List of premiers of British Columbia by time in office

This is a list of premiers of the province of British Columbia in order of time served in office as premiers as of February 7, 2024. The preceding premier retains the office during an election campaign, and that time is included in the total. Mandates listed below are defined as election victories for a given premier, with zero mandates listed for premiers appointed during the course of a parliament, but either failing to win the subsequent election or resign before the parliament dissolves.

Rank	Name	Time in office	Years in office	Mandates	Party
1	W. A. C. Bennett	20 years, 45 days	1952–1972	7	█  Social Credit
2	Richard McBride	12 years, 197 days	1903–1915	4	█  Conservative
3	Bill Bennett	10 years, 227 days	1975–1986	3	█  Social Credit
4	Gordon Campbell	9 years, 282 days	2001–2011	3	█  Liberal
5	John Oliver [lower-alpha 1]	9 years, 164 days	1918–1927	2	█  Liberal
6	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	8 years, 24 days	1933–1941	2	█  Liberal
7	Christy Clark	6 years, 126 days	2011–2017	2 [lower-alpha 2]	█  Liberal
8	John Hart	6 years, 20 days	1941–1947	2	█  Liberal
9	George Anthony Walkem	5 years, 331 days [lower-alpha 3]	1874–1876 1878–1882	— [lower-alpha 4]	█ None
10	John Horgan	5 years, 123 days	2017–2022	2 [lower-alpha 2]	█  New Democratic
11	Simon Fraser Tolmie	5 years, 86 days	1928–1933	1	█  Conservative
12	Bill Vander Zalm	4 years, 239 days	1986–1991	1	█  Social Credit
13	Boss Johnson	4 years, 216 days	1947–1952	1	█  Liberal
14	Mike Harcourt	4 years, 109 days	1991–1996	1	█  New Democratic
15	William Smithe [lower-alpha 1]	4 years, 58 days	1883–1887	— [lower-alpha 4]	█ None
16	Glen Clark	3 years, 184 days	1996–1999	1	█  New Democratic
17	John Herbert Turner	3 years, 157 days	1895–1898	— [lower-alpha 4]	█ None
18	Dave Barrett	3 years, 98 days	1972–1975	1	█  New Democratic
19	John Robson [lower-alpha 1]	2 years, 332 days	1889–1892	— [lower-alpha 4]	█ None
20	Theodore Davie	2 years, 243 days	1892–1895	— [lower-alpha 4]	█ None
21	James Dunsmuir	2 years, 159 days	1900–1902	— [lower-alpha 4]	█ None
22	Andrew Charles Elliott	2 years, 144 days	1876–1878	— [lower-alpha 4]	█ None
23	A. E. B. Davie [lower-alpha 1]	2 years, 122 days	1887–1889	— [lower-alpha 4]	█ None
24	Charles Augustus Semlin	1 year, 196 days	1898–1900	— [lower-alpha 4]	█ None
25	Ujjal Dosanjh	1 year, 101 days	2000–2001	0	█  New Democratic
26	Harlan Carey Brewster [lower-alpha 1]	1 year, 98 days	1916–1918	1	█  Liberal
27	David Eby (incumbent)	1 year, 81 days	2022–present	0	█  New Democratic
28	Amor De Cosmos	1 year, 48 days	1872–1874	— [lower-alpha 4]	█ None
29	John Foster McCreight	1 year, 39 days	1871–1872	— [lower-alpha 4]	█ None
30	John Duncan MacLean	1 year, 0 days	1927–1928	0	█  Liberal
31	William John Bowser	344 days	1915–1916	0	█  Conservative
32	Robert Beaven	230 days	1882–1883	— [lower-alpha 4]	█ None
33	Rita Johnston	217 days	1991	0	█  Social Credit
34	Edward Gawler Prior	192 days	1902–1903	— [lower-alpha 4]	█ None
35	Dan Miller	183 days	1999–2000	0	█  New Democratic
36	Joseph Martin	106 days	1900	— [lower-alpha 4]	█ None

Notes

1. Died in office
2. Christy Clark's Liberal government won a plurality of seats in the 2017 provincial election, but the resulting 41st Parliament of British Columbia passed a motion of no confidence against her government less than two months into her mandate. With the Opposition NDP and Green Party having made a confidence and supply agreement, the lieutenant governor invited NDP leader John Horgan to form a government. This table counts the 2017 election as a win for both Clark and Horgan.
3. In two blocks: 1 year, 350 days & 3 years, 346 days.
4. Prior to 1903, British Columbia operated without political parties. As governments were formed by and from elected non-partisan legislators, no premier from this period was elected with an explicit mandate to govern. However, informal pro- and anti-government alliances did exist.