Premier of Ontario

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head of government role political office

The Premier of Ontario is the head of government of the Canadian province of Ontario, leading the provincial executive branch and setting policy priorities.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
President of the Executive Council of Ontario	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of government role ⓘ political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Ontario ⓘ
appointedBy	Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ
associatedWith	Executive Council of Ontario ⓘ surface form: Ontario Cabinet Government of Ontario ⓘ surface form: Ontario Public Service
branchOfGovernment	Executive branch ⓘ surface form: Executive branch of Ontario
constitutingInstrument	Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ conventions of the Westminster system ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
firstHolder	John Sandfield Macdonald ⓘ
governmentSystem	Westminster system ⓘ surface form: Westminster parliamentary system
hasJurisdictionOver	provincial policy in Ontario ⓘ provincial public services in Ontario ⓘ public administration of Ontario ⓘ
inception	1867 ⓘ
isDifferentFrom	Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ French ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	provincial ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Ontario ⓘ surface form: Province of Ontario
memberOf	Executive Council of Ontario ⓘ Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
nominatedBy	political party with majority support in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
officeContestedIn	Ontario general election ⓘ
officeHolderRole	Premier of Ontario self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: President of the Executive Council of Ontario head of government of Ontario ⓘ
officeHoldersMustHave	seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario or seek one promptly ⓘ
officeType	provincial premier ⓘ
partOf	Government of Ontario ⓘ
reportsTo	Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
residence	Queen’s Park ⓘ surface form: Queen's Park
responsibility	advising the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario on the exercise of executive powers ⓘ leading the Executive Council of Ontario ⓘ overseeing operation of the provincial government ⓘ preparing and presenting the provincial legislative agenda ⓘ recommending appointment of cabinet ministers ⓘ representing Ontario in intergovernmental relations ⓘ setting provincial policy priorities ⓘ
seat	Toronto ⓘ
selectionMethod	leader of the party that commands confidence of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
style	Premier ⓘ The Honourable ⓘ
subordinateTo	constitutional monarchy of Canada ⓘ
termLength	at His Majesty's pleasure ⓘ contingent on maintaining confidence of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Premier of Alberta → equivalentOffice → Premier of Ontario ⓘ

Premier of British Columbia → equivalentOffice → Premier of Ontario ⓘ

Premier of Saskatchewan → equivalentOffice → Premier of Ontario ⓘ

Government of Ontario → headOfGovernment → Premier of Ontario ⓘ

Ontario → headOfGovernmentTitle → Premier of Ontario ⓘ

John Tory → officeContested → Premier of Ontario ⓘ

Premier of Ontario → officeHolderRole → Premier of Ontario self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the Executive Council of Ontario