List of Joint Premiers of The Province of Canada

This is a list of the Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada, who were the heads of government of the Province of Canada from the 1841 unification of Upper Canada and Lower Canada until Confederation in 1867.

Each administration was led by two men, one from Canada West (now Ontario) and one from Canada East (now Quebec). Officially, one of them at any given time had the title of Premier, while the other had the title of Deputy.

Colour key:

  • Green - reformers (Reform Party, Rouges Party, etc.)
  • Yellow - conservatives (see Family Compact, Château Clique)
  • Red - Liberal Party, Clear Grits
  • Blue - Liberal-Conservative Party, Parti bleu
Canada West Premier Canada East Premier Term of office
1
William Draper
 1
Samuel Harrison
1841
1842
2
Charles Richard Ogden
1842
1842
2
Robert Baldwin2
 3
Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine2
1842
1843
3
Sir Dominick Daly
 4
Sir Dominick Daly
1843
1843
1
William Draper
 5
Denis-Benjamin Viger
1843
1846
6
Denis-Benjamin Papineau
1846
1847
5
Henry Sherwood
1847
1848
Responsible government
6
Robert Baldwin
 3
Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine
1848
1851
7
Sir Francis Hincks
 7
Augustin-Norbert Morin
1851
1854
8
Sir Allan Napier MacNab
1854
1855
8
Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché
1855
1856
9
Sir John A. Macdonald
1856
1857
9
Sir George-Étienne Cartier
1857
1858
10
George Brown

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