What is Premier of Ontario?
The '''Premier of Ontario''' is the [[Head of government|head of the government]] of [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].<ref>Jane Whitear, ''Discover Ontario'' (Canada: S&S Learning Materials Ltd., 1997), p. 11</ref> The premier is [[wikt:appoint|appoint]]ed by the [[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario]]. He or she is the [[Head of state|head]] of the [[Executive Council of Ontario]]. The [[premier]] is usually the [[leader]] of the [[Political party|largest party]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]]. The first premier of Ontario was [[John Sandfield Macdonald]]. He was premier from 1867 to 1871. The current premier is [[Doug Ford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-ontario-government-swearing-in-1.4722791|title=Doug Ford's 'truly humbled' as new Ontario PC government sworn in at Queen's Park |work=CBC News|publisher=}}</ref> Here is a list of people who have been Premier of Ontario since [[Confederation]] (the creation of Canada) in 1867: <table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=2 width=90%> <tr> <th> # <th> Name <th> Took Office <th> Left Office <th> Party <tr bgcolor=#DDEEFF><td>1.<td>[[John Sandfield Macdonald]]<td> 1867 <td> 1871 <td> [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]-[[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Conservative]] [[Coalition government|Coalition]] <tr bgcolor=#FFE8E8><td>2.<td>[[Edward Blake]] <td> 1871 <td> 1872 <td> [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] <tr bgcolor=#FFE8E8><td>3.<td>Sir [[Oliver Mowat]]<td> 1872 <td> 1896 <td> [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] <tr bgcolor=#FFE8E8><td>4.<td>[[Arthur S. Hardy]]<td> 1896 <td> 1899 <td> [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] <tr bgcolor=#FFE8E8><td>5.<td>Sir [[George William Ross]]<td> 1899 <td> 1905 <td> [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] <tr bgcolor=#DDEEFF><td>6.<td>Sir [[James P. Whitney]]<td> 1905 <td> 1914<td> [[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Conservative]] <tr bgcolor=#DDEEFF><td>7.<td>Sir [[William Hearst]]<td> 1914 <td> 1919 <td> [[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party|Conservative]] <tr bgcolor=#E8FFE8><t