Leaders of Newfoundland (pre-Confederation) (1855-1949)
Liberal Party of Newfoundland Newfoundland People's Party Anti-Confederate Party Conservative Party of Newfoundland Newfoundland Tory Party Newfoundland Reform Party
| Premier (party) |
Period | Parliaments | Elections | |||
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| Colonial Prime Ministers (Premiers) | ||||||
| 1st | Philip Francis Little (Liberal Party) |
May 7, 1855 1858 |
6th | Elected May 7, 1855 Resigned 1858 |
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| 2nd | John Kent (Liberal Party) |
1858 1861 |
Designated 1858 | |||
| 7th | Re-elected November 7, 1859 | |||||
| 3rd | Sir Hugh Hoyles (Conservative Party) |
1861 April 1865 |
8th | Elected May 2, 1861 | ||
| 4th | Sir Frederick Carter (1st time of 2) |
April 1865 January 1870 |
9th | Elected May 7, 1865 as a coalition | ||
| 5th | Charles Fox Bennett (Anti-Confederate Party) |
January 1870 January 31, 1874 |
10th | Elected November 13, 1869 | ||
| 11th | Re-elected November 1873 Resigned January 31, 1874 |
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| — | Sir Frederick Carter (Conservative Party) (2nd time of 2) |
January 31, 1874 April 1878 |
Designated January 31, 1874 | |||
| 12th | Re-elected November 7, 1874 Resigned April 1878 |
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| 6th | Sir William Whiteway (Conservative Party) (1st time of 3) |
April 1878 1885 |
Designated 1878 | |||
| 13th | Re-elected November 4, 1878 | |||||
| 14th | Re-elected November 6, 1882 | |||||
| 7th | Sir Robert Thorburn (Reform Party) |
1885 1889 |
15th | Elected October 31, 1885 | ||
| — | Sir William Whiteway (Liberal Party) (2nd time of 3) |
1889 April 11, 1894 |
16th | Elected November 6, 1889 | ||
| 17th | Re-elected November 6, 1893 Resigned April 11, 1894 |
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| 8th | Augustus F. Goodridge (Tory Party) |
April 11, 1894 December 13, 1894 |
Designated April 11, 1894 Resigned December 13, 1894 |
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| 9th | Daniel Joseph Greene (Liberal Party) |
December 13, 1894 February 8, 1895 |
Designated December 13, 1894 Resigned February 8, 1895 |
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| — | Sir William Whiteway (Liberal Party) (3rd time of 3) |
February 8, 1895 October 1897 |
Designated 1895 | |||
| 10th | Sir James Spearman Winter (Tory Party) |
October 1897 March 6, 1900 |
18th ... |
Elected October 28, 1897 Resigned March 6, 1900 |
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| Dominion Prime Ministers | ||||||
| 1st | Sir Robert Bond (Liberal Party) |
March 6, 1900 March 2, 1909 |
... | Designated March 6, 1900 | ||
| 19th | Re-elected November 8, 1900 | |||||
| 20th | Re-elected October 31, 1904 | |||||
| 21st | Re-elected November 2, 1908 Resigned March 2, 1909 |
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| 2nd | Sir Edward Patrick Morris (Newfoundland People's Party) |
March 2, 1909 December 31, 1917 |
Designated March 2, 1909 | |||
| 22nd | Re-elected May 8, 1909 | |||||
| 23rd | October 30, 1913 Resigned December 31, 1917 |
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| 3rd | Sir William F. Lloyd (Liberal Party/National Government) |
January 5, 1918 May 22, 1919 |
Designated January 5, 1918 Resigned May 22, 1919 |
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| 4th | Sir Michael Patrick Cashin (Newfoundland People's Party) |
May 22, 1919 November 17, 1919 |
Designated May 22, 1919 | |||
| 5th | Sir Richard Squires (Liberal Reform Party) |
November 17, 1919 July 24, 1923 |
Designated November 17, 1919 | |||
| 24th | Re-elected November 2, 1919 | |||||
| 25th | Re-elected May 2, 1923 Resigned July 24, 1923 |
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| 6th | William Warren (Liberal Reform party) |
July 24, 1923 May 10, 1924 |
Designated 1923 Resigned May 10, 1924 |
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| 7th | Albert Hickman (caretaker) |
May 10, 1924 June 9, 1924 |
Designated May 10, 1924 | |||
| 8th | Walter Stanley Monroe (Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party) |
June 9, 1924 August 1928 |
26th | Elected June 2, 1924 Resigned August 1928 |
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| 9th | Frederick C. Alderdice (Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party) |
August 1928 November 17, 1928 |
Designated 1928 | |||
| 5th | Sir Richard Squires (Liberal Party) |
November 17, 1928 June 1932 |
27th | Elected October 29, 1928 | ||
| 9th | Frederick C. Alderdice (United Newfoundland Party) |
June 1932 January 30, 1934 |
28th | Elected June 11, 1932 | ||
| Chairmen of Commission of Government | ||||||
| 1st | David Murray Anderson (Non-partisan) |
January 30, 1934 1935 |
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| 2nd | Humphrey T. Walwyn (Non-partisan) |
1936 1946 |
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| 3rd | Gordon MacDonald (Non-partisan) |
1946 April 1, 1949 |
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