List of Prime Ministers of Newfoundland and Labrador

Flags of Newfoundland and Labrador

This list outlines the Prime Minister (Engl. Premier ) of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador on. Newfoundland and Labrador has a unicameral parliament with a parliamentary government based on the Westminster system . The Prime Minister is also the chairman of the party that holds the most seats in the House of Assembly . The Prime Minister acts as head of government , while the head of state , the Canadian monarch , by a Deputy Governor (lieutenant governor) is represented. In addition, the Prime Minister puts together and presides over the government called the Executive Council from among the elected MPs.

Before joining the Canadian Confederation in 1949, Newfoundland and Labrador was a British crown colony until 1907 , then an independent Dominion (see Newfoundland (Dominion) ). Government was exercised by an unelected government commission in 1934, after the economic collapse.

Prime Minister during the colonial period (1855–1907)

Conservative Parties: Conservative Party of Newfoundland, Reform Party, Tory Party, Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party, United Newfoundland Party, Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

Liberal parties: Liberal Party of Newfoundland, Liberal Reform Party, Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

Anti-Confederation Party

		Term of office
1.	Philip Francis Little (Liberal Party)	May 7, 1855 - 1858
2.	John Kent (Liberal Party)	1858-1861
3.	Hugh Hoyles (Conservative Party)	1861 - April 1865
4th	Frederick Carter (independent) (1st term)	April 1865 - January 1870 (coalition government)
5.	Charles Fox Bennett (Anti-Confederation Party)	January 1870 - January 31, 1874
-	Frederick Carter (Conservative Party) (2nd term)	January 31, 1874 - April 1878
6th	William Whiteway (Conservative Party) (1st term)	1878-1885
7th	Robert Thorburn (Reform Party)	1885-1889
-	William Whiteway (Liberal Party) (2nd term)	1889 - April 11, 1894
8th.	Augustus Goodridge (Tory Party)	April 11, 1894 - December 13, 1894
9.	Daniel Greene (Liberal Party)	December 13, 1894 - February 8, 1895
-	William Whiteway (Liberal Party) (3rd term)	February 8, 1895 - October 1897
10.	James Spearman Winter (Tory Party)	October 1897 - March 6, 1900
11.	Robert Bond (Liberal Party)	March 6, 1900 - September 25, 1907

Prime Minister of the Dominion Newfoundland (1907-1934)

Conservative Parties: Conservative Party of Newfoundland, Reform Party, Tory Party, Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party, United Newfoundland Party, Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

Liberal parties: Liberal Party of Newfoundland, Liberal Reform Party, Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

Anti-Confederation Party

		Term of office
1.	Robert Bond (Liberal Party)	September 26, 1907 - March 2, 1909
2.	Edward Morris (People's Party)	March 2, 1909 - December 31, 1917
3.	William Frederick Lloyd (Liberal Party)	January 5, 1918 - May 22, 1919
4th	Michael Patrick Cashin (People's Party)	May 22, 1919 - November 17, 1919
5.	Richard Squires (Liberal Reform Party)	November 17, 1919 - July 24, 1923
6th	William Warren (Liberal Reform Party)	July 24, 1923 - May 10, 1924
7th	Albert Hickman (interim government)	May 10, 1924 - June 9, 1924
8th.	Walter Stanley Monroe (Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party)	June 9, 1924 - August 1928
9.	Frederick Alderdice (Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party)	August 1928 - November 17, 1928
-	Richard Squires (Liberal Party)	November 17, 1928 - June 1932
-	Frederick Alderdice (United Newfoundland Party)	June 1932 - January 30, 1934

Chairwoman of the Government Commission (1934–1949)

From 1934 to 1949 Newfoundland was ruled by a government commission (Commission of Government) . It consisted of six members appointed by the British government, three each from Great Britain and Newfoundland.

Chairman		Term of office
	David Murray Anderson	1934-1935
	Humphrey T. Walwyn	1936-1946
	Gordon Macdonald de facto governor and paymaster general	1946 - March 31, 1949

Prime Minister of Newfoundland and Labrador (since 1949)

Conservative Parties: Conservative Party of Newfoundland, Reform Party, Tory Party, Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party, United Newfoundland Party, Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

Liberal parties: Liberal Party of Newfoundland, Liberal Reform Party, Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

Anti-Confederation Party

		Term of office
1.	Joey Smallwood (Liberal Party)	April 1, 1949 - January 18, 1972
2.	Frank Moores (Progressive Conservative Party)	Jan. 18, 1972 - March 26, 1979
3.	Brian Peckford (Progressive Conservative Party)	March 26, 1979 - March 22, 1989
4th	Thomas Rideout (Progressive Conservative Party)	March 22, 1989 - May 5, 1989
5.	Clyde Wells (Liberal Party)	May 5, 1989 - January 26, 1996
6th	Brian Tobin (Liberal Party)	January 26, 1996 - October 16, 2000
7th	Beaton Tulk (Liberal Party)	October 16, 2000 - February 13, 2001
8th.	Roger Grimes (Liberal Party)	February 13, 2001 - November 6, 2003
9.	Danny Williams (Progressive Conservative Party)	November 6, 2003 - December 3, 2010
10.	Kathy Dunderdale (Progressive Conservative Party)	December 3, 2010 - January 24, 2014
11.	Tom Marshall (Progressive Conservative Party)	January 24th - September 26th, 2014
12.	Paul Davis (Progressive Conservative Party)	September 26, 2014 - December 14, 2015
13.	Dwight Ball (Liberal Party)	December 14, 2015 - incumbent