Former Premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador

A premier is the chief minister of a provincial government. Because of the shared framework of cabinet government, the office of provincial premier is similar to that held by Canada's prime minister. The policy direction and management of the provincial governments is visibly dominated by their premiers. A premier is in every sense the "first" minister.

The first list of leaders below is those of the Prime Ministers of the Dominion of Newfoundland. From 1934 until Newfoundland joined Confederation in 1949, there was no elected government. As a colony of the United Kingdom, the government was controlled by the House of Commons in London. When Newfoundland became a province of Canada in 1949, the position of premier was instituted.

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Dates of Office	Prime Minister	Party	(Born - Died)
7 May 1855 - 1858	Philip Francis Little	Lib	(b. 1824 - d. 1897)
1858 - 1861	John Kent	Lib	(b. 1805 - d. 1872)
1861 - 1865	Sir Hugh W. Hoyles	Con	(b. 1815 - d. 1888)
1865 - 1869	Sir Frederick Carter	Lib	(b. 1819 - d. 1900)
1869 - 1874	Charles Fox Bennett	Con	(b. 1793 - d. 1883)
1874 - 1878	Sir Frederick Carter	Lib	(b. 1819 - d. 1900)
1878 - 1885	Sir William Whiteway	Lib	(b. 1828 - d. 1908)
1885 - 1889	Sir Robert Thorburn	Con	(b. 1836 - d. 1906)
1889 - Apr 1894	Sir William Whiteway	Lib	(b. 1828 - d. 1908)
Apr 1894 - 13 Dec 1894	Augustus F. Goodridge	Con	(b. 1839 - d. 1920)
13 Dec 1894 - Feb 1895	Daniel J. Greene	Lib	(b. 1850 - d. 1911)
Feb 1895 - Oct 1897	Sir William Whiteway	Lib	(b. 1828 - d. 1908)
Oct 1897 - 6 Mar 1900	Sir James Spearman Winter	Con	(b. 1845 - d. 1911)
6 Mar 1900 - 2 Mar 1909	Sir Robert Bond	Lib	(b. 1857 - d. 1927)
2 Mar 1909 - 31 Dec 1917	Sir Edward Patrick Morris	PP	(b. 1858 - d. 1935)
5 Jan 1918 - 22 May 1919	William Frederick Lloyd	Lib	(b. 1864 - d. 1937)
22 May 1919 - 17 Nov 1919	Sir Michael Patrick Cashin	Con	(b. 1864 - d. 1926)
17 Nov 1919 - 24 Jul 1923	Sir Richard Squires	Lib	(b. 1880 - d. 1940)
24 Jul 1923 - 10 May 1924	William Warren		(b. 1879 - d. 1927)
10 May 1924 - 9 Jun 1924	Albert Hickman	Lib	(b. 1875 - d. 1943)
9 Jun 1924 - Aug 1928	Walter Stanley Monroe	Con	(b. 1871 - d. 1952)
Aug 1928 - 17 Nov 1928	Frederick C. Alderdice	Con	(b. 1872 - d. 1936)
17 Nov 1928 - Jun 1932	Sir Richard Squires	Lib	(b. 1880 - d. 1940)
Jun 1932 - 30 Jan 1934	Frederick C. Alderdice	Con	(b. 1872 - d. 1936)

From 1934 until Newfoundland joined Confederation in 1949, there was no elected government. As a colony of the United Kingdom, the government was controlled by the House of Commons in London.

Dates of Office	Premier	Party	(Born - Died)
1 Apr 1949 - 18 Jan 1972	The Honourable Joseph R. Smallwood	Lib	(b. 1900 - d. 1991)
18 Jan 1972 - 26 Mar 1979	Frank Duff Moores	PC	(b. 1933 - d. 2005)
26 Mar 1979 - 22 Mar 1989	The Honourable Alfred Brian Peckford	PC	(b. 1942)
22 Mar 1989 - 05 May 1989	Thomas Rideout	PC	(b. 1948)
05 May 1989 - 26 Jan 1996	Clyde Wells	Lib	(b. 1937)
26 Jan 1996 - 16 Oct 2000	The Honourable Brian Tobin	Lib	(b. 1954)
16 Oct 2000 - 13 Feb 2001	Beaton Tulk	Lib	(b. 1944 - d. 2019)
13 Feb 2001 - 06 Nov 2003	Roger Grimes	Lib	(b. 1950)
06 Nov 2003 - 03 Dec 2010	Danny Williams	PC	(b. 1949)
03 Dec 2010 - 24 Jan 2014	Kathy Dunderdale	PC	(b. 1952)
24 Jan 2014 - 26 Sep 2014	Tom Marshall	PC	(b. 1946)
26 Sep 2014 - 14 Dec 2015	Paul Davis	PC	(b. 1961)
14 Dec 2015 - 19 Aug 2020	Dwight Ball	Lib	(b. 1956)
19 Aug 2020 - 09 May 2025	Andrew Furey	Lib	(b. 1975)
09 May 2025 - TBA 2025	John Hogan	Lib	(b. 1978)
TBA 2025 -	Tony Wakeham	Lib	(b. 1956)

Party Abbreviations

Lib = Liberal
PC = Progressive Conservative