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This is a list of Premiers of Nova Scotia in order of time served in office as premier of Nova Scotia as of May 25, 2024. The current premier always stays in office during an election campaign, and that time is included in the total.
| Rank | Premier | Incumbency | Dates in power | Mandates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Henry Murray | 26 years, 188 days | 1896-07-20–1923-01-24 |
6 |
| 2 | Angus L. Macdonald | 15 years, 160 days | 1933-09-05–1940-07-10 1945-09-08–1954-04-13 |
5 |
| 3 | William Stevens Fielding | 11 years, 358 days | 1884-07-28–1896-07-20 |
3 |
| 4 | John MacLellan Buchanan | 11 years, 342 days | 1978-10-05–1990-09-12 |
4 |
| 5 | Robert Stanfield | 10 years, 297 days | 1956-11-20–1967-09-13 |
4 |
| 6 | Gerald Regan | 7 years, 342 days | 1970-10-28–1978-10-05 |
2 |
| 7 | William Annand | 7 years, 185 days | 1867-11-07–1975-05-11 |
3 |
| 8 | Stephen McNeil | 7 years, 124 days | 2013-10-22–2021-02-23 |
2 |
| 9 | John Hamm | 6 years, 192 days | 1999-08-16–2006-02-24 |
2 |
| 10 | Alexander Stirling MacMillan | 5 years, 60 days | 1940-07-10–1945-09-08 |
1 |
| 11 | Edgar Nelson Rhodes | 5 years, 26 days | 1925-07-16–1930-08-11 |
2 |
| 12 | Darrell Dexter | 4 years, 125 days | 2009-06-19–2013-10-22 |
1 |
| 13 | John Savage | 4 years, 37 days | 1993-06-11–1997-07-18 |
1 |
| 14 | Simon Hugh Holmes | 3 years, 215 days | 1878-10-22–1882-05-25 |
1 |
| 15 | Phillip Carteret Hill | 3 years, 164 days | 1875-05-11–1878-10-22 |
0 |
| 16 | Rodney MacDonald | 3 years, 115 days | 2006-02-24–2009-06-19 |
1 |
| 17 | George Isaac Smith | 3 years, 45 days | 1967-09-13–1970-10-28 |
0 |
| 18 | Gordon Sidney Harrington | 3 years, 25 days | 1930-08-11–1933-09-05 |
0 |
| 19 | Ernest Howard Armstrong | 2 years, 173 days | 1923-01-24–1925-07-16 |
0 |
| 20 | Donald William Cameron | 2 years, 105 days | 1991-02-26–1993-06-11 |
0 |
| 21 | Henry Hicks | 2 years, 51 days | 1954-09-30–1956-11-20 |
0 |
| 22 | Russell MacLellan | 2 years, 29 days | 1997-07-18–1999-18-16 |
1 |
| 23 | Tim Houston (incumbent) | 2 years, 268 days | 2021-08-31–present | 1 |
| 24 | William Thomas Pipes | 1 years, 360 days | 1882-08-03–1884-07-28 |
1 |
| 25 | Iain Rankin | 0 years, 189 days | 2021-02-23–2021-08-31 |
0 |
| 26 | Harold Connolly | 0 years, 170 days | 1954-04-13–1954-09-30 |
0 |
| 27 | Roger Stuart Bacon | 0 years, 167 days | 1990-09-12–1991-02-26 |
0 |
| 28 | Hiram Blanchard | 0 years, 126 days | 1867-07-04–1867-11-07 |
0 |
| 29 | John Sparrow David Thompson | 0 years, 70 days | 1882-05-25–1882-08-03 |
0 |