List of premiers of Ontario by time in office

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This is a list of premiers of Ontario in order of time served in office as premier of Ontario as of February 1, 2022. The preceding premier always stays in office during an election campaign, and that time is included in the total. See also List of Ontario political parties by time in office.

List[]

  Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (14)
  Ontario Liberal Party (10)
  New Democratic Party of Ontario (1)
  United Farmers of Ontario (1)


Rank Premier Incumbency Dates in office Mandates
  1 Oliver Mowat 23 years, 270 days[1] 1872–1896 6
  2 Bill Davis 13 years, 344 days[2] 1971–1985 4
  3 Leslie Frost 12 years, 188 days[3] 1949–1961 3
  4 James Whitney 9 years, 229 days[4] 1905–1914[5] 4
  5 John Robarts 9 years, 113 days[6] 1961–1971 2
  6 Dalton McGuinty 9 years, 111 days[7] 2003–2013 3
  7 Mitchell Hepburn 8 years, 103 days[8] 1934–1942 2
  8 Howard Ferguson 7 years, 152 days[9] 1923–1930 3
  9 Mike Harris 6 years, 292 days[10] 1995–2002 2
  10 Kathleen Wynne 5 years, 138 days[11] 2013–2018 1
  11 George William Ross 5 years, 110 days[12] 1899–1905 1
  12 David Peterson 5 years, 97 days[13] 1985–1990 1*
  13 George A. Drew 5 years, 63 days[14] 1943–1948 3
  14 William Howard Hearst 5 years, 43 days[15] 1914–1919 0
  15 Bob Rae 4 years, 268 days[16] 1990–1995 1
  16 John Sandfield Macdonald 4 years, 157 days[17] 1867–1871 1
  17 Ernest Charles Drury 3 years, 244 days[18] 1919–1923 1
  18 Doug Ford (incumbent) 3 years, 217 days 2018–present 1
  19 George Stewart Henry 3 years, 207 days[19] 1930–1934 0
  20 Arthur Sturgis Hardy 3 years, 92 days[20] 1896–1899 1
  21 Ernie Eves 1 year, 190 days[21] 2002–2003 0
  22 Edward Blake 310 days[22] 1871–1872 1
  23 Gordon Daniel Conant 209 days[23] 1942–1943 0
  24 Thomas Laird Kennedy 197 days[24] 1948 0
  25 Frank Miller 138 days[25] 1985 1*
  26 Harry Nixon 91 days[26] 1943 0
^* Frank Miller's Progressive Conservative Party won a plurality of seats in the 1985 Ontario general election, but the resulting 33rd Parliament of Ontario passed a motion of no confidence against him less than two months into his mandate, replacing his government with David Peterson's Liberal Party. This table counts the 1985 election as a mandate for Miller.

References[]

  1. ^ "Oliver Mowat, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  2. ^ "William Grenville Davis, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "Leslie Miscampbell Frost, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  4. ^ "James Pliny Whitney, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  5. ^ died in office
  6. ^ "John Parmenter Robarts, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  7. ^ "Dalton McGuinty, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  8. ^ "Mitchell Frederick Hepburn, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  9. ^ "George Howard Ferguson, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  10. ^ "Michael Harris, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  11. ^ "Kathleen O. Wynne, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  12. ^ "George William Ross, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  13. ^ "David Robert Peterson, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  14. ^ "George Alexander Drew, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  15. ^ "William Howard Hearst, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  16. ^ "Bob Keith Rae, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  17. ^ "John Sandfield Macdonald, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  18. ^ "Ernest Charles Drury, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  19. ^ "George Stewart Henry, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  20. ^ "Arthur Sturgis Hardy, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  21. ^ "Ernie Eves, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  22. ^ "Edward Blake, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  23. ^ "Gordon Daniel Conant, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  24. ^ "Thomas Laird Kennedy, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  25. ^ "Frank Stuart Miller, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  26. ^ "Harry Corwin Nixon, MPP". Legislative Assembly website. Legislative Assembly on Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
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