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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
the chief executive of a provincial government (in modern use in Canada, usually distinguished from the prime minister).
Quotations
1853
In the prosecution of this singularly dignified scheme--we shall say nothing of its abstract honesty--the Premier scruples not to employ the influence which his position invests him with.
1917
Why did Honoré Mercier, as Premier of Quebec, place a reference to the Pope in the preamble to his Jesuits Estates Bill ?
1965
Opposition leader John G. Diefenbaker will attend, as will former Ontario premier Leslie Frost and his wife.
2n.
the chief executive of the government of Canada; the first minister of the federal government and, in practice, the leader of the party in power.
See: prime minister(def. 1)
This application is obsolescent in Canada, the title of premier being nearly always used to refer to the chief executive of a province.
Quotations
1883
It says that several of those roughly classed as Ministerialists will in all probability vote "no confidence" in the present Premier.
1916
It is of prime importance to remember how . . . so impersonal a figure ever came to be Premier of Canada. . . .