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Newfoundland Prime Ministers and Premiers
1855 to 2004

Claude Bélanger,

Department of History,

Marianopolis College

Listed below are the individuals who have occupied the position of Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1855 to 1934 and of Premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador since 1949. In each case where such information is available, links have been made to the Newfoundland biography section of our site [biography], to the Canadian Encyclopedia [Can Ency], to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography [DCB] or to another suitable external website [website].

 

Prime Ministers of Newfoundland (1855-1934)

1855-1858
Little, Philip Francis
Can Ency
DCB
1858-1861
Kent, John
Can Ency
DCB
Website
1861-1865
Hoyles, Sir Hugh William
Can Ency
DCB
1865-1870
Carter, Sir Frederick B. T.
Can Ency
DCB
Website
1870-1874
Bennett, Charles Fox
Can Ency
DCB
Website
1874-1878
Carter, Sir Frederick B. T.
Can Ency
DCB
Website
1878-1885
Whiteway, Sir William Vallance
Can Ency
DCB
Website
1885-1889
Thorburn, Sir Robert T.
Can Ency
DCB
1889-1894
Whiteway, Sir William Vallance
Can Ency
DCB
Website
1894
Goodridge, Augustus F.
Can Ency
Website
1894-1895
Greene, Daniel Joseph
Can Ency
1895-1897
Whiteway, Sir William Vallance
Can Ency
DCB
Website
1897-1900
Winter, Sir James Spearman
Can Ency
DCB
Website
1900-1909
Bond, Sir Robert
Can Ency
Website
1909-1918
Morris, Sir Edward
Can Ency
Website
1918-1919
Lloyd, Sir William F.
1919
Cashin, Sir Michael P.
1919-1923
Squires, Sir Richard Anderson
Can Ency
Website
1923-1924
Warren, William Robertson
Can Ency
1924
Hickman, Albert Edgar
Can Ency
Website
1924-1928
Monroe, Walter Stanley
Can Ency
Website
1928
Alderdice, Frederick Charles
Can Ency
Website
1928-1932
Squires, Sir Richard Anderson
Can Ency
Website
1932-1934
Alderdice, Frederick Charles
Can Ency
Website
1934-1949
 Era of Commission of Government
Can Ency
Website

 

The Canadian beaver welcomes the Newfoundland dog into Confederation!

 

Premiers of Newfoundland, 1949-2004


[See the biographical section of the site for biographies of the main Newfoundland Premiers since 1949]
 
 
1949-1972
Smallwood, Joseph R.
Liberal
Can Ency
Website
Website
1972-1979
Moores, Frank D.
Prog. Conservative
Can Ency
Website
1979-1989
Peckford, Brian
Prog. Conservative
Can Ency
Website
Website
1989
Rideout, Thomas
Prog. Conservative
Can Ency
1989-1996
Wells, Clyde
Liberal
Can Ency
Website
Website
1996-2000
Tobin, Brian
Liberal
Can Ency
Website
Website
2000-2001
Tulk, Beaton
Liberal
Website
2001-2003
Grimes, Roger
Liberal
Can Ency
Website
Website
2003-
Williams, Danny
Prog. Conservative
Website
Website

Joseph R. Smallwood, "father of Confederation", premier of
Newfoundland, 1949-1972.

 

© 2004 Claude Bélanger, Marianopolis College