List of Ontario premiers

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This is a list of the premiers of the province of Ontario, Canada, since Confederation (1867).

The premier is the head of the provincial government of Ontario.

Premier			Period	Ass- embly	Riding |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|	1.	John Sandfield Macdonald (Liberal-Conservative Coalition)	1867 1871	1st	Cornwall |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|	2.	Edward Blake (Liberal)	1871 1872	2nd ...	Bruce South |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|	3.	Sir Oliver Mowat (Liberal)	1872 1896	... 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th ...	Oxford North |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|	4.	Arthur Hardy (Liberal)	1896 1899	... 9th ...	Brant South |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|	5.	Sir George William Ross (Liberal)	1899 1905	... 10th	Middlesex West |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|	6.	Sir James Whitney (Conservative)	1905 1914	11th 12th 13th 14th ...	Dundas |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|	7.	Sir William Hearst (Conservative)	1914 1919	...	Sault Ste. Marie |- |bgcolor="#66CC00"|	8.	Ernest Drury (Farmer-Labour Coalition)	1919 1923	15th	Halton |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|	9.	George Howard Ferguson (Conservative)	1923 1930	16th 17th 18th ...	Grenville |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|	10.	George Stewart Henry (Conservative)	1930 1934	...	York East |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|	11.	Mitchell Hepburn (Liberal)	1934 1942	19th 20th ...	Elgin |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|	12.	Gordon Daniel Conant (Liberal)	1942 1943	...	Ontario |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|	13.	Harry Nixon (Liberal)	1943 1943	...	Brant |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|	14.	George Drew (Conservative)	1943 1948	21st 22nd	High Park |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|	15.	Thomas Kennedy (Conservative)	1948 1949	23rd ...	Peel |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|	16.	Leslie Frost (Conservative)	1949 1961	... 24th 25th 26th ...	Victoria |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|	17.	John Robarts (Conservative)	1961 1971	... 27th 28th ...	London North |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|	18.	Bill Davis (Conservative)	1971 1985	... 29th 30th 31st 32nd ...	Peel North (1971-1975) Brampton (1975-1985) |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|	19.	Frank Miller (Conservative)	1985 1985	...	Muskoka |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|	20.	David Peterson (Liberal)	1985 1990	33rd* 34th	London Centre |- |bgcolor="sandybrown"|	21.	Bob Rae (NDP)	1990 1995	35th	York South |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|	22.	Mike Harris (Conservative)	1995 2002	36th 37th ...	Nipissing |- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|	23.	Ernie Eves (Conservative)	2002 2003	...	Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|	24.	Dalton McGuinty (Liberal)	2003 -	38th	Ottawa South

* The Peterson Government (Liberal) from 1985 to 1987 did not have the most seats in the legislature, but had the formal support of the NDP through a signed accord without an official coalition government being formed.

For the premiers prior to Confederation, see Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada; those listed for Canada West governed the area which would become Ontario.

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

See also

• List of Leaders of the Opposition in Ontario

	Politics of Ontario
Monarchy | Lieutenant-Governor | Parliament | Cabinet
Premier | List of Premiers
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