Premier Christy Clark has the third highest approval rating among Canada’s provincial leaders, according to a new poll.
The Angus Reid Global survey, conducted between Dec. 3 and Dec. 13, asked 6,580 adults in nine provinces about the job performance of their premiers.
In No. 1 spot is Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, earning a 66 per cent approval rating, followed by Stephen McNeil in Nova Scotia at 57 per cent. The pollsters said Wall has held job approval ratings at or above 66 per cent since December 2012.
Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia are the only provinces where more respondents approve of their premiers’ performance than disapprove.
Clark ranks third at 42 per cent, with 51 per cent of respondents saying they disapprove of her as premier and seven per cent saying they are unsure. She’s followed by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne with an approval rating of 35 per cent.
The least popular premier, according to the survey, is Newfoundland’s Kathy Dunderdale, who came in last at 24 per cent.
Angus Reid’s poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 per cent, 19 times out of 20.
How the premiers fared:
Saskatchewan: Brad Wall, 66 per cent
Nova Scotia: Stephen McNeil, 57 per cent
British Columbia: Christy Clark, 42 per cent
Ontario: Kathleen Wynne, 35 per cent
Québec: Pauline Marois, 32 per cent
Alberta: Alison Redford, 31 per cent
New Brunswick: David Alward, 31 per cent
Manitoba: Greg Selinger, 28 per cent
Newfoundland and Labrador: Kathy Dunderdale, 24 per cent
