Premiers of Alberta by time served in office as of December 4, 2024. The premier always stays in office during an election campaign. That time is included in the total, even if the premier is defeated.
Rank | Name | Incumbency | Terms of office[a] | Mandates | Party | |
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1 | Ernest Manning | 25 years, 195 days | May 31, 1943 | December 12, 1968 | 7 | █ Social Credit |
2 | Peter Lougheed | 14 years, 52 days | September 10, 1971 | November 1, 1985 | 4 | █ Progressive Conservative |
3 | Ralph Klein | 14 years, 0 days | December 14, 1992 | December 14, 2006 | 4 | █ Progressive Conservative |
4 | John Edward Brownlee | 8 years, 229 days | November 23, 1925 | July 10, 1934 | 2 | █ United Farmers |
5 | William Aberhart | 7 years, 262 days | September 3, 1935 | May 23, 1943 | 2 | █ Social Credit |
6 | Arthur Sifton | 7 years, 157 days | May 26, 1910 | October 30, 1917 | 2 | █ Liberal |
7 | Don Getty | 7 years, 42 days | November 1, 1985 | December 13, 1992 | 2 | █ Progressive Conservative |
8 | Ed Stelmach | 4 years, 297 days | December 14, 2006 | October 7, 2011 | 1 | █ Progressive Conservative |
9 | Alexander Cameron Rutherford | 4 years, 266 days | September 2, 1905 | May 26, 1910 | 2 | █ Liberal |
10 | Herbert Greenfield | 4 years, 102 days | August 13, 1921 | November 23, 1925 | 1[b] | █ United Farmers |
11 | Rachel Notley | 3 years, 341 days | May 24, 2015 | April 30, 2019 | 1 | █ New Democratic |
12 | Charles Stewart | 3 years, 287 days | October 30, 1917 | August 13, 1921 | 0 | █ Liberal |
13 | Jason Kenney | 3 years, 164 days | April 30, 2019 | October 11, 2022 | 1 | █ United Conservative |
14 | Harry Strom | 2 years, 272 days | December 12, 1968 | September 10, 1971 | 0 | █ Social Credit |
15 | Alison Redford | 2 years, 167 days | October 7, 2011 | March 23, 2014 | 1 | █ Progressive Conservative |
16 | Danielle Smith (incumbent) | 2 years, 54 days | October 11, 2022 | Present | 1 | █ United Conservative |
17 | Richard Gavin Reid | 1 year, 55 days | July 10, 1934 | September 3, 1935 | 0 | █ United Farmers |
18 | Jim Prentice | 251 days | September 15, 2014 | May 24, 2015 | 0 | █ Progressive Conservative |
19 | Dave Hancock | 176 days | March 23, 2014 | September 15, 2014 | 0 | █ Progressive Conservative |
Notes
- ^ There was no premier of Alberta from May 23 until May 31, 1943, due to the death of Premier Aberhart.
- ^ The United Farmers of Alberta won the 1921 election without a leader. Greenfield was made leader immediately afterward, and this election is counted as a win for Greenfield.