List of Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada Totally Explained

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This is a list of the Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada, who were the heads of government of the Province of Canada from the 1841 unification of Upper Canada and Lower Canada until Confederation in 1867. Each administration was led by two men, one from Canada West (now Ontario) and one from Canada East (now Quebec). Officially, one of them at any given time had the title of Premier while the other had the title of deputy.
Colour key:

Green - reformers (Reform Party, Rouges Party, etc.)
Yellow - conservatives (see Family Compact, Château Clique)
Red - Liberal Party, Clear Grits

Blue - Liberal-Conservative Party, Parti bleu

Canada West Premier			Took Office	Left Office
	William Draper (Deputy)	Samuel Harrison *(Premier)*	February 5, 1841	January 12, 1842
	William Draper (Premier)	Charles Richard Ogden (Deputy)	January 12, 1842	September 14, 1842
	Robert Baldwin² (Deputy)	Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine² *(Premier)*	September 26, 1842	November 27, 1843
	Sir Dominick Daly *(Premier)* (acting)		November 27, 1843	December 12, 1843
	William Draper (Premier) (2nd time)	Denis-Benjamin Viger (Deputy)	December 12, 1843	June 17, 1846
	William Draper (Premier) (2nd time)	Denis-Benjamin Papineau (Deputy)	June 17, 1846	May 28, 1847
	Henry Sherwood (Premier)	Denis-Benjamin Papineau (Deputy)	May 28, 1847	March 11, 1848
Responsible government
	Robert Baldwin (Deputy)	Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine (Premier) (2nd time)	March 11, 1848	October 28, 1851
	Sir Francis Hincks (Premier)	Augustin-Norbert Morin (Deputy)	October 28, 1851	September 11, 1854
	Sir Allan Napier MacNab (Premier)	Augustin-Norbert Morin (Deputy)	September 11, 1854	January 27, 1855
	Sir Allan Napier MacNab (Premier)	Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché (Deputy)	January 27, 1855	May 24, 1856
	Sir John A. Macdonald (Deputy)	Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché (Premier)	May 24, 1856	November 26, 1857
	Sir John A. Macdonald (Premier)	Sir George-Étienne Cartier (Deputy)	November 26, 1857	August 2, 1858
	George Brown (Premier) Clear Grit Party	Antoine-Aimé Dorion (Deputy) Rouge Party	August 2, 1858	August 6, 1858
	Sir John A. Macdonald (Deputy)	Sir George-Étienne Cartier (Premier)	August 6, 1858	May 24, 1862
	John Sandfield MacDonald (Premier) Liberal Party	Louis-Victor Sicotte (Deputy) Liberal Party	May 24, 1862	May 15, 1863
	John Sandfield MacDonald (Premier) Liberal Party	Antoine-Aimé Dorion (Deputy) Liberal Party	May 15, 1863	May 30, 1864
	Sir John A. Macdonald (Deputy) Liberal-Conservative Party	Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché (Premier) Liberal-Conservative Party (2nd time)	May 30, 1864	July 30, 1865
	Sir John A. Macdonald (Deputy) Liberal-Conservative Party	Sir Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau (Premier) Liberal-Conservative Party	July 30, 1865	June 30, 1867

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