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class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Premier ministre de la Nouvelle-Écosse</i></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><span title="Scottish Gaelic-language text"><i lang="gd">Prìomhaire Alba Nuadh</i></span></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9; line-height:1.4em;"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TimHouston.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/TimHouston.png/200px-TimHouston.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/TimHouston.png 1.5x" data-file-width="243" data-file-height="282" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Tim_Houston" title="Tim Houston">Tim Houston</a><br /></div>since August 31, 2021</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Office of the Premier</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Honourable" title="The Honourable">The Honourable</a> (formal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier" 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href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Executive Council of Nova Scotia">Executive Council</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Nova_Scotia" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia">Legislative Assembly</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia">Lieutenant Governor</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seat_(legal_entity)" title="Seat (legal entity)">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Halifax,_Nova_Scotia" title="Halifax, Nova Scotia">Halifax</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia">Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia</a><br />with the <a href="/wiki/Motion_of_no_confidence" title="Motion of no confidence">confidence</a> of the Nova Scotia Legislature</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/At_His_Majesty%27s_pleasure" title="At His Majesty's pleasure">At His Majesty's pleasure</a><br />contingent on the premier's ability to <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_system" title="Parliamentary system">command confidence</a> in the legislative assembly</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">July 4, 1867</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hiram_Blanchard" title="Hiram Blanchard">Hiram Blanchard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data">Deputy premier of Nova Scotia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data">$89,234.90 plus $112,791.20 (indemnity and allowances)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://premier.novascotia.ca/">Premier Official Website</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>premier of Nova Scotia</b> is the <a href="/wiki/First_minister" title="First minister">first minister</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia">lieutenant governor</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada">Canadian province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> and presides over the <a 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Following the <a href="/wiki/Westminster_system" title="Westminster system">Westminster system</a>, the premier is normally the leader of the political party which has the most seats in the <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia_House_of_Assembly" title="Nova Scotia House of Assembly">Nova Scotia House of Assembly</a> who is called upon by the lieutenant governor to form a government. As the province's <a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">head of government</a>, the premier exercises considerable power. </p><p>The current premier of Nova Scotia is <a href="/wiki/Tim_Houston" title="Tim Houston">Tim Houston</a>, who was sworn in on August 31, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His party, the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Association_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia">Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia</a>, was elected in August 2021. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Responsibilities">Responsibilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_of_Nova_Scotia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As president of the Executive Council, the premier forms the government.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They lead the Executive Council’s decision-making process as the Council develops and implements the government's priorities and policies.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The premier establishes the Executive Council’s methods of operation and organization and that of its committees.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_of_Nova_Scotia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_premiers_of_Nova_Scotia" title="List of premiers of Nova Scotia">List of premiers of Nova Scotia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Premier_of_Nova_Scotia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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