Premier Range

{{Short description|Mountain range in British Columbia, Canada}}

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The Premier Range is a group of mountains within the Cariboo Mountains of east-central British Columbia, Canada. The range (also known as the Premier Group) is bounded by the Raush River and Kiwa Creek to the north, the North Thompson River on the south and west and the Fraser River and its tributaries to the east.

In 1927, the year of Canada's Diamond Jubilee, it was decided that the names of the higher peaks in this range would be reserved to pay tribute to prime ministers of Canada, prime ministers of the United Kingdom, and premiers of the province of British Columbia. In practice, however, only one British prime minister and one British Columbia premier have been so honoured, and recent{{when|date=December 2014}} changes to Canadian geographic naming regulations make it unlikely that any British prime minister or other non-Canadian will receive such an honour in the future.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}

The named summits of the Premier Range are, in order of elevation:{{GeoGroupTemplate}}

class="wikitable sortable" ! Mountain ! Height (m) ! Height (ft) ! Naming ! Coordinates
-	Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier	align=center|3516	align=center|11535	Sir Wilfrid Laurier - 7th Prime Minister	{{coord|52|48|05|N|119|43|54|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline|name=Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier}}
-	Mount Sir John Abbott	align=center|3398	align=center|11148	Sir John Abbott - 3rd Prime Minister	{{coord|52|48.6|N|119|47.7|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC|display=inline|name=Mount Sir John Abbott}}
-	Mount Sir John Thompson	align=center|3349	align=center|10988	Sir John Thompson - 4th Prime Minister	{{coord|52|44|N|119|44|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC|display=inline|name=Mount Sir John Thompson}}
-	Mount Sir Mackenzie Bowell	align=center|3301	align=center|10830	Sir Mackenzie Bowell - 5th Prime Minister	{{coord|52|49|54|N|119|43|48|W|region:CA-BC_type:mountain|name=Mount Sir Mackenzie Bowell|display=inline}}
-	Mount Stanley Baldwin	align=center|3256	align=center|10682	Stanley Baldwin - British Prime Minister	{{coord|52|49|28|N|119|36|21|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline|name=Mount Stanley Baldwin}}
-	Mount Mackenzie King	align=center|3234	align=center|10610	Mackenzie King - 10th Prime Minister	{{coord|52|46|32.9|N|119|45|02.9|W|display=inline|name=Mount Mackenzie King}}
-	Mount Arthur Meighen	align=center|3205	align=center|10515	Arthur Meighen - 9th Prime Minister	{{coord|52|48|11.9|N|119|33|11.9|W|region:CA_type:mountain|display=inline|name=Mount Arthur Meighen}}
-	Mount Richard Bennett	align=center|3190	align=center|10466	Richard Bennett - 11th Prime Minister	{{coord|52|49|48|N|119|47|36|W|region:CA-BC_type:mountain|display=inline|name=Mount Richard Bennett}}
-	Mount John Oliver	align=center|3123	align=center|10246	John Oliver - B.C. Premier	{{coord|52|53|00|N|119|41|06|W|display=inline|name=Mount John Oliver}}
-	Mount Lester Pearson	align=center|3086	align=center|10125	Lester B. Pearson - 14th Prime Minister	{{coord|52|46|48|N|119|32|42|W|region:CA-BC_type:mountain|display=inline|name=Mount Lester Pearson}}
-	Mount Louis Saint Laurent	align=center|3045	align=center| 9990	Louis St. Laurent - 12th Prime Minister	{{coord|52|45|34|N|119|47|07|W|region:CA-BC_type:mountain|display=inline|name=Mount Louis Saint Laurent}}
-	Mount Pierre Elliott Trudeau	align=center|2640	align=center|8661	Pierre Trudeau - 15th Prime Minister	{{coord|52|48|10|N|119|25|31|W|name=Mount Pierre Elliott Trudeau|display=inline}}
-	Mount Sir Allan MacNab	align=center|2297	align=center|7535	Sir Allan MacNab - Premier of the colonial-era Province of Canada	{{coord|52|31|12|N|119|12|11|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline|name=Mount Sir Allan McNab}}

Before the Premier Range was selected, many mountains outside this area were named after Canadian prime ministers. Mount Mackenzie, Mount Tupper, Mount Macdonald and Mount Laurier rise over the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks that travel through the Rogers Pass near Golden, British Columbia. Mount Robert in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia honours Sir Robert Borden. There is also a Mount John Diefenbaker in British Columbia named after John Diefenbaker. Other than Laurier (who was also honoured with the name of a mountain in Yukon), none of these prime ministers have received the honour of also having a mountain named for them in the Premier Range.