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  Name Party Term
     Alfred Boyd No-party 1870–1871
     Marc-Amable Girard No-party 1871–1872
     Henry Hynes Clarke No-party 1872–1874
     Marc-Amable Girard No-party 1874
     Robert A. Davis No-party 1874–1878
     John Norquay No-party 1878–1887
     David H. Harrison No-party 1887–1888
     Thomas Greenway Liberal 1888–1900
     Sir Hugh John Macdonald Conservative 1900
     Sir Rodmond P. Roblin Conservative 1900–1915
     Tobias C. Norris Liberal 1915–1922
     John Bracken United Farmers/Progressive 1922–1932
     John Bracken Liberal-Progressive 1932–1943
     Stuart S. Garson Liberal-Progressive 1943–1948
     Douglas L. Campbell Liberal-Progressive 1948–1958
     Dufferin Roblin Progressive Conservative 1958–1967
     Walter Weir Progressive Conservative 1967–1969
     Edward Schreyer NDP 1969–1977
     Sterling Lyon Progressive Conservative 1977–1981
     Howard Pawley NDP 1981–1988
     Gary Filmon Progressive Conservative 1988–1999
     Gary Doer NDP 1999–
 
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  • 1 Not actually government leaders. Sometimes referred to as "Chief Ministers".
  • 2 Prior to 1888 governments in Manitoba were non-partisan; however, these chief ministers and premiers were personally identified with the Conservative Party.
  • 3The United Farmers of Manitoba party became the Progressive Party in 1928. After 1932 the government was a Liberal-Progressive coalition, and during the war the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), Social Credit and Conservatives joined the coalition. The CCF left in 1943, while the Social Credit Party largely disintegrated in the 1940s. The Conservatives remained in the coalition until 1950.
  • 4In coalition with the Conservatives until 1950.