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Nova Scotia premier McNeil in virtual tie
with Saskatchewans Wall for most popular
Atlantic renaissance puts two regional premiers in top three spots

June 17, 2014 For the first time in years, a
Canadian premier has come within a razor-thin
margin of catching Saskatchewan Premier Brad
Wall for top spot on the issue of job performance
approval, according to the latest quarterly survey
from Angus Reid Global (ARG).

Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeils job
performance has earned the approval of two-thirds
(66%) of respondents in his province, up seven
points from March (59%).

This puts him in a statistical tie with Saskatchewan
Premier Brad Wall, whose tenure as most popular
premier in Canada holds with an approval rating of
67 per cent, essentially unchanged from earlier
this spring (66%).

No premier has held a higher approval rating than Wall since November 2010, when then-Premier Danny
Williams earned the approval of 67 per cent of Newfoundland and Labrador voters (Wall had 60%).
Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger subsequently tied Wall in May 2011 with a job approval rating of 59 per
cent.

Interim Newfoundland Premier Tom Marshall sees his job performance approval increase to 59 per cent,
up ten points over March (49%). He is tied with Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, who won a majority
government over Pauline Marois April 7.

In Alberta, interim Premier Dave Hancock, who replaced Alison Redford in March, has earned an
approval rating of 39 per cent; a rebound from his predecessors last rating (23%). Hes followed by BC
Premier Christy Clark (37%).

At the time this survey was in field, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne was fighting for re-election. Even
though only one-third (33%) of respondents approved of the job she was doing as Premier, voters handed
her a majority mandate June 12, showing that personal job approval is far from the only ballot-box factor.

KEY FINDINGS
Best Approval Ratings: Wall (SK) 67%,
McNeil (NS) 66%, Marshall (NL) 59%,
Couillard (QC) 59%
Worst Approval Ratings: Selinger (MB)
26%, Alward (NB) 29%
Detailed results are at the end of this release.
Angus Reid Global conducted an online survey among 6318
randomly selected Canadian adults who are Angus Reid Forum
panelists between June 3-12, 2014. The margin of errorwhich
measures sampling variabilityis +/- 1.2%, 19 times out of 20.
Discrepancies in or between totals are due to rounding.

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Last quarters last place finishers see no significant rebound. In New Brunswick, Premier David Alwards
rating is statistically unchanged from March at 29 per cent, while Manitobas Selinger comes in last at 26
per cent, down two points from earlier this spring.

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@shachikurl

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Note: There are no trendline graphs for premiers who are relatively new to office.




42%
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33%
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British Columbia Premier Christy Clark (Liberal)

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63%
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66% 66%
67%
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Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall (Saskatchewan Party)
48%
46%
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38%
31%
26%
28% 28%
26%
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Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger (NDP)

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36%
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Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne (Liberal)
41%
36%
47%
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38%
31%
26%
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29%
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New Brunswick Premier David Alward
(Progressive Conservative)

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Provincial Governments

Do you approve or disapprove of the performance of each of the following Premiers?


Approve Disapprove Not Sure
Saskatchewan:
Brad Wall (Saskatchewan Party)
67% 28% 5%
Nova Scotia:
Stephen McNeil (Liberal)
66% 23% 11%
Newfoundland and Labrador:
Tom Marshall (Progressive Conservative)
59% 28% 13%
Qubec:
Philippe Couillard (Liberal)
59% 35% 7%
Alberta:
Dave Hancock (Progressive Conservative)
39% 38% 23%
British Columbia:
Christy Clark (Liberal)
37% 56% 7%
Ontario:
Kathleen Wynne (Liberal)
33% 59% 7%
New Brunswick:
David Alward (Progressive Conservative)
29% 59% 12%
Manitoba:
Greg Selinger (New Democratic Party)
26% 66% 8%

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* Dates are prior to Marshall and Hancocks tenure as interim premiers
** Dates are prior to Couillards swearing in as premier
*** Survey conducted while the Ontario election campaign was ongoing






Provincial Governments

Do you approve of the performance of each of the following Premiers?


June 2014 March 2014
December
2013
Saskatchewan:
Brad Wall (Saskatchewan Party)
67% 66% 66%
Nova Scotia:
Stephen McNeil (Liberal Party)
66% 59% 57%
Newfoundland and Labrador:
Tom Marshall (Progressive Conservative)
59% 49% N/A*
Qubec:
Philippe Couillard (Liberal)
59% N/A** N/A**
Alberta:
Dave Hancock (Progressive Conservative)
39% N/A* N/A*
British Columbia:
Christy Clark (Liberal)
37% 38% 42%
Ontario:
Kathleen Wynne (Liberal)
33%*** 36% 35%
New Brunswick:
David Alward (Progressive Conservative)
29% 28% 31%
Manitoba:
Greg Selinger (New Democratic Party)
26% 28% 28%