembly = 26th
}}

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|name            = [[Simon Hugh Holmes]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 4
|leadership      = 1874
|image           = Simon Hugh Holmes.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|birth_year      = 1831
|death_year      = 1919
|riding          = [[Pictou (provincial electoral district)|Pictou County]]
|term_start      = 1878-10-22
|term_end        = 1882-05-25
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1878
|event1_assembly = 27th
}}

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|name            = [[John Sparrow David Thompson]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 5
|leadership      = 1882
|image           = John Thompson.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|birth_year      = 1845
|death_year      = 1894
|riding          = [[Antigonish (provincial electoral district)|Antigonish County]]
|term_start      = 1882-05-25
|term_end        = 1882-08-03
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1882
|event1_assembly = none
}}

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|name            = [[William Thomas Pipes]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 6
|leadership      = 1882
|image           = William Thomas Pipes.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|birth_year      = 1850
|death_year      = 1909
|riding          = [[Cumberland (Nova Scotia electoral district)|Cumberland County]]
|term_start      = 1882-08-03
|term_end        = 1884-07-28
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1882
|event1_assembly = 28th
}}

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|name            = [[William Stevens Fielding]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 7
|leadership      = 1883
|image           = William Stevens Fielding, premier of Nova Scotia.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|birth_year      = 1848
|death_year      = 1929
|riding          = [[Halifax (provincial electoral district)|Halifax County]]
|term_start      = 1884-07-28
|term_end        = 1896-07-20
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1884
|event1_assembly = 28th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1886
|event2_assembly = 29th
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 1890
|event3_assembly = 30th
|event4          = election
|event4_year     = 1894
|event4_assembly = 31st
}}

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|name            = [[George Henry Murray]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 8
|leadership      = 1896
|image           = George Henry Murray.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|birth_year      = 1861
|death_year      = 1929
|riding          = [[Victoria-The Lakes|Victoria County]]
|term_start      = 1896-07-20
|term_end        = 1923-01-24
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1896
|event1_assembly = 31st
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1897
|event2_assembly = 32nd
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 1901
|event3_assembly = 33rd
|event4          = election
|event4_year     = 1906
|event4_assembly = 34th
|event5          = election
|event5_year     = 1911
|event5_assembly = 35th
|event6          = election
|event6_year     = 1916
|event6_assembly = 36th
|event7          = election
|event7_year     = 1920
|event7_assembly = 37th
}}

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|name            = [[Ernest Howard Armstrong]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 9
|leadership      = 1923
|image           = Hon EH Armstrong (HS85-10-41072).jpg
|party           = Liberal
|birth_year      = 1864
|death_year      = 1946
|riding          = [[Shelburne (provincial electoral district)|Shelburne County]]
|term_start      = 1923-01-24
|term_end        = 1925-07-16
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1923
|event1_assembly = 37th
}}

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|name            = [[Edgar Nelson Rhodes]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 10
|leadership      = 1925
|image           = Edgar Nelson Rhodes.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|birth_year      = 1877
|death_year      = 1942
|riding          = [[Hants (provincial electoral district)|Hants County]]
|term_start      = 1925-07-16
|term_end        = 1930-08-11
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1925
|event1_assembly = 38th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1928
|event2_assembly = 39th
}}

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|name            = [[Gordon Sidney Harrington]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 11
|leadership      = 1930
|image           = Gordon Sidney Harrington.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|birth_year      = 1883
|death_year      = 1943
|riding          = [[Cape Breton Centre]]
|term_start      = 1930-08-11
|term_end        = 1933-09-05
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1930
|event1_assembly = 39th
}}

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|name            = [[Angus Lewis Macdonald|Angus L. Macdonald]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 12
|number_sub      = 1 of 2
|leadership      = 1930
|image           = Angus L Macdonald portrait.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|birth_year      = 1890
|death_year      = 1954
|riding          = [[Halifax South]]
|term_start      = 1933-09-05
|term_end        = 1940-07-10
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1933
|event1_assembly = 40th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1937
|event2_assembly = 41st
}}

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|name            = [[Alexander Stirling MacMillan]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 13
|leadership      = 1940
|image           = 
|party           = Liberal
|birth_year      = 1871
|death_year      = 1955
|riding          = [[Hants (provincial electoral district)|Hants]]
|term_start      = 1940-07-10
|term_end        = 1945-09-08
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1940
|event1_assembly = 41st
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1941
|event2_assembly = 42nd
}}

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|name            = [[Angus Lewis Macdonald|Angus L. Macdonald]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 14
|number_sub      = 2 of 2
|leadership      = 1945
|image           = Angus L Macdonald portrait.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|birth_year      = 1890
|death_year      = 1954
|riding          = [[Halifax South]]
|term_start      = 1945-09-08
|term_end        = 1954-04-13
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1945
|event1_assembly = 42nd
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1945
|event2_assembly = 43rd
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 1949
|event3_assembly = 44th
|event4          = election
|event4_year     = 1953
|event4_assembly = 45th
}}

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|name            = [[Harold Connolly]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 15
|leadership      = 1954
|image           = 
|party           = Liberal
|birth_year      = 1901
|death_year      = 1980
|riding          = [[Halifax North]]
|term_start      = 1954-04-13
|term_end        = 1954-09-30
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1954
|event1_assembly = 45th
}}

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|name            = [[Henry Hicks (Nova Scotia politician)|Henry Hicks]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 16
|leadership      = 1954
|image           = 
|party           = Liberal
|birth_year      = 1915
|death_year      = 1990
|riding          = [[Annapolis (provincial electoral district)|Annapolis]]
|term_start      = 1954-09-30
|term_end        = 1956-11-20
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1954
|event1_assembly = 45th
}}

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|name            = [[Robert Stanfield]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 17
|leadership      = 1948
|image           = Premier Bob Stanfield.jpg
|party           = PC
|birth_year      = 1914
|death_year      = 2003
|riding          = [[Colchester (provincial electoral district)|Colchester]]
|term_start      = 1956-11-20
|term_end        = 1967-09-13
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1956
|event1_assembly = 46th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1960
|event2_assembly = 47th
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 1963
|event3_assembly = 48th
|event4          = election
|event4_year     = 1967
|event4_assembly = 49th
}}

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|name            = [[George Isaac Smith]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 18
|leadership      = 1967
|image           = George Isaac Smith portrait.jpg
|party           = PC
|birth_year      = 1909
|death_year      = 1982
|riding          = [[Colchester (provincial electoral district)|Colchester]]
|term_start      = 1967-09-13
|term_end        = 1970-10-28
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1967
|event1_assembly = 49th
}}

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|name            = [[Gerald Regan]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 19
|leadership      = 1965
|image           = Gerald Regan portrait.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|birth_year      = 1928
|death_year      = 2019
|riding          = [[Halifax Needham]]
|term_start      = 1970-10-28
|term_end        = 1978-10-05
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1970
|event1_assembly = 50th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1974
|event2_assembly = 51st
}}

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|name            = [[John Buchanan (Canadian politician)|John Buchanan]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 20
|leadership      = 1971
|image           = John Buchanan portrait 1973.jpg
|party           = PC
|birth_year      = 1931
|death_year      = 2019
|riding          = [[Halifax Atlantic]]
|term_start      = 1978-10-05
|term_end        = 1990-09-12
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1978
|event1_assembly = 52nd
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1981
|event2_assembly = 53rd
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 1984
|event3_assembly = 54th
|event4          = election
|event4_year     = 1988
|event4_assembly = 55th
}}

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|name            = [[Roger Stuart Bacon]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 21
|leadership      = 1990
|image           = Roger Stuart Bacon portrait 1973.jpg
|party           = PC
|birth_year      = 1926
|death_year      = 2021
|riding          = [[Cumberland East]]
|term_start      = 1990-09-12
|term_end        = 1991-02-26
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1990
|event1_assembly = 55th
}}

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|name            = [[Donald William Cameron]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 22
|leadership      = 1991
|image           = 
|party           = PC
|birth_year      = 1946
|death_year      = 2021
|riding          = [[Pictou East]]
|term_start      = 1991-02-26
|term_end        = 1993-06-11
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1991
|event1_assembly = 55th
}}

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|name            = [[John Savage (Nova Scotia politician)|John Savage]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 23
|leadership      = 1992
|image           = 
|party           = Liberal
|birth_year      = 1932
|death_year      = 2003
|riding          = [[Dartmouth South]]
|term_start      = 1993-06-11
|term_end        = 1997-07-18
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1993
|event1_assembly = 56th
}}

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|name            = [[Russell MacLellan]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 24
|leadership      = 1997
|image           = Russell MacLellan.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|birth_year      = 1940
|riding          = [[Cape Breton North]]
|term_start      = 1997-07-18
|term_end        = 1999-08-16
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1997
|event1_assembly = 56th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1998
|event2_assembly = 57th
}}

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|name            = [[John Hamm|John F. Hamm]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 25
|leadership      = 1995
|image           = Jhamm03election.JPG
|party           = PC
|birth_year      = 1938
|riding          = [[Pictou Centre]]
|term_start      = 1999-08-16
|term_end        = 2006-02-24
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1999
|event1_assembly = 58th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 2003
|event2_assembly = 59th
}}

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|name            = [[Rodney MacDonald]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 26
|leadership      = [[2006 Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia leadership election|2006]]
|image           = Rodney MacDonald cropped.png
|party           = PC
|birth_year      = 1972
|riding          = [[Inverness (provincial electoral district)|Inverness]]
|term_start      = 2006-02-24
|term_end        = 2009-06-19
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 2006
|event1_assembly = 59th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 2006
|event2_assembly = 60th
}}

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|name            = [[Darrell Dexter]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 27
|leadership      = 2001
|image           = Darrell Dexter 2.jpg
|party           = NDP
|birth_year      = 1957
|riding          = [[Cole Harbour (electoral district)|Cole Harbour]]
|term_start      = 2009-06-19
|term_end        = 2013-10-22
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 2009
|event1_assembly = 61st
|references      = <ref name=Dexter27>{{cite web|title=Honourable Darrell Dexter NDP|url=http://nslegislature.ca/index.php/people/members/Darrell_Dexter|publisher=The Nova Scotia Legislature|access-date=December 30, 2012}}</ref>
}}

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|name            = [[Stephen McNeil]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 28
|leadership      = [[2007 Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership election|2007]]
|image           = Stephen McNeil color-balanced.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|birth_year      = 1964
|riding          = [[Annapolis (provincial electoral district)|Annapolis]]
|term_start      = 2013-10-22
|term_end        = 2021-02-23
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 2013
|event1_assembly = 62nd
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 2017
|event2_assembly = 63rd
|references      = <ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nsvotes2013/stephen-mcneil-leads-liberals-to-majority-in-nova-scotia-1.1929962 Stephen McNeil leads Liberals to majority in Nova Scotia]. CBC News, October 8, 2013.</ref>
}}

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|name            = [[Iain Rankin]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 29
|leadership      = [[2021 Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership election|2021]]
|image           = Iain Rankin leadership.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|birth_year      = 1983
|riding          = [[Timberlea-Prospect]]
|term_start      = 2021-02-23
|term_end        = 2021-08-31
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 2021
|event1_assembly = 63rd
|references      = <ref>[https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/iain-rankin-to-be-sworn-in-as-premier-of-nova-scotia-today-during-halifax-ceremony-1.5320169]. CTV News, February 23, 2021.</ref>
}}

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|name            = [[Tim Houston]]
|jurisdiction    = NS
|number          = 30
|leadership      = [[2018 Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia leadership election|2018]]
|image           = TimHouston.png
|party           = PC
|birth_year      = 1970
|riding          = [[Pictou East]]
|term_start      = 2021-08-31
|term_end        = 
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 2021
|event1_assembly = 64th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 2024
|event2_assembly = 65th
}}

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