List of Prime Ministers of Newfoundland and Labrador

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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
  • Prime minister
    (party)
    Term of office
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    1. Philip Francis Little
    (Liberal Party)
    May 7, 1855 - 1858
    2. John Kent
    (Liberal Party)
    1858-1861
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    3. Hugh Hoyles
    (Conservative Party)
    1861 - April 1865
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    4th Frederick Carter
    (independent)
    (1st term)
    April 1865 - January 1870
    (coalition government)
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    5. Charles Fox Bennett
    (Anti-Confederation Party)
    January 1870 - January 31, 1874
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    - Frederick Carter
    (Conservative Party)
    (2nd term)
    January 31, 1874 - April 1878
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    6th William Whiteway
    (Conservative Party)
    (1st term)
    1878-1885
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    7th Robert Thorburn
    (Reform Party)
    1885-1889
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    - 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
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    - 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
  • Prime minister
    (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
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    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
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    - 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
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    David Murray Anderson 1934-1935
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    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
  • Prime minister
    (party)
    Term of office
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    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
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    6th Brian Tobin
    (Liberal Party)
    January 26, 1996 - October 16, 2000
    7th Beaton Tulk
    (Liberal Party)
    October 16, 2000 - February 13, 2001
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    8th. Roger Grimes
    (Liberal Party)
    February 13, 2001 - November 6, 2003
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    9. Danny Williams
    (Progressive Conservative Party)
    November 6, 2003 - December 3, 2010
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    10. Kathy Dunderdale
    (Progressive Conservative Party)
    December 3, 2010 - January 24, 2014
    11. Tom Marshall
    (Progressive Conservative Party)
    January 24th - September 26th, 2014
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    12. Paul Davis
    (Progressive Conservative Party)
    September 26, 2014 - December 14, 2015
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    13. Dwight Ball
    (Liberal Party)
    December 14, 2015 - incumbent

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