| Dates of Office | Premier (Colony of Nova Scotia) | Party | (Born - Died) |
| 09 Feb 1848 - 04 Apr 1854 | James B. Uniacke | Lib | (b. 1800 - d. 1858) |
| 04 Apr 1854 - 24 Feb 1857 | William Young | Lib | (b. 1799 - d. 1887) |
| 24 Feb 1857 - 10 Feb 1860 | James W. Johnston | Con | (b. 1792 - d. 1873) |
| 10 Feb 1860 - 03 Aug 1860 | William Young | Lib | (b. 1799 - d. 1887) |
| 03 Aug 1860 - 11 Jun 1863 | Joseph Howe | Lib | (b. 1804 - d. 1873) |
| 11 Jun 1863 - 11 May 1864 | James W. Johnston | Con | (b. 1792 - d. 1873) |
| 11 May 1864 - 01 Jul 1867 | Charles Tupper | Cnf | (b. 1821 - d. 1915) |
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| Dates of Office | Premier (Province of Nova Scotia) | Party | (Born - Died) |
| 01 Jul 1867 - 04 Jul 1867 | Charles Tupper | Cnf | (b. 1821 - d. 1915) |
| 04 Jul 1867 - 07 Nov 1867 | Hiram Blanchard | Con | (b. 1820 - d. 1874) |
| 07 Nov 1867 - 11 May 1875 | William Annand | Lib | (b. 1808 - d. 1887) |
| 11 May 1875 - 22 Oct 1878 | Philip Carteret Hill | Lib | (b. 1821 - d. 1894) |
| 22 Oct 1878 - 25 May 1882 | Simon Hugh Holmes | Con | (b. 1831 - d. 1919) |
| 25 May 1882 - 03 Aug 1882 | John S. D. Thompson | Con | (b. 1844 - d. 1894) |
| 03 Aug 1882 - 28 Jul 1884 | William Thomas Pipes | Lib | (b. 1850 - d. 1909) |
| 28 Jul 1884 - 20 Jul 1896 | William Stevens Fielding | Lib | (b. 1848 - d. 1929) |
| 20 Jul 1896 - 24 Jan 1923 | George Henry Murray | Lib | (b. 1861 - d. 1929) |
| 24 Jan 1923 - 16 Jul 1925 | Ernest Howard Armstrong | Lib | (b. 1864 - d. 1946) |
| 16 Jul 1925 - 11 Aug 1930 | Edgar Nelson Rhodes | Con | (b. 1877 - d. 1942) |
| 11 Aug 1930 - 05 Sep 1933 | Gordon Sydney Harrington | Con | (b. 1883 - d. 1943) |
| 05 Sep 1933 - 10 Jul 1940 | Angus L. Macdonald | Lib | (b. 1890 - d. 1954) |
| 10 Jul 1940 - 08 Sep 1945 | Alexander Stirling MacMillan | Lib | (b. 1871 - d. 1955) |
| 08 Sep 1945 - 13 Apr 1954 | Angus L. Macdonald | Lib | (b. 1890 - d. 1954) |
| 13 Apr 1954 - 30 Sep 1954 | Harold Joseph Connolly | Lib | (b. 1901 - d. 1980) |
| 30 Sep 1954 - 20 Nov 1956 | Henry Davis Hicks | Lib | (b. 1915 - d. 1990) |
| 20 Nov 1956 - 13 Sep 1967 | Robert Lorne Stanfield | PC | (b. 1914 - d. 2003) |
| 13 Sep 1967 - 28 Oct 1970 | George Isaac Smith | PC | (b. 1909 - d. 1982) |
| 28 Oct 1970 - 05 Oct 1978 | Gerald A. Regan | Lib | (b. 1929 - d. 2019) |
| 05 Oct 1978 - 12 Sep 1990 | The Honourable John MacLennan Buchanan | PC | (b. 1931 - d. 2019) |
| 12 Sep 1990 - 09 Feb 1991 | Roger Stuart Bacon | PC | (b. 1926) |
| 09 Feb 1991 - 11 Jun 1993 | Don W. Cameron | PC | (b. 1946 - d. 2021) |
| 11 Jun 1993 - 18 Jul 1997 | John P. Savage | Lib | (b. 1932 - d. 2003) |
| 18 Jul 1997 - 16 Aug 1999 | Russell MacLellan | Lib | (b. 1940) |
| 16 Aug 1999 - 24 Feb 2006 | John Hamm | PC | (b. 1938) |
| 24 Feb 2006 - 19 Jun 2009 | Rodney MacDonald | PC | (b. 1972) |
| 19 Jun 2009 - 22 Oct 2013 | Darrell Dexter | NDP | (b. 1957) |
| 22 Oct 2013 - 23 Feb 2021 | Stephen McNeil | Lib | (b. 1964) |
| 23 Feb 2021 - TBA 2021 | Iain Rankin | Lib | (b. 1983) |
| TBA 2021 - | Tim Houston | PC | (b. 1970) |
