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Join me as I look at every Prime Minister of Canada from Sir John A. Macdonald to Justin Trudeau. I look at the good, the bad and everything else the leaders of Canada have been involved in....
The fourth premier of Ontario, Arthur Hardy was the last Liberal premier of Ontario. He took over from Oliver Mowat, but served only through...
The longest serving premier in the history of Ontario, he transitioned it from a new province to the 20th century. He also served in the Can...
Not only did he serve as the second premier of Ontario, but Blake was also the first of only three federal Liberal leaders to not serve as P...
While he shared a name with our first Prime Minister, the first premier of Ontario was not related to him. Sandfield Macdonald's time as Ont...
Piers McDonald served as the premier of the Yukon from 1996 to 2000 and brought many major changes to the territory during his time as premi...
The leader of the Yukon Party, he came to power as premier in 1992 and served in that role until 1996. He remained as leader until 2000, bec...
The first NDP premier of the Yukon, he also became one of the longest serving premiers of the territory. During his time as premier, he brou...
The second premier, or government leader, of the Yukon, Willard Phelps served for only two months. Despite his short time as premier, he was...
The first premier of the Yukon, Chris Pearson served in that role from 1978 to 1985. During that time, he brought in responsible government...
James Anderson was the first Conservative premier of Saskatchewan, coming to power in 1929 and serving until 1935. His time in power is know...
James Gardiner governed Saskatchewan from 1926 to 1929 and 1934 to 1935, helping to turn the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan into a major forc...
Charles Avery Dunning was the third premier of Saskatchewan, but only served three years from 1923 to 1926. His true impact was in his many...
The second premier of Saskatchewan, William Melville Martin served in Parliament before he was asked to become premier upon the resignation...
The first premier of Saskatchewan, governed his province for 11 years and helped lay the foundations of the new province. Support: patreon.c...
The fifth premier of New Brunswick did not leave much of a mark on the province, and faded from history quickly. Support: patreon.com/canada...
His time as premier was not very influential but John James Fraser had a long political career as a member of the legislature, a New Brunswi...
We have reached out third premier of New Brunswick. He served only briefly before a jump from a train ended his life. Support: patreon.com/c...
George King served as both the second and fourth premier of New Brunswick. His lasting legacy was the abolishment of debt imprisonment and t...
We begin our look at the first five premiers of New Brunswick with Andrew Wetmore, a man who came to the position quickly, stayed for a few...
She was the first woman to lead a territory as premier, and the second female premier in Canadian history. As premier, she brought many impo...
As Premier of the Northwest Territories from 1987 to 1991, Patterson opposed the Meech Lake Accord and was instrumental in the formation of...
The first Indigenous lawyer in the Northwest Territories, Sibbeston was known for his fiery speeches and temper in the Legislature. He becam...
Richard Nerysoo spent much of his life involved in Indigenous activism. He became the youngest premier in Canadian history, the first Indige...
George Braden served as the first modern premier of the Northwest Territories from 1980 to 1984. In that capacity, he fought for more recogn...
Clyde Wells started in politics in the 1960s, but didn't become premier until the 1990s. While he brought many changes to Newfoundland, he d...
Tom Rideout's dream was to be premier of Newfoundland, but his time as premier lasted only 44 days, the shortest of any premier in the provi...
Only the third premier in the first 30 years of Newfoundland after Confederation, Brian Peckford took the province through the 1980s and bro...
Succeeding Joey Smallwood was no easy task, but Frank Moores opened up the government during the 1970s and made things more accessible after...
He brought Newfoundland into Confederation in 1949 and for 23 years held a firm grasp on the province as its premier. Today, he is loved and...
He served as premier for nine years, through multiple elections, helping the province grow during a very formative time in its history. Supp...
While the era of Ralph Klein from 1993 to 2007 brought stability, the next 15 years would be a time of change, falling governments and more...
The Progressive Conservatives came to power in 1971, ending 36 years of Social Credit rule in Alberta. For the next 22 years, there were onl...
After sweeping into power in 1935, the Social Credit Party ruled Alberta for the next 36 years, primarily through the leadership of Ernest M...
The Liberals were pushed out of power, never to come to power in the province again. Their loss was the gain of a new party, the United Farm...
When Alberta became a province, its first political dynasty was the Liberals, who ruled the province for 16 years. This would be the party's...
The fourth premier in four years for Manitoba, he was only the second to go through an election. He was instrumental in the transcontinental...
The third premier in Manitoba's history, he was a man who wasn't especially popular and whom never got along with the Lt. Governors of Manit...
Marc-Amable Girard was the leading Francophone in the early Manitoba government. He served as premier twice, and was close with Louis Riel....
Alfred Boyd was a man who didn't get along with Louis Riel, the founder of Manitoba, and he didn't want Manitoba to be a province. It may al...
Today, I am looking at every election that happened in Canada's smallest province, from 1873 to 2019. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch:...
An MP out of Manitoba, respected for her peacemaking abilities, she took over as the interim leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of...
As we take a three-week break between looking at premiers, I have some different episodes coming out. The first is my interview with former...
Serving as the fifth premier of British Columbia, he was only in the post for less than a year. Nonetheless, his political career overall wa...
Andrew Elliott suddenly found himself the premier of British Columbia and immediately won the next election. Unfortunately, his time as prem...
The third premier of British Columbia, George Walkem actually served two different terms, with a break in the middle. His time as premier wa...
The second premier of British Columbia is also one of the most famous premiers the province ever had. Calling himself Lover of the Universe,...
John Foster McCreight was born in Ireland, lived in Australia and eventually found his way to Victoria. Happy with his law books, he was sud...
For over three decades, Paul Martin Sr. served as a cabinet minister for three different prime ministers. While he tried to gain the post of...
We have reached the fifth premier of Nova Scotia in our series. He was actually the sixth premier, but as Sir John Sparrow David Thompson wa...
The fourth premier of Nova Scotia, he guided the province of Nova Scotia into the 1880s but he was constantly frustrated by the Liberal domi...