Canada's 25 Longest Serving Provincial Premiers

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Canada's 25 Longest Serving Provincial Premiers

Years	Premier	Prov.	Party	Term(s)	Age	Born/Died
26-06-04	George Murray	NS	Liberal	July 20, 1896 Jan. 24, 1923	35 - 61	June 7, 1861 Jan. 6, 1929
25-06-12	Ernest Manning	AB	SC	May 31, 1943 Dec. 12, 1968	34 - 60	Sept. 20, 1908 Feb. 19, 1996
23-09-00	Oliver Mowat	ON	Liberal	Oct. 25, 1872 July 25, 1896	52 - 76	July 22, 1820 Apr. 19, 1903
22-09-18	Joey Smallwood	NF	Liberal	Mar. 31, 1949 Jan. 18, 1972	48 - 71	Dec. 24, 1900 Dec. 18, 1991
20-05-00	John Bracken	MB	Coalition	Aug. 8, 1922 Jan. 8, 1943	39 - 59	June 22, 1883 Mar. 18, 1969

20-02-14	W.A.C. Bennett	BC	SC	July 1, 1952 Sept. 15, 1972	51 - 72	Sept. 6, 1900 Feb. 23, 1979
18-03-03	Maurice Duplessis	QC	UN	Aug. 26, 1936 Nov. 8, 1939 ------ Aug. 30, 1944 Sept. 9, 1959	46 - 49 54 - 69	April 20, 1890 Sept. 9, 1959
17-03-28	Tommy Douglas	SK	CCF	July 10, 1944 Nov. 7, 1961	39 - 57	Oct. 20, 1904 Feb. 24, 1986
16-11-15	Richard Hatfield	NB	PC	Nov. 12, 1970 Oct. 27, 1987	39 - 56	Apr. 9, 1931 Apr. 26, 1991
15-11-02	Alexandre Taschereau	QC	Liberal	July 9, 1920 June 11, 1936	53 - 69	Mar. 5, 1867 July 6, 1952

15-05-13	Robert Bourassa	QC	Liberal	May 12, 1970 Nov. 25, 1976 ------ Dec. 12, 1985 Jan. 11, 1994	36 - 43 52 - 60	July 14, 1933 Oct. 2, 1996
15-05-10	Angus L. Macdonald	NS	Liberal	Sept. 5, 1933 July 10, 1940 ------ Sept. 8, 1945 Apr. 13, 1954	43 - 49 55 - 63	Aug. 10, 1890 Apr. 13, 1954
15-03-17	Lomer Grouin	QC	Liberal	Mar. 23, 1905 July 9, 1920	44 - 59	May 19, 1861 Mar. 28, 1929
14-06-14	Sir Rodmond P. Roblin	MB	Conserv.	Oct. 29, 1900 May 12, 1915	47 - 62	Feb. 15, 1853 Feb. 16, 1937
14-01-21	Peter Lougheed	AB	PC	Sept. 10, 1971 Nov. 1, 1985	43 - 57	Born July 26, 1928

13-11-07	Bill Davis	ON	PC	Mar. 1, 1971 Feb. 8, 1985	41 - 55	Born July 30, 1929
13-04-??	Andrew Blair	NB	Liberal	Mar. 2, 1883 July, 1896	38 - 52	Mar. 7, 1844 Jan. 25, 1907
13-00-00	Ralph Klein	AB	PC	Dec. 16, 1992 - Present	50 - 63	Born Nov. 1, 1942
12-06-26	John McNair	NB	Liberal	Mar. 13, 1940 Oct. 8, 1952	50 - 62	Nov. 20, 1889 June 14, 1968
12-06-14	Richard McBride	BC	Conserv.	June 1, 1903 Dec. 15, 1915	32 - 45	Dec. 15, 1870 Aug. 6, 1917

12-06-04	Leslie Frost	ON	PC	May 4, 1949 Nov. 8, 1961	63 - 76	Sept. 20, 1885 May 4, 1973
12-01-21	Alexander B. Campbell	PE	Liberal	July 28, 1966 Sept. 18, 1978	32 - 44	Born Dec. 1, 1933
11-11-23	William S. Fielding	NS	Liberal	July 28, 1884 July 20, 1896	35 - 47	Nov. 24, 1848 June 23, 1929
11-11-20	Thomas Greenway	MB	Liberal	Jan. 19, 1888 Jan. 8, 1900	49 - 61	Mar. 25, 1838 Oct. 30, 1908
11-11-07	John Buchanan	NS	PC	Oct. 5, 1978 Sept. 12, 1990	47 - 59	Born Apr. 22, 1931

Alberta's Ralph Klein is Canada's longest serving active Premier, serving 13 years as of December 16, 2005. He is the 18th longest serving Premier in Canadian history, and has the third longest administration in Alberta, behind Ernest Manning (1943-1968) and Peter Lougheed (1971-1985). To pass Lougheed, who is 15th on this list, Klein would have to serve until at least February, 2007.