Like the Canadian federal government, Nova Scotia uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which members are sent to the House of Assembly after general elections and from there the party with the most seats chooses a Premier of Nova Scotia and Executive Council of Nova Scotia.
Sworn in as premier on October 22, 2013, Hon. Stephen McNeil became the 28th Premier of the Province of Nova Scotia since Confederation.
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The political party that wins the largest number of seats in the legislature normally forms the government, and the party's leader becomes premier of the province, i.e., the head of the government.
Following the Westminster system, the premier is normally the leader of the political party which has the most seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly who is called upon by the Lieutenant Governor to form a government.
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In the 1925 provincial election, Edgar Nelson Rhodes, a Conservative, was elected Premier of Nova Scotia.
Regan is the daughter of Carole (née Harrison) and former Nova Scotian premier Gerald Regan, sister of former federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Geoff Regan and Live at Five's Nancy Regan.
Dexter, himself, lost his seat, the first sitting premier of Nova Scotia to do so since Ernest Armstrong in 1925.
Her family ties to politics include Donald MacLeod, a former Cabinet Minister under Robert Stanfield in Nova Scotia, and Donald Cameron, a former Premier of Nova Scotia.
His brother James Boyle later served as premier of Nova Scotia and his brother Norman Fitzgerald served in the legislative assembly for Lower Canada.
William Stevens Fielding, Canadian journalist, politician, and Premier of Nova Scotia