Provinces and territories of Canada Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Provincial political parties== [[File:GoverningPoliticalPartyByProvince.png|right|250px|thumb|The governing political party or parties in each Canadian province. Multicoloured provinces are governed by a coalition or minority government consisting of more than one party.]] [[File:Provincial Parties Oct 2023.jpg|thumb|252x252px|Map depicting the elected provincial political parties represented at the riding level. Updated after the 2023 Manitoba general election.]] Most provinces have rough provincial counterparts to major federal parties. However, these provincial parties are not usually formally linked to the federal parties that share the same name.<ref name="Cross2011">{{cite book|first=William |last=Cross|title=Political Parties|year=2011|publisher=UBC Press|isbn=978-0-7748-4111-5|pages=17–20}}</ref> For example, no provincial Conservative or Progressive Conservative Party shares an organizational link to the federal [[Conservative Party of Canada]], and neither do provincial Green Parties to the [[Green Party of Canada]]. Provincial New Democratic Parties, on the other hand, are fully integrated with the federal [[New Democratic Party]]—meaning that provincial parties effectively operate as sections, with common membership, of the federal party. The [[Liberal Party of Canada]] shares such an organizational integration with [[Atlantic Canada]] provincial Liberals in [[New Brunswick Liberal Association|New Brunswick]], [[Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland and Labrador]], [[Nova Scotia Liberal Party|Nova Scotia]], and [[Prince Edward Island Liberal Party|Prince Edward Island]]. Other provincial Liberal Parties are unaffiliated with their federal counterpart.<ref name="Cross2011"/> Some provinces have provincial political parties with no clear federal equivalent, such as the [[Alberta Party]] and [[Saskatchewan Party]]. The provincial political climate of Quebec is different: the main split is between [[Quebec sovereignty movement|sovereignty]], represented by the [[Parti Québécois]] and [[Québec solidaire]], and [[Quebec federalist ideology|federalism]], represented primarily by the [[Quebec Liberal Party]].<ref name="Gagnon2000pm">{{cite book|first=Alain-Gustave|last=Gagnon|title=The Canadian Social Union Without Quebec: 8 Critical Analyses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=97a8-s131u0C&pg=PA209|year=2000|publisher=IRPP|isbn=978-0-88645-184-4|pages=209–210|access-date=November 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505184122/https://books.google.com/books?id=97a8-s131u0C&pg=PA209|archive-date=May 5, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The {{lang|fr|[[Coalition Avenir Québec]]|italic=no}}, meanwhile, takes an abstentionist position on the question and does not support or oppose sovereignty. Currently, the one minority provincial/territorial government is held by the [[Yukon Liberal Party|Liberals]] in [[2021 Yukon general election|Yukon]]. They are in government with a formal [[confidence and supply]] agreement from the [[Yukon New Democratic Party]]. {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- |+ Provincial/territorial governments ! scope="col" | Province/territory ! scope="col" | [[Premier (Canada)|Premier]]<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/compilations/ProvinceTerritory/PremiersTerritorialLeaders.aspx |title=Premiers |publisher=Parliament of Canada |access-date=August 6, 2013}}</ref> ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Party in government<ref name="autogenerated1" /> ! scope="col" | Party main ideology ! scope="col" | Party political position ! scope="col" | Majority/<br />minority ! scope="col" | Lieutenant governor / <br />commissioner<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/compilations/ProvinceTerritory/LieutenantGovernors.aspx |title=Lieutenant Governors and Territorial Commissioners |publisher=Parliament of Canada |access-date=August 6, 2013}}</ref> ! scope="col" | Last election !Next election |- ! scope="row" | Alberta | [[Danielle Smith]] | {{Canadian party colour|AB|UCP|background}} | | [[United Conservative Party|United Conservative]] | [[Conservatism]] {{nowrap|([[Conservatism in Canada|Canadian]])}} | [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]] {{nowrap|to [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]]}} | Majority | [[Salma Lakhani]] | data-sort-value="2023-05-29"|[[2023 Alberta general election|2023]] | data-sort-value="2027-05-31"|[[32nd Alberta general election|2027]] |- ! scope="row" | British Columbia | [[David Eby]] | {{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|background}} | | [[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] | [[Social democracy]] | [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]] | Majority | [[Janet Austin]] | data-sort-value="2020-10-24"|[[2020 British Columbia general election|2020]] | data-sort-value="2024-10-19"|[[2024 British Columbia general election|2024]] |- ! scope="row" | Manitoba | [[Wab Kinew]] | {{Canadian party colour|MB|NDP|background}} | | [[New Democratic Party of Manitoba|New Democratic]] | [[Social democracy]] | [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]] | Majority | [[Anita Neville]] | data-sort-value="2023-10-03"|[[2023 Manitoba general election|2023]] | data-sort-value="2027-10-05"|[[44th Manitoba general election|2027]] |- ! scope="row" | New Brunswick | [[Blaine Higgs]]<ref name=GallantDefeat>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-confidence-vote-liberals-gallant-1.4888347|title=Brian Gallant's minority government defeated after losing confidence vote|last=Poitras|first=Jacques|date=November 2, 2018|publisher=CBC News}}</ref> | {{Canadian party colour|NB|Progressive Conservative|background}} | | [[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] | [[Liberal conservatism]] | [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]] | Majority | [[Brenda Murphy]] | data-sort-value="2020-09-14"|[[2020 New Brunswick general election|2020]] | data-sort-value="2024-10-21"|[[2024 New Brunswick general election|2024]] |- ! scope="row" | Newfoundland and Labrador | [[Andrew Furey]] | {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|background}} | | [[Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador|Liberal]] | [[Liberalism]] {{nowrap|([[Liberalism in Canada|Canadian]])}} | [[Centrism|Centre]] | Majority | [[Joan Marie Aylward]] | data-sort-value="2021-03-25"|[[2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election|2021]] | data-sort-value="2025-10-14"|[[52nd Newfoundland and Labrador general election|2025]] |- ! scope="row" | Nova Scotia | [[Tim Houston]] | {{Canadian party colour|NS|PC|background}} | | [[Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia|Progressive Conservative]] | [[Red Tory]]ism | [[Centrism|Centre]] {{nowrap|to [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]]}} | Majority | [[Arthur Joseph LeBlanc]] | data-sort-value="2021-08-17"|[[2021 Nova Scotia general election|2021]] | data-sort-value="2025-07-15"|[[Next Nova Scotia general election|2025]] |- ! scope="row" | Ontario | [[Doug Ford]] | {{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|background}} | | [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] | [[Conservatism]] {{nowrap|([[Conservatism in Canada|Canadian]])}} | [[Centrism|Centre]] {{nowrap|to [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]]}} | Majority | [[Edith Dumont]] | data-sort-value="2022-06-02"|[[2022 Ontario general election|2022]] | data-sort-value="2026-06-04"|[[44th Ontario general election|2026]] |- ! scope="row" | Prince Edward Island | [[Dennis King (politician)|Dennis King]] | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}} | | [[Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island|Progressive Conservative]] | [[Progressive conservatism]] | [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]] | Majority | [[Antoinette Perry (lieutenant governor)|Antoinette Perry]] | data-sort-value="2023-10-02"|[[2023 Prince Edward Island general election|2023]] | data-sort-value="2027-10-04"|[[68th Prince Edward Island general election|2027]] |- ! scope="row" | Quebec | [[François Legault]] | {{Canadian party colour|QC|CAQ|background}} | | {{lang|fr|[[Coalition Avenir Québec]]|italic=no}} | [[Quebec nationalism]] | [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]] | Majority | [[Manon Jeannotte]] | data-sort-value="2022-10-03"|[[2022 Quebec general election|2022]] | data-sort-value="2026-10-05"|[[44th Quebec general election|2026]] |- ! scope="row" | Saskatchewan | [[Scott Moe]] | {{Canadian party colour|SK|Saskatchewan|background}} | | [[Saskatchewan Party]] | [[Conservatism]] {{nowrap|([[Conservatism in Canada|Canadian]])}} | [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]] {{nowrap|to [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]]}} | Majority | [[Russell Mirasty]] | data-sort-value="2020-10-26"|[[2020 Saskatchewan general election|2020]] | data-sort-value="2024-10-28"|[[2024 Saskatchewan general election|2024]] |- ! scope="row" | Northwest Territories | [[R. J. Simpson]] | {{Canadian party colour|NT|Non-partisan|background}} | | colspan="4" {{nonpartisan|''[[Consensus government in Canada|Nonpartisan consensus government]]''}} | [[Margaret Thom]] | data-sort-value="2023-11-14"|[[2023 Northwest Territories general election|2023]] | data-sort-value="2027-10-05"|[[2027 Northwest Territories general election|2027]] |- ! scope="row" | Nunavut | [[P.J. Akeeagok]] | {{Canadian party colour|NU|Non-partisan|background}} | | colspan="4" {{nonpartisan|''[[Consensus government in Canada|Nonpartisan consensus government]]''}} | [[Eva Aariak]] | data-sort-value="2021-10-25"|[[2021 Nunavut general election|2021]] | data-sort-value="2025-10-27"|2025 |- ! scope="row" | Yukon | [[Ranj Pillai]] | {{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|background}} | | [[Yukon Liberal Party|Liberal]] | [[Liberalism]] {{nowrap|([[Liberalism in Canada|Canadian]])}} | [[Centrism|Centre]] | Minority | [[Angélique Bernard]] | data-sort-value="2021-04-12"|[[2021 Yukon general election|2021]] | data-sort-value="2025-11-03"|[[40th Yukon general election|2025]] |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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