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Canada is a federation that comprises ten provinces and three territories. Its government is structured as a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy, with a monarch as its sovereign and a Prime Minister as its head of government. Each of the country's provinces and territories also has a head of government, called premier in English.
In Canada, a premier (/ ˈ p r iː m j ər / ⓘ PREEM-yər) is the head of government of a province or territory. Though the word is merely a synonym for prime minister, it is employed for provincial prime ministers to differentiate them from the prime minister of Canada. There are ten provincial premiers and three territorial premiers.
List of current members of the King's Privy Council for Canada; Premiers of the provinces, in the order their province joined confederation and by population at joining to break ties Premier of Ontario ; Premier of Quebec (François Legault) Premier of Nova Scotia (Tim Houston) Premier of New Brunswick ; Premier of Manitoba
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully ...
Historically, several provinces had bicameral legislatures, but they all eventually dissolved their upper house or merged it with their lower house, so that all provincial legislatures are now unicameral. Members of the legislative assemblies of Canada's provinces and territories are called by various names.
In earlier years, the political groups were loose affiliations rather than modern political parties. [1] The "reformers" allied under the banner of Reformers in Canada West and Patriotes in Canada East, while the "conservatives," meaning supporters of the elite Family Compact in Canada West and Château Clique in Canada East prior to unification, were known as Tories.
In more recent years, the premiers of Ontario and Quebec joined with the governors as associate members, and in 2015, the organization launched the "Conference of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers," to signify the increasing bi-national cooperation, with full membership for all parties. Since its inception, the Conference has ...
Premiers of Canadian provinces since Canadian confederation who have subsequently been elected to the House of Commons of Canada.. Dave Barrett - British Columbia; Andrew George Blair - New Brunswick