Note that party politics were not introduced until 1903.

Premier	From	To	Party
John Foster McCreight	1871-11-13	1872-12-23
Amor De Cosmos	1872-12-23	1874-02-11
George Anthony Walkem	1874-02-11	1876-02-01
Andrew Charles Elliott	1876-02-01	1878-06-25
George Anthony Walkem	1878-06-25	1882-06-13
Robert Beaven	1882-06-13	1883-01-29
William Smithe	1882-01-29	1887-05-01
Alexander Edmund Batson Davie	1887-05-01	1889-08-01
John Robson	1889-08-02	1892-06-29
Theodore Davie	1892-07-02	1895-03-04
John Herbert Turner	1895-03-04	1898-08-15
Charles Augustus Semlin	1898-08-15	1900-02-28
Joseph Martin	1900-02-28	1900-06-15
James Dunsmuir	1900-06-15	1902-11-21
Edward Gawler Prior	1902-11-21	1903-06-01
Richard McBride	1903-06-01	1915-12-15	Conservative
William John Bowser	1915-12-15	1916-11-23	Conservative
Harlan Carey Brewster	1916-11-23	1918-03-01	Liberal
John Oliver	1918-03-06	1927-08-17	Liberal
John Duncan MacLean	1927-08-20	1928-08-21	Liberal
Simon Fraser Tolmie	1928-08-21	1933-11-15	Conservative
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	1933-11-15	1941-12-09	Liberal
John Hart	1941-12-09	1947-12-29	Liberal-Conservative coalition
Byron Ingemar Johnson	1947-12-29	1952-08-01	Liberal-Conservative coalition
William Andrew Cecil Bennett	1952-08-01	1972-09-15	Social Credit
David Barrett	1972-09-15	1975-12-22	NDP
William Richards Bennett	1975-12-22	1986-08-06	Social Credit
William N. Vander Zalm	1986-08-06	1991-04-02	Social Credit
Rita Johnston	1991-04-02	1991-11-05	Social Credit
Michael Harcourt	1991-11-05	1996-02-22	NDP
Glen Clark	1996-02-22	1999-08-25	NDP
Dan Miller	1999-08-25	2000-02-24	NDP
Ujjal Dosanjh	2000-02-24	2001-06-05	NDP
Gordon Campbell	2001-06-05	Present	Liberal