{{More citations needed|date=February 2024}} The '''Premier of Dominica''' was responsible for chairing Cabinet meetings in Dominica following the passage of the West Indies Associated States Act. Under this act, the Cabinet had responsibility for domestic affairs, while foreign affairs were determined out of London.
The Premier was appointed by the Governor.<ref name="Great Britain 1967 p. 490">{{cite book | author=Great Britain | title=Statutory Instruments | publisher=H.M. Stationery Office | issue=nos. 1-313 | year=1967 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MoNQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA490 | access-date=2024-02-25 | page=490}}</ref> Edward Oliver LeBlanc and Patrick John both held the position.<ref name="Gunson Chamberlain Thompson 2015 p. 170">{{cite book | last=Gunson | first=P. | last2=Chamberlain | first2=G. | last3=Thompson | first3=A. | title=The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean | publisher=Taylor & Francis | series=Routledge Revivals: Dictionaries of Contemporary Politics | year=2015 | isbn=978-1-317-27053-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tEJACwAAQBAJ&pg=PT170 | access-date=2024-02-25 | page=170}}</ref> The position of Premier was succeeded by that of Prime Minister upon Dominica's independence, on 3 November 1978.
==List of premiers of Dominica== {{main|List of heads of government of Dominica}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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