| Premiers of Nova Scotia |
||
| Premier |
Party |
Date |
| Hiram Blanchard |
Confederation |
1867 |
| William Annand |
Anti-Confederation |
1867-75 |
| Philip Carteret Hill |
Liberal |
1875-78 |
| Simon Hugh Holmes |
Conservative |
1878-82 |
| John Sparrow Thompson |
Conservative |
1882 |
| William Thomas Pipes |
Liberal |
1882-84 |
| William Stevens Fielding |
Liberal |
1884-96 |
| George Henry Murray |
Liberal |
1896-1923 |
| Ernest Howard Armstrong |
Liberal |
1923-25 |
| Edgar Nelson Rhodes |
Conservative |
1925-30 |
| Gordon Sidney Harrington |
Conservative |
1930-33 |
| Angus Lewis Macdonald |
Liberal |
1933-40 |
| Alexander Stirling MacMillan |
Liberal |
1940-45 |
| Angus Lewis Macdonald |
Liberal |
1945-54 |
| Harold Joseph Connolly |
Liberal |
1954 |
| Henry Davies Hicks |
Liberal |
1954-56 |
| Robert Lorne Stanfield |
Conservative |
1956-67 |
| George Isaac Smith |
Conservative |
1967-70 |
| Gerald Augustine Regan |
Liberal |
1970-78 |
| John MacLennan Buchanan |
Conservative |
1978-90 |
| Roger Stuart Bacon |
Conservative |
1990-91 |
| Donald William Cameron |
Conservative |
1991-93 |
| John Savage |
Liberal |
1993-97 |
| Russell MacLellan |
Liberal |
1997-99 |
| John F. Hamm |
Conservative |
1999-2006 |
| Rodney MacDonald |
Conservative |
2006-2009 |
| Darrell Dexter |
NDP |
2009-present |


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