List of premiers of the Northwest Territories

[1] These lieutenant governors presided over an assembly with members both elected and appointed by the federal government.

The Northwest Territories held its first general elections to the North-West Legislative Assembly in 1888 when it considered the population to be sufficient.

[2] After this election, the chairman of the assembly's executive committee (analogous to a cabinet) assumed the role of head of government.

[4] In 1905, the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta were created from the most populous regions of the Northwest Territories.

Because the Northwest Territories has a consensus government, the premier is elected by, and from, the members of the Legislative Assembly, and are not divided into parties.