Former Premiers of New Brunswick

A premier is the chief minister of a provincial government. Because of the shared framework of cabinet government, the office of provincial premier is similar to that held by Canada's prime minister. The policy direction and management of the provincial governments is visibly dominated by their premiers. A premier is in every sense the "first" minister.

The first list of leaders below is those of the Premiers of the British Colony of New Brunswick when it separated from Nova Scotia on August 16, 1784. When New Brunswick became a province of Canada in 1867, the position remained "premier".

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Dates of Office	Premier (Colony of New Brunswick	Party	(Born - Died)
1 Nov 1854 - 22 May 1856	Richard Fisher	Lib
22 May 1856 - May 1857	Edward Barron Chandler	Con
May 1857 - 18 Mar 1861	Richard Fisher	Lib
18 Mar 1861 - Mar 1865	Samuel Leonard Tilley	Lib
Mar 1865 - 14 Apr 1866	Albert J. Smith	Con
14 Apr 1866 - 1867	Peter Mitchell	Cnf

Dates of Office	Premier (Province of New Brunswick)	Party	(Born - Died)
1867 - 1870	Andrew Rainsford Wetmore	Cnf	(b. 1820 - d. 1892)
1870 - 1871	George Edwin King	Con	(b. 1839 - d. 1901)
1871 - 1872	George Luther Hatheway	Con	(b. 1813 - d. 1872)
1872 - 1878	George Edwin King	Con	(b. 1839 - d. 1901)
1878 - 1882	John James Fraser	Con	(b. 1829 - d. 1896)
1882 - 1883	Daniel Lionel Hanington	Con	(b. 1835 - d. 1909)
1883 - Jul 1896	Andrew George Blair	Lib	(b. 1844 - d. 1907)
Jul 1896 - 29 Oct 1897	James Mitchell	Lib	(b. 1843 - d. 1897)
29 Oct 1897 - 31 Aug 1900	Henry Robert Emmerson	Lib	(b. 1853 - d. 1914)
31 Aug 1900 - 6 Mar 1907	Lemuel John Tweedie	Lib	(b. 1849 - d. 1917)
6 Mar 1907 - 31 May 1907	William Pugsley	Lib	(b. 1850 - d. 1925)
31 May 1907 - 24 Mar 1908	Clifford William Robinson	Lib	(b. 1866 - d. 1944)
24 Mar 1908 - 16 Oct 1911	Sir John Douglas Hazen	Con	(b. 1860 - d. 1937)
16 Oct 1911 - 17 Dec 1914	James Kidd Flemming	Con	(b. 1868 - d. 1927)
17 Dec 1914 - 1 Feb 1917	George Johnson Clarke	Con	(b. 1857 - d. 1917)
1 Feb 1917 - 4 Apr 1917	James Alexander Murray	Con	(b. 1864 - d. 1960)
4 Apr 1917 - 28 Feb 1923	Walter Edward Foster	Lib	(b. 1874 - d. 1947)
28 Feb 1923 - 14 Sep 1925	Peter John Veniot	Lib	(b. 1863 - d. 1936)
14 Sep 1925 - 19 May 1931	John Babington Macaulay Baxter	Con	(b. 1868 - d. 1946)
19 May 1931 - 1 Jun 1933	Charles Dow Richards	Con	(b. 1879 - d. 1956)
1 Jun 1933 - 16 Jul 1935	Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley	Con	(b. 1870 - d. 1947)
16 Jul 1935 - 13 Mar 1940	A. Allison Dysart	Lib	(b. 1880 - d. 1962)
13 Mar 1940 - 8 Oct 1952	John Babbitt McNair	Lib	(b. 1889 - d. 1968)
8 Oct 1952 - 12 Jul 1960	Hugh John Flemming	PC	(b. 1899 - d. 1982)
12 Jul 1960 - 12 Nov 1970	Louis J. Robichaud	Lib	(b. 1925 - d. 2005)
12 Nov 1970 - 27 Oct 1987	Richard B. Hatfield	PC	(b. 1931 - d. 1991)
27 Oct 1987 - 13 Oct 1997	Frank McKenna	Lib	(b. 1948)
13 Oct 1997 - 14 May 1998	J. Raymond Frenette	Lib	(b. 1935)
14 May 1998 - 21 Jun 1999	Camille Thériault	Lib	(b. 1955)
21 Jun 1999 - 3 Oct 2006	Bernard Lord	PC	(b. 1965)
3 Oct 2006 -	Shawn Graham	Lib	(b. 1968)

Party Abbreviations

Cnf = Confederation
Con = Conservative
Lib = Liberal
PC = Progressive Conservative

See also
Premiers of Canada
Province of New Brunswick

External Links
Premier of New Brunswick Official Website