Current political dynamic in Canada's ten provinces
| Province | Governing Party and Premier | Official Opposition Party and Leader | Third Party* |
| British Columbia | Gordon Campbell, Liberal | Carol James, NDP | None |
| Alberta | Ed Stelmach , Conservative | Kevin Taft, Liberal | NDP |
| Saskatchewan | Brad
Wall, Saskatchewan Party |
former Premier Lorne Calvert, NDP | None |
| Manitoba | Gary Doer, NDP | Stuart Murray, Conservative | Liberal |
| Ontario | Dalton McGuinty, Liberal | John Tory, Conservative | NDP |
| Quebec | Jean Charest, Liberal | Pauline Marois, Parti Quebecois | Action Democratique |
| Newfoundland | Danny Williams, Conservative | Jim Bennett, Liberal | NDP |
| Nova Scotia | Rodney MacDonald, Conservative | Darrell Dexter, NDP | Liberal |
| New Brunswick | Shawn Graham, Liberal |
Jeannot Volpé, Conservative |
None |
| Prince Edward Island | Robert Ghiz, Libeal | Olive
Crane, Conservative |
None |
*refers to non-official opposition parties with seats in the legislature. Interesting side-note, Nova Scotia is the only province where a third party has more than 10 seats.
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Women who could have conceivably become Premier of a Canadian province (and one who did)
This list shows past female provincial Opposition Leaders who ran in a provincial election, and thus were the leading opposition candidate for Premier. They all lost, except one.
| Province | Leader | Election |
| British Columbia | Rita Johnston,* Social Credit | 1992 |
| Prince Edward Island | Pat Mella, Conservative | 1993 |
| Catherine Callbeck, Liberal |
1993 (she won) |
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| Ontario | Lyn McLeod, Liberal | 1995 |
| Newfoundland | Lynn Verge, Conservative | 1996 |
| Alberta | Nacy MacBeth, Liberal | 2001 |
| British Columbia | Carole James , NDP | 2005 |
* Rita Johnston was actually the incumbent Premier at the time, though she was appointed to office after Premier William Vander Zalm resigned in 1991.
Catherine Callbeck is the only woman who was ever elected premier of a Canadian province. She served from 1993 to 1996.
Note: There have also been a few female third-party (usually the NDP) provincial leaders. However, in most cases these parties, and by extension their leaders, were never regarded as a serious threat to either the ruling party or official opposition.