For more information on provincial politics see: Nova Scotia.
| Premier | Party | Term |
| Tim Houston | Progressive Conservative | 2021-present |
| Iain Rankin | Liberal | 2021 |
| Stephen McNeil | Liberal | 2013-21 |
| Darrell Dexter
|
NDP | 2009-13 |
| Rodney J. MacDonald | Progressive Conservative | 2006-09 |
| John Frederick Hamm | Progressive Conservative | 1999-2006 |
| Russell Gregoire MacLellan | Liberal | 1997-99 |
| John Patrick Savage | Liberal | 1993-97 |
| Donald William Cameron | Progressive Conservative | 1991-93 |
| Roger Stuart Bacon | Progressive Conservative | 1990-91 |
| John MacLennan Buchanan | Progressive Conservative | 1978-90 |
| Gerald Augustine Regan | Liberal | 1970-78 |
| George Isaac Smith | Progressive Conservative | 1967-70 |
| Robert Lorne Stanfield | Progressive Conservative | 1956-67 |
| Henry Davies Hicks | Liberal | 1954-56 |
| Harold Joseph Connolly | Liberal | 1954 |
| Angus Lewis Macdonald | Liberal | 1945-54 |
| Alexander Stirling MacMillan | Liberal | 1940-45 |
| Angus Lewis Macdonald | Liberal | 1933-40 |
| Gordon Sidney Harrington | Liberal Conservative | 1930-33 |
| Edgar Nelson Rhodes | Liberal Conservative | 1925-30 |
| Ernest Howard Armstrong | Liberal | 1923-25 |
| George Henry Murray | Liberal | 1896-1923 |
| William Stevens Fielding | Liberal | 1884-96 |
| William Thomas Pipes | Liberal | 1882-84 |
| John Sparrow Thompson | Liberal Conservative | 1882 |
| Simon Hugh Holmes | Liberal Conservative | 1878-82 |
| Philip Carteret Hill | Liberal | 1875-78 |
| William Annand | Reform | 1867-75 |
| Hiram Blanchard | Liberal Conservative | 1867 |