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  Name Party From To
     Philip Francis Little Liberal Party May 7, 1855 1858
     John Kent Liberal Party 1858 1861
     Sir Hugh W. Hoyles Conservative Party 1861 April 1865
     Sir Frederick Carter Coalition April 1865 Jan 1870
     Charles Fox Bennett Anti-Confederate Party Jan 1870 Jan 31, 1874
     Sir Frederick Carter Conservative Party Jan 31, 1874 April 1878
     Sir William Whiteway Conservative Party April 1878 1885
     Sir Robert Thorburn Reform Party 1885 1889
     Sir William Whiteway Liberal Party 1889 April 11, 1894
     Augustus F. Goodridge Tory Party April 11, 1894 Dec 13, 1894
     Daniel J. Greene Liberal Party Dec 13, 1894 Feb 8, 1895
     Sir William Whiteway Liberal Party Feb 8, 1895 Oct 1897
     Sir James Spearman Winter Tory Party Oct 1897 March 6, 1900
     Sir Robert Bond Liberal Party March 6, 1900 March 2, 1909
 
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Dominion Prime Ministers

Dominion status granted in 1907.
 

  Name Party From To
     Sir Edward Patrick Morris Newfoundland People's Party/National Government* March 2, 1909 Dec 31, 1917
     Sir William F. Lloyd Liberal Party/National Government Jan 5, 1918 May 22, 1919
     Sir Michael Patrick Cashin Newfoundland People's Party May 22, 1919 Nov 17, 1919
     Sir Richard Squires Liberal Reform Party Nov 17, 1919 July 24, 1923
     William Warren Liberal Reform party July 24, 1923 May 10, 1924
     Albert Hickman caretaker May 10, 1924 June 9, 1924
     Walter Stanley Monroe Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party June 9, 1924 August 1928
     Frederick C. Alderdice Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party August 1928 Nov 17, 1928
     Sir Richard Squires Liberal Party Nov 17, 1928 June 1932
     Frederick C. Alderdice United Newfoundland Party June 1932 Jan 30, 1934

(*) A National Government was formed in 1917 due to a wartime crisis over conscription.

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Chairmen of Commission of Government

From 1934 to 1949, Newfoundland was ruled by Commission of Government. A six member Commission appointed by Britain, with three British and three Newfoundland appointees. This was done after the Dominion government voted itself out of existence in 1933 due to financial bankruptcy.

Term Chairman
1934-1935 David Murray Anderson
1936-1946 Humphrey T. Walwyn
1946-1949 Gordon MacDonald
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Premiers of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland joined Canadian confederation in 1949.

  Name Party From To
     Joseph R. Smallwood Liberal April 1, 1949 January 18, 1972
     Frank D. Moores Progressive Conservative January 18, 1972 March 26, 1979
     Brian Peckford Progressive Conservative March 26, 1979 March 22, 1989
     Thomas Rideout Progressive Conservative March 22, 1989 May 5, 1989
     Clyde Wells Liberal May 5, 1989 January 26, 1996
     Brian Tobin Liberal January 26, 1996 October 16, 2000
     Beaton Tulk Liberal October 16, 2000 February 13, 2001
     Roger Grimes Liberal February 13, 2001 November 6, 2003
     Danny Williams Progressive Conservative November 6, 2003 in office