Premier of Ontario

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Premier of Ontario
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Incumbent: Dalton McGuinty
Style:	The Honourable
Appointed by:	James Bartleman _{as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario}
First :	John Sandfield Macdonald
Formation:	July 1, 1867

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The Premier of Ontario (sometimes Prime Minister of Ontario) is the first Minister of the Crown for the Canadian province of Ontario. The Premier is appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario as the province's head of government, and presides over the Executive council, or cabinet.

Although sometimes referred to as the Prime Minister of Ontario, the Executive Council Act (R.S.O. 1990) stipulates that the leader of the government party is known as the "Premier and President of the Council." (While the titles "premier" and "prime minister" are technically interchangeable, in English Canada the practice is normally to reserve the title "prime minister" for the federal leader. However, in French the term "premier ministre" refers to both positions. The French language does not have a separate term for the premier of a province.)

The current Premier of Ontario is Dalton McGuinty.

The longest serving Premier in the province's history was Sir Oliver Mowat who was in office from 1872 to 1896. Ontario's first Premier was John Sandfield Macdonald.

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Premier of Ontario Official Site

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