List of premiers of British Columbia

[2] Since then, it has had a unicameral Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the premier is the leader of the party that controls the most seats in the legislative assembly.

The premier is British Columbia's head of government, and the king of Canada is its head of state and is represented by the lieutenant governor of British Columbia.

The premier picks a cabinet from the elected members to form the Executive Council of British Columbia and presides over that body.

An election may also take place if the governing party loses the confidence of the legislature by the defeat of a supply bill or tabling of a no-confidence motion.

[3] Before 1903, British Columbia did not use a party system; instead, premiers of British Columbia had no official party affiliation and were chosen by elected members of the legislative assembly from among themselves.

British Columbia has had 36 individuals serve as premier since joining Confederation, of which 14 individuals had no party affiliation, three were Conservatives, eight were Liberals, four were Socreds, and seven were New Democrats.

Joseph Martin spent the shortest time in office, at 106 days.

At over twenty years, W. A. C. Bennett spent the longest time in office and is the only premier to serve in more than five parliaments.

The incumbent premier is David Eby, who was sworn in on November 18, 2022.