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{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2012}}
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|post = Premier
|body = Prince Edward Island
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|insignia = Arms of Prince Edward Island.svg
|insigniasize = 110px
|insigniacaption =  [[Coat of arms of Prince Edward Island]]
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|incumbent = [[Rob Lantz]]
|incumbentsince = February 21, 2025
|department = [[Government of Prince Edward Island]]<br />Office of the Premier
|style = [[The Honourable]]
|member_of = {{hlist |[[Executive Council of Prince Edward Island|Executive Council]]}}
|reports_to = [[Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island|Legislative Assembly]]
|residence = 
|seat = [[Charlottetown]]
|appointer = [[Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island]]
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|termlength = [[At {{ucfirst:{{Canadian monarch, current|genderp=~}}}} Majesty's pleasure]]
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|formation = 1873
|inaugural = 
|salary = $68,721 plus $74,634 (indemnity and allowances)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.assembly.pe.ca/photos/original/leg_f15indem15.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=December 16, 2016 |archive-date=August 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829211727/http://www.assembly.pe.ca/photos/original/leg_f15indem15.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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The premier of Prince Edward Island is the [[first minister]] for the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Prince Edward Island]]. They are the province's [[head of government]] and ''de facto'' chief executive.

[[Prince Edward Island]] was a British [[crown colony]] before it joined [[Canadian Confederation]] in 1873. It has had a system of [[responsible government]] since 1851, and the province kept its own legislature to deal with provincial matters after joining Confederation.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=November 9, 2008|url=http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=gen&document=chap1&dir=his&lang=e&textonly=false|title=A History of the Vote in Canada  |publisher=Elections Canada }}</ref> Prince Edward Island has a unicameral [[Westminster System|Westminster-style]] [[parliamentary government]], in which the premier is the leader of the party that controls the most seats in the [[Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island|Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |access-date=November 9, 2008 |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/provincial-government |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121011558/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1SEC826774|url-status=live |archive-date=November 21, 2009|title=Provincial Government in Canada |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |publisher=[[Historica Canada]] |first=Norman J. |last=Ruff |others=updated by Andrew McIntosh |date=30 October 2020}}</ref>  The premier is Prince Edward Island's [[head of government]], and the [[king of Canada]] is its [[head of state]] and is represented by the [[lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=November 9, 2008|url=http://www.gov.pe.ca/lg/about.php3|title=The Office of Lieutenant Governor |publisher=Government of Prince Edward Island }}</ref> The premier picks a cabinet from the elected members to form the [[Executive Council of Prince Edward Island]], and presides over that body.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=November 9, 2008|url=http://www.gov.pe.ca/ec/index.php3|title=Executive Council  |publisher=Government of Prince Edward Island }}</ref>

Members are first elected to the legislature during [[List of Prince Edward Island general elections|general elections]]. General elections must be conducted every five years from the date of the last election, but the premier may ask for early [[Dissolution of parliament#Canada|dissolution]] of the Legislative Assembly. An election may also take place if the governing party loses the confidence of the legislature by the defeat of a supply bill or tabling of a confidence motion.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=November 9, 2008|url=http://www.electionspei.ca/provincial/guide/|title=Guide to Provincial General Elections|publisher=Elections Prince Edward Island|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017211727/http://www.electionspei.ca/provincial/guide/|archive-date=October 17, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Prince Edward Island has had 46&nbsp;government leaders since it became a colony in 1851. The province had 7&nbsp;premiers while a colony and 34&nbsp;premiers after joining Confederation, of which 17<!--Pope was Premier both before and after Confederation--> were from the [[Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party]] and 23 were from the [[Prince Edward Island Liberal Party]]. 

The current premier is [[Rob Lantz]], since February 21, 2025.

==List of premiers of Prince Edward Island==

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|colspan=11|
'''Premiers of the Colony of Prince Edward Island'''
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|name            = [[George Coles (politician)|George Coles]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 1
|number_sub      = 1 of 3
|image           = George Coles.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1851
|birth_year      = 1810
|death_year      = 1875
|member_title    = MHA
|riding          = [[1st Queens]]
|term_start      = 1851-04-24
|term_end_custom = 1854
|event1          = establishment
|event1_year     = 1851
|event1_assembly = 18th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1853
|event2_assembly = 19th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[John Holl]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 2
|image           = John Holl.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|leadership      = 1854
|birth_year      = 1802
|death_year      = 1869
|member_title    = Councillor
|riding          = colony-at-large
|term_start_custom = 1854
|term_end_custom = 1855
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1854
|event1_assembly = 19th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[George Coles (politician)|George Coles]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = &mdash;
|number_sub      = 2 of 3
|image           = George Coles.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1851
|birth_year      = 1810
|death_year      = 1875
|member_title    = MHA
|riding          = [[1st Queens]]
|term_start_custom = 1855
|term_end_custom = 1859
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1854
|event1_assembly = 20th
}}
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|name            = [[Edward Palmer (Canadian politician)|Edward Palmer]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 3
|image           = Edward Palmer.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|leadership      = 1855
|birth_year      = 1809
|death_year      = 1889
|member_title    = MHA
|riding          = [[5th Queens]]<br/><small>(Councillor after 1860)</small>
|term_start_custom = 1859
|term_end        = 1863-03-02
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1859
|event1_assembly = 21st
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[John Hamilton Gray (Prince Edward Island politician)|John Hamilton Gray]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 4
|image           = John Hamilton Gray (1811-1887).jpg
|party           = Conservative
|leadership      = 1863
|birth_year      = 1811
|death_year      = 1887
|member_title    = MHA
|riding          = [[4th Queens]]
|term_start      = 1863-03-02
|term_end        = 1865-01-07
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1863
|event1_assembly = 22nd
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[James Colledge Pope|J. C. Pope]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 5
|number_sub      = 1 of 3
|image           = JamesColledgePope.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|leadership      = 1865
|birth_year      = 1826
|death_year      = 1885
|member_title    = MHA
|riding          = [[3rd Prince]]
|term_start      = 1865-01-07
|term_end        = 1867-03-14
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1865
|event1_assembly = 22nd
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[George Coles (politician)|George Coles]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = &mdash;
|number_sub      = 3 of 3
|image           = George Coles.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1851
|birth_year      = 1810
|death_year      = 1875
|member_title    = MHA
|riding          = [[1st Queens]]
|term_start      = 1867-03-14
|term_end_custom = c. late 1868
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1867
|event1_assembly = 23rd
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Joseph Hensley]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 6
|image           = Joseph Hensliey.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1869
|birth_year      = 1824
|death_year      = 1894
|member_title    = MHA
|riding          = [[1st Kings]]
|term_start_custom = c. late 1868
|term_end_custom = <small>July</small><br/>1869
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1869
|event1_assembly = 23rd
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Robert Haythorne|R. P. Haythorne]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 7
|number_sub      = 1 of 2
|image           = Robert Poore Haythorne.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1869
|birth_year      = 1815
|death_year      = 1891
|member_title    = Councillor
|riding          = [[2nd Queens]]
|term_start_custom = 1869
|term_end        = 1870-09-10
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1869
|event1_assembly = 23rd
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1870
|event2_assembly = 24th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[James Colledge Pope|J. C. Pope]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = &mdash;
|number_sub      = 2 of 3
|image           = JamesColledgePope.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|leadership      = 1865
|birth_year      = 1826
|death_year      = 1885
|member_title    = MHA
|riding          = [[4th Prince]]
|term_start      = 1870-09-10
|term_end_custom = 1872
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1870
|event1_assembly = 24th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Robert Haythorne|R. P. Haythorne]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = &mdash;
|number_sub      = 2 of 2
|image           = Robert Poore Haythorne.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1869
|birth_year      = 1815
|death_year      = 1891
|member_title    = Councillor
|riding          = [[2nd Queens]]
|term_start_custom = 1872
|term_end_custom = <small>April</small><br/>1873
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1872
|event1_assembly = 25th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[James Colledge Pope|J. C. Pope]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = &mdash;
|number_sub      = 3 of 3
|image           = JamesColledgePope.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|leadership      = 1865
|birth_year      = 1826
|death_year      = 1885
|member_title    = MHA
|riding          = [[5th Queens]]
|term_start_custom = <small>April</small><br/>1873
|term_end        = 1873-07-01
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1873
|event1_assembly = 26th
}}
|-
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'''Premiers of the province of Prince Edward Island'''
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[James Colledge Pope|J. C. Pope]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 1
|image           = JamesColledgePope.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|leadership      = 1865
|birth_year      = 1826
|death_year      = 1885
|member_title    = MHA
|riding          = [[5th Queens]]
|term_start      = 1873-07-01
|term_end_custom = <small>September</small><br/>1873
|event1          = establishment
|event1_year     = 1873
|event1_assembly = 26th
}}
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|name            = [[Lemuel Owen|L. C. Owen]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 2
|image           = Lemuel Owen.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|leadership      = 1873
|birth_year      = 1822
|death_year      = 1912
|member_title    = MHA
|riding          = [[3rd Kings]]
|term_start_custom = <small>September</small><br/>1873
|term_end_custom = <small>August</small><br/>1876
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1873
|event1_assembly = 26th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Louis Henry Davies]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 3
|image           = LouisHenryDavies.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1876
|birth_year      = 1845
|death_year      = 1924
|member_title    = MHA
|riding          = [[5th Queens]]
|term_start_custom = <small>August</small><br/>1876
|term_end        = 1879-04-25
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1876
|event1_assembly = 27th
}}
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|name            = [[William Wilfred Sullivan]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 4
|image           = William Sullivan.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|leadership      = 1877
|birth_year      = 1839
|death_year      = 1920
|member_title    = MHA
|riding          = [[2nd Kings]]
|term_start      = 1879-04-25
|term_end        = 1889-11-01
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1879
|event1_assembly = 28th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1882
|event2_assembly = 29th
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 1886
|event3_assembly = 30th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Neil McLeod (politician)|Neil McLeod]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 5
|image           = Neil Macleod.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|leadership      = 1889
|birth_year      = 1842
|death_year      = 1915
|member_title    = MHA
|riding          = [[5th Queens]]
|term_start      = 1889-11-01
|term_end        = 1891-04-27
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1889
|event1_assembly = 30th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1890
|event2_assembly = 31st
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Frederick Peters]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 6
|image           = Frederick Peters.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1891
|birth_year      = 1851
|death_year      = 1919
|member_title    = MHA
|riding          = [[3rd Queens]] <small>(Assemblyman after 1893)</small>
|term_start      = 1891-04-27
|term_end        = 1897-10-01
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1891
|event1_assembly = 31st
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1893
|event2_assembly = 32nd
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Alexander Warburton|Alexander B. Warburton]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 7
|image           = Alexander Warburton.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1897
|birth_year      = 1852
|death_year      = 1929
|member_title    = Councillor
|riding          = [[1st Queens]]
|term_start      = 1897-10-01
|term_end        = 1898-08-01
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1897
|event1_assembly = 33rd
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Donald Farquharson (politician)|Donald Farquharson]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 8
|image           = Donald Farquharson.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1898
|birth_year      = 1834
|death_year      = 1903
|member_title    = Councillor
|riding          = [[2nd Queens]]
|term_start      = 1898-08-01
|term_end        = 1901-12-29
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1898
|event1_assembly = 33rd
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1900
|event2_assembly = 34th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Arthur Peters (Canadian politician)|Arthur Peters]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 9
|image           = Arthur Peters.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1901
|birth_year      = 1854
|death_year      = 1908
|member_title    = Assemblyman
|riding          = [[2nd Kings]]
|term_start      = 1901-12-29
|term_end        = 1908-01-29
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1901
|event1_assembly = 34th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1904
|event2_assembly = 35th
}}
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|name            = [[Francis Haszard]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 10
|image           = Francis Haszard.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1908
|birth_year      = 1849
|death_year      = 1938
|member_title    = Councillor
|riding          = [[4th Queens]]
|term_start      = 1908-02-01
|term_end        = 1911-05-16
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1908
|event1_assembly = 35th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1908
|event2_assembly = 36th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Herbert James Palmer|H. James Palmer]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 11
|image           = Herbert James Palmer.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1911
|birth_year      = 1851
|death_year      = 1939
|member_title    = Assemblyman
|riding          = [[3rd Queens]]
|term_start      = 1911-05-16
|term_end        = 1911-12-02
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1911
|event1_assembly = 36th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[John Alexander Mathieson|John A. Mathieson]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 12
|image           = John Mathieson.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|leadership      = 1903
|birth_year      = 1863
|death_year      = 1947
|member_title    = Councillor
|riding          = [[5th Kings]]
|term_start      = 1911-12-02
|term_end        = 1917-06-21
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1911
|event1_assembly = 36th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1912
|event2_assembly = 37th
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 1915
|event3_assembly = 38th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Aubin-Edmond Arsenault]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 13
|image           = Aubin-Edmond Arsenault.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|leadership      = 1917
|birth_year      = 1870
|death_year      = 1968
|member_title    = Assemblyman
|riding          = [[3rd Prince]]
|term_start      = 1917-06-21
|term_end        = 1919-09-09
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1917
|event1_assembly = 38th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[John Howatt Bell]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 14
|image           = John Howard Bell.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1915
|birth_year      = 1846
|death_year      = 1929
|member_title    = Assemblyman
|riding          = [[4th Prince]]
|term_start      = 1919-09-09
|term_end        = 1923-09-05
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1919
|event1_assembly = 39th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[James David Stewart|James D. Stewart]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 15
|number_sub      = 1 of 2
|image           = James David Stewart.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|leadership      = 1921
|birth_year      = 1874
|death_year      = 1933
|member_title    = Councillor
|riding          = [[5th Kings]]
|term_start      = 1923-09-05
|term_end        = 1927-08-12
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1923
|event1_assembly = 40th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Albert Charles Saunders|Albert C. Saunders]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 16
|image           = Albert Saunders.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1923
|birth_year      = 1874
|death_year      = 1943
|member_title    = Assemblyman
|riding          = [[1st Prince]]
|term_start      = 1927-08-12
|term_end        = 1930-05-20
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1927
|event1_assembly = 41st
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Walter Lea|Walter M. Lea]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 17
|number_sub      = 1 of 2
|image           = Walter Maxfield Lea.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1930
|birth_year      = 1874
|death_year      = 1936
|member_title    = Councillor
|riding          = [[4th Prince]]
|term_start      = 1930-05-20
|term_end        = 1931-08-29
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1930
|event1_assembly = 41st
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[James David Stewart|James D. Stewart]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = &mdash;
|number_sub      = 2 of 2
|image           = James David Stewart.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|leadership      = 1921
|birth_year      = 1874
|death_year      = 1933
|member_title    = Councillor
|riding          = [[5th Kings]]
|term_start      = 1931-08-29
|term_end        = 1933-10-10
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1931
|event1_assembly = 42nd
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[William J. P. MacMillan]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 18
|image           = William Macmillan.jpg
|party           = Conservative
|leadership      = 1933
|birth_year      = 1881
|death_year      = 1957
|member_title    = Councillor
|riding          = [[5th Queens]]
|term_start      = 1933-10-14
|term_end        = 1935-08-15
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1933
|event1_assembly = 42nd
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Walter Lea|Walter M. Lea]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = &mdash;
|number_sub      = 2 of 2
|image           = Walter Maxfield Lea.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1930
|birth_year      = 1874
|death_year      = 1936
|member_title    = Councillor
|riding          = [[4th Prince]]
|term_start      = 1935-08-15
|term_end        = 1936-01-10
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1935
|event1_assembly = 43rd
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Thane Campbell|Thane A. Campbell]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 19
|image           = Thane Campbell.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1936
|birth_year      = 1895
|death_year      = 1978
|member_title    = Councillor
|riding          = [[1st Prince]]
|term_start      = 1936-01-14
|term_end        = 1943-05-11
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1936
|event1_assembly = 43rd
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1939
|event2_assembly = 44th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[John Walter Jones|J. Walter Jones]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 20
|image           = John Walter Jones.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1943
|birth_year      = 1878
|death_year      = 1954
|member_title    = Councillor
|riding          = [[4th Queens]]
|term_start      = 1943-05-11
|term_end        = 1953-05-25
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1943
|event1_assembly = 44th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1943
|event2_assembly = 45th
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 1947
|event3_assembly = 46th
|event4          = election
|event4_year     = 1951
|event4_assembly = 47th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Alexander Wallace Matheson|Alexander W. Matheson]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 21
|image           = AlexMatheson.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1953
|birth_year      = 1903
|death_year      = 1976
|member_title    = Councillor
|riding          = [[4th Kings]]
|term_start      = 1953-05-25
|term_end        = 1959-09-16
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1953
|event1_assembly = 47th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1955
|event2_assembly = 48th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Walter Russell Shaw|Walter R. Shaw]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 22
|image           = 
|party           = PC
|leadership      = 1957
|birth_year      = 1887
|death_year      = 1981
|member_title    = Councillor
|riding          = [[1st Queens]]
|term_start      = 1959-09-16
|term_end        = 1966-07-28
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1959
|event1_assembly = 49th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1962
|event2_assembly = 50th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Alex Campbell (politician)|Alexander B. Campbell]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 23
|image           = 
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1965
|birth_year      = 1933
|member_title    = Councillor
|riding          = [[5th Prince]]
|term_start      = 1966-07-28
|term_end        = 1978-09-18
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1966
|event1_assembly = 51st
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1970
|event2_assembly = 52nd
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 1974
|event3_assembly = 53rd
|event4          = election
|event4_year     = 1978
|event4_assembly = 54th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Bennett Campbell|W. Bennett Campbell]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 24
|image           = 
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1978
|birth_year      = 1943
|death_year      = 2008
|member_title    = Assemblyman
|riding          = [[3rd Kings]]
|term_start      = 1978-09-18
|term_end        = 1979-05-03
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1978
|event1_assembly = 54th

}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Angus MacLean|J. Angus MacLean]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 25
|image           = Angus MacLean 1980 (cropped).jpg
|party           = PC
|leadership      = 1976
|birth_year      = 1914
|death_year      = 2000
|member_title    = Assemblyman
|riding          = [[4th Queens]]
|term_start      = 1979-05-03
|term_end        = 1981-11-17
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1979
|event1_assembly = 55th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[James Lee (Canadian politician)|Jim Lee]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 26
|image           = 
|party           = PC
|leadership      = 1981
|birth_year      = 1937
|death_year      = 2023
|member_title    = Assemblyman
|riding          = [[5th Queens]]
|term_start      = 1981-11-17
|term_end        = 1986-05-02
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1981
|event1_assembly = 55th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1982
|event2_assembly = 56th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Joe Ghiz]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 27
|image           = 
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1981
|birth_year      = 1945
|death_year      = 1996
|member_title    = Assemblyman
|riding          = [[6th Queens]]
|term_start      = 1986-05-02
|term_end        = 1993-01-25
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1986
|event1_assembly = 57th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1989
|event2_assembly = 58th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Catherine Callbeck]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 28
|image           = 
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1993
|birth_year      = 1939
|member_title    = Councillor
|riding          = [[1st Queens]]
|term_start      = 1993-01-25
|term_end        = 1996-10-10
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1993
|event1_assembly = 58th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 1993
|event2_assembly = 59th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Keith Milligan]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 29
|image           = 
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 1996
|birth_year      = 1950
|member_title    = Assemblyman
|riding          = [[2nd Prince]]
|term_start      = 1996-10-10
|term_end        = 1996-11-27
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 1996
|event1_assembly = 59th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Pat Binns]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 30
|image           = 
|party           = PC
|leadership      = [[1996 Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election|1996]]
|birth_year      = 1948
|riding          = [[Belfast-Murray River|Murray River-Gaspereaux]]
|term_start      = 1996-11-27
|term_end        = 2007-06-13
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 1996
|event1_assembly = 60th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 2000
|event2_assembly = 61st
|event3          = election
|event3_year     = 2003
|event3_assembly = 62nd
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Robert Ghiz]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 31
|image           = Robert Ghiz.jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 2003
|birth_year      = 1974
|riding          = [[Charlottetown-Brighton]]
|term_start      = 2007-06-13
|term_end        = 2015-02-23
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 2007
|event1_assembly = 63rd
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 2011
|event2_assembly = 64th
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Wade MacLauchlan|Wade H. MacLauchlan]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 32
|image           = Wade MacLauchlan in DC (cropped).jpg
|party           = Liberal
|leadership      = 2015
|birth_year      = 1954
|riding          = [[York-Oyster Bed]]
|term_start      = 2015-02-23
|term_end        = 2019-05-09
|event1          = appointment
|event1_year     = 2015
|event1_assembly = 64th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 2015
|event2_assembly = 65th
|references      = <ref name=MacLauchlan>{{cite web|title=Experienced faces make up Wade MacLauchlan cabinet|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/experienced-faces-make-up-wade-maclauchlan-cabinet-1.2967079|publisher=CBC News|access-date=February 25, 2015|date=February 23, 2015}}</ref>
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name            = [[Dennis King (politician)|Dennis King]]
|jurisdiction    = PE
|number          = 33
|image           = Dennis King meets with Erin O'Toole (cropped).jpg
|party           = PC
|leadership      = [[2019 Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election|2019]]
|birth_year      = 1971
|riding          = [[Brackley-Hunter River]]
|term_start      = 2019-05-09
|term_end        = 2025-02-21
|event1          = election
|event1_year     = 2019
|event1_assembly = 66th
|event2          = election
|event2_year     = 2023
|event2_assembly = 67th
|references      = <ref name="King">{{cite news |title=Compton takes Finance, Aylward Health in new P.E.I. cabinet |first=Kevin |last=Yarr |newspaper=CBC News |date=May 9, 2019 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-cabinet-swearing-in-1.5127904 |access-date=May 9, 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{Canadian first minister list
|name = [[Rob Lantz]]
|jurisdiction = PE
|number = 34
|image = RobLantz2015.jpg
|party = PC
|leadership = 2025; interim
|birth_year = 1970
|riding = [[Charlottetown-Brighton]]
|term_start = 2025-02-21
|term_end = 
|event1 = appointment
|event1_year = 2025
|event1_assembly = 67th
|references = <ref>{{cite web |date=21 February 2025 |title=Rob Lantz sworn in as Prince Edward Island's next premier, replacing Dennis King |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/rob-lantz-sworn-in-as-prince-edward-islands-next-premier-replacing-dennis-king/article_58a75063-3c1f-588c-bac6-35702bd47ee9.html |website=Toronto Star |location=Charlottetown |publisher=The Canadian Press |access-date=21 February 2025}}</ref>
}}
{{Canadian first minister list/bottom}}

==See also==
* [[Leader of the Opposition (Prince Edward Island)]]

==References==
;General
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* {{cite web|access-date=November 9, 2008|url=http://www.electionspei.ca/provincial/historical/results/electiondates.php|title=Historical Election Dates|publisher=Elections Prince Edward Island|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205104432/http://www.electionspei.ca/provincial/historical/results/electiondates.php|archive-date=February 5, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
* {{cite web|access-date=November 7, 2008|url=http://www.gov.pe.ca/premiersgallery/index.php3|title= Premiers Gallery  |publisher=Government of Prince Edward Island }}
{{refend}}

;Specific
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==External links==
* [http://www.gov.pe.ca/premier/index.php3 Prince Edward Island: Premier's Office]

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