List of Lieutenant Governors of Newfoundland and Labrador

Official flag of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador

This list outlines the Vice Governors (Engl. Lieutenant governors ) of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador since joining the Canadian Confederation in 1949 to. Also includes the governors of the colony and Dominion of Newfoundland prior to 1949, as well as the governors of the French colony of Placentia . The lieutenant governor represents the Canadian monarch at the provincial level.

Proprietary governors (1610–1728)

governor	Term of office	colony
John Guy	1610-1614	Cuper's Cove
John Mason	1615-1621	Cuper's Cove
Robert Hayman	1618-1628	Bristol's Hope
Richard Whitbourne	1618-1620	Renews
Francis Tanfield	1623-1625	South Falklands
Edward Wynne	1621-1625	Ferryland
Arthur Aston	1625-1627	Avalon
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore	1627-1629	Avalon
Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore	1629-1632	Avalon
William Hill	1634-1638	Avalon
David Kirke	1638-1651	Newfoundland
John Treworgie	1653-1660	Newfoundland

French governors of Placentia (1655-1713)

governor Term of office Sieur de Kéréon 1655 Nicolas Gargot de La Rochette 1660 Thalour du Perron 1662-1663 Bellot dit Lafontaine 1664-1667 La Palme 1667-1670 La Poippe 1670-1684

governor Term of office Antoine Parat 1685-1690 Louis de Pastour de Costebelle 1690-1691 Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan 1690-1701 Joseph de Monic 1697-1702 Daniel d'Auger de Subercase 1702-1706 Philippe de Pastour de Costebelle 1706-1713

Commodore governors (1729-1825)

governor Term of office Henry Osborn 1729-1730 George Clinton 1731 Edward Falkingham 1732 Robert MacCarty, Viscount Muskerry 1733-1734 FitzRoy Henry Lee 1735-1737 Philip VanBrugh 1738 Henry Medley 1739-1740 Thomas Smith 1741 John Byng 1742 Thomas Smith 1743 Charles Hardy 1744 Richard Edwards 1745 James Douglas, 1st Baronet 1746 vacant 1747 Charles Watson 1748 George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney 1749 Francis William Drake 1750-1752 Hugh Bonfoy 1753-1754 Richard Dorrill 1755-1756 Richard Edwards 1757-1759 James Webb 1760

governor Term of office Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves 1761-1763 Hugh Palliser 1764-1768 John Byron 1769-1771 Molyneux Shuldham, 1st Baron Shuldham 1772-1774 Robert Duff 1775 John Montagu 1776-1778 Richard Edwards 1779-1781 John Campbell 1782-1785 John Elliot 1786-1788 Mark Milbanke 1789-1791 Richard King, 1st Baronet 1792-1793 James Wallace 1794-1796 William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock 1797-1799 Charles Morice Pole 1800-1801 James Gambier 1802-1803 Erasmus Gower 1804-1806 John Holloway 1807-1809 John Thomas Duckworth 1810-1812 Richard Goodwin Keats 1813-1816 Francis Pickmore 1817-1818 Charles Hamilton 1818-1825

Civil governors (1825–1855)

governor Term of office Thomas John Cochrane 1825-1834 Henry Prescott 1834-1841 John Harvey 1841-1846

governor Term of office Robert Law (Administrator) 1846-1847 John Le Marchant 1847-1852 Ker Baillie-Hamilton 1852-1855

Colonial Governors (1855–1907)

governor Term of office Charles Henry Darling 1855-1857 Alexander Bannerman 1857-1864 Anthony Musgrave 1864-1869 Stephen John Hill 1869-1876 John Hawley Glover 1876-1881 Henry Maxse 1881-1883 John Hawley Glover 1883-1885

governor Term of office William Des Vœux 1886-1887 Henry Arthur Blake 1887-1889 John Terence Nicholls O'Brien 1889-1895 Herbert Harley Murray 1895-1898 Henry Edward McCallum 1898-1901 Charles Cavendish Boyle 1901-1904 William MacGregor 1904-1907

Dominion governors (1907-1934)

governor Term of office William MacGregor 1907-1909 Ralph Champneys Williams 1909-1913 Walter Edward Davidson 1913-1917 Charles Alexander Harris 1917-1922

governor Term of office William Allardyce 1922-1928 John Middleton 1928-1932 David Murray Anderson 1933-1934

Chairwoman of the Government Commission (1934–1949)

Chairman	Term of office
David Murray Anderson	1934-1935
Humphrey Thomas Walwyn	1936-1946
Gordon Macdonald	1946-1949

Vice Governors (since 1949)

Deputy Governor Term of office Albert Walsh April 1, 1949 - December 16, 1949 Leonard Outerbridge September 15, 1949 - December 16, 1957 Campbell Leonard Macpherson December 16, 1957 - March 1, 1963 Fabian O'Dea March 1, 1963 - April 2, 1969 Ewart Harnum April 2, 1969 - July 10, 1974 Gordon Arnaud Winter July 2, 1974 - July 10, 1981 William Anthony Paddon July 10, 1981 - September 5, 1986

Deputy Governor Term of office James McGrath September 5, 1986 - November 5, 1991 Frederick Russell November 5, 1991 - February 5, 1997 Arthur Maxwell House February 5, 1997 - November 1, 2002 Edward Roberts November 1, 2002 - February 4, 2008 John Crosbie February 4, 2008 - March 19, 2013 Frank Fagan March 19, 2013 - May 3, 2018 Judy Foote May 3, 2018 - acting

See also

• List of Prime Ministers of Newfoundland and Labrador

Web links

• Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador