Premier of Nova Scotia

{{Short description|First minister for the Canadian province of Nova Scotia}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox official post

| post = Premier

| body = Nova Scotia

| native_name = {{smaller|{{nobold|{{lang|fr|Premier ministre de la Nouvelle-Écosse}}}}}}
{{smaller|{{nobold|{{lang|gd|Prìomhaire Alba Nuadh}}}}}}

| image = TimHouston.png

| imagesize = 200px

| imagecaption =

| incumbent = Tim Houston

| acting =

| incumbentsince = August 31, 2021

| department = Office of the Premier

| style = {{plainlist|

• The Honourable (formal)
• Premier (informal)

}}

| status = Head of Government

| member_of = {{hlist |Legislative Assembly|Executive Council}}

| reports_to = {{hlist|Legislative Assembly|Lieutenant Governor}}

| residence =

| seat = Halifax

| nominator =

| appointer = Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia

| appointer_qualified = with the confidence of the Nova Scotia Legislature

| termlength = genderp=~}}}} Majesty's pleasure

| termlength_qualified = contingent on the premier's ability to command confidence in the legislative assembly

| constituting_instrument =

| formation = July 4, 1867

| first = Hiram Blanchard

| deputy = Deputy premier of Nova Scotia

| salary = $89,234.90 plus $112,791.20 (indemnity and allowances){{Cite web| title=MLA Remuneration | url=http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/people/MLARemuneration20120601.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619145410/http://nslegislature.ca:80/pdfs/people/MLARemuneration20120601.pdf | archive-date=2012-06-19}}

| website = [https://premier.novascotia.ca/ Premier Official Website]

}}

The premier of Nova Scotia is the first minister to the lieutenant governor of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and presides over the Executive Council of Nova Scotia. 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. As the province's head of government, the premier exercises considerable power.

The current premier of Nova Scotia is Tim Houston, who was sworn in on August 31, 2021.{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-premier-cabinet-swearing-in-ceremony-1.6159449| title = Nova Scotia's new premier, cabinet sworn in at a ceremony in Halifax {{!}} CBC News}} His party, the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia, was elected in August 2021.