| Dates of Office | Premier | Party | (Born - Died) |
| 13 Nov 1871 - 23 Dec 1872 | John Foster McCreight |
| (b. 1827 - d. 1913) |
| 23 Dec 1872 - 11 Feb 1874 | Amor De Cosmos |
| (b. 1825 - d. 1897) |
| 11 Feb 1874 - 1 Feb 1876 | George Anthony Walkem |
| (b. 1834 - d. 1908) |
| 1 Feb 1876 - 25 Jun 1878 | Andrew Charles Elliott |
| (b. 1828 - d. 1889) |
| 25 Jun 1878 - 13 Jun 1882 | George Anthony Walkem |
| (b. 1834 - d. 1908) |
| 13 Jun 1882 - 29 Jan 1883 | Robert Beaven |
| (b. 1836 - d. 1920) |
| 29 Jan 1883 - 1 May 1887 | William Smithe |
| (b. 1842 - d. 1887 |
| 1 May 1887 - 1 Aug 1889 | Alexander Edmund Batson Davie |
| (b. 1847 - d. 1889) |
| 2 Aug 1889 - 29 Jun 1892 | John Robson |
| (b. 1824 - d. 1892) |
| 2 Jul 1892 - 4 Mar 1895 | Theodore Davie |
| (b. 1852 - d. 1898) |
| 4 Mar 1895 - 15 Aug 1898 | John Herbert Turner |
| (b. 1834 - d. 1923) |
| 15 Aug 1898 - 28 Feb 1900 | Charles Augustus Semlin |
| (b. 1836 - d. 1927) |
| 28 Feb 1900 - 15 Jun 1900 | Joseph Martin |
| (b. 1852 - d. 1923) |
| 15 Jun 1900 - 21 Nov 1902 | James Dunsmuir |
| (b. 1851 - d. 1920) |
| 21 Nov 1902 - 1 Jun 1903 | Edward Gawler Prior |
| (b. 1853 - d. 1920) |
| 1 Jun 1903 - 15 Dec 1915 | Sir Richard McBride | Con | (b. 1870 - d. 1917) |
| 15 Dec 1915 - 23 Nov 1916 | William John Bowser | Con | (b. 1867 - d. 1933) |
| 23 Nov 1916 - 1 Mar 1918 | Harlan Carey Brewster | Lib | (b. 1870 - d. 1918) |
| 6 Mar 1918 - 17 Aug 1927 | John Oliver | Lib | (b. 1856 - d. 1927) |
| 20 Aug 1927 - 21 Aug 1928 | John Duncan MacLean | Lib | (b. 1873 - d. 1948) |
| 21 Aug 1928 - 15 Nov 1933 | Simon Fraser Tolmie | Con | (b. 1867 - d. 1937) |
| 15 Nov 1933 - 9 Dec 1941 | Thomas Dufferin Pattullo | Lib | (b. 1873 - d. 1956) |
| 9 Dec 1941 - 29 Dec 1947 | John Hart | Lib | (b. 1879 - d. 1958) |
| 29 Dec 1947 - 1 Aug 1952 | Byron Ingemar Johnson | Lib | (b. 1890 - d. 1964) |
| 1 Aug 1952 - 15 Sep 1972 | William Andrew Cecil Bennett | SC | (b. 1900 - d. 1979) |
| 15 Sep 1972 - 22 Dec 1975 | David Barrett | NDP | (b. 1930 - d. 2018) |
| 22 Dec 1975 - 6 Aug 1986 | The Honourable William Richards Bennett | SC | (b. 1932 - d. 2015) |
| 6 Aug 1986 - 2 Apr 1991 | Bill Vander Zalm | SC | (b. 1934) |
| 2 Apr 1991 - 5 Nov 1991 | Rita Johnston | SC | (b. 1935) |
| 5 Nov 1991 - 22 Feb 1996 | Mike Harcourt | NDP | (b. 1943) |
| 22 Feb 1996 - 25 Aug 1999 | Glen Clark | NDP | (b. 1957) |
| 25 Aug 1999 - 24 Feb 2000 | Dan Miller | NDP | (b. 1944) |
| 24 Feb 2000 - 5 Jun 2001 | Ujjal Dosanjh | NDP | (b. 1947) |
| 5 Jun 2001 - 14 Mar 2011 | Gordon Campbell | Lib | (b. 1948) |
| 14 Mar 2011 - 18 Jul 2017 | Christy Clark | Lib | (b. 1965) |
| 18 Jul 2017 - 18 Nov 2022 | John Horgan | NDP | (b. 1959) |
| 18 Nov 2022 - | David Eby | NDP | (b. 1976) |
