Prime Ministers of Colonial  Newfoundland Name Party From To Philip Little Liberal May 07, 1855 1858 John Kent Liberal 1858 1861 Sir Hugh Hoyles Conservative 1861 April 1865 Sir Frederick Carter Coalition April 1865 January 1870 Charles Bennett Anti-Confederate January 1870 January 31, 1874 Sir Frederick Carter Conservative January 31, 1874 April 1878 Sir William Whiteway Conservative April 1878 1885 Sir Robert Thorburn Reform 1885 1889 Sir William Whiteway Liberal 1889 April 11, 1894 Agustus Goodridge Tory April 11, 1894 December 13, 1894 Daniel Greene Liberal December 13, 1894 February 08, 1895 Sir William Whiteway Liberal February 08, 1895 October 1897 Sir James Winter Tory October 1897 March 06, 1900 Sir Robert Bond Liberal March 06, 1900 March 02, 1909 Prime Ministers of the Dominion of Newfoundland Name Party From To Sir Edward Patrick Morris Nfld People's March 02, 1909 December 31, 1917 Sir William Lloyd Liberal January 5, 1918 May 22, 1919 Sir Michael Cashin Nfld People's May 22, 1919 November 17, 1919 Sir Richard Squires Liberal Reform November 17, 1919 July 24, 1923 William Warren Liberal Reform July 24, 1923 May 10, 1924 Albert Hickman Caretaker May 10, 1924 June 09, 1924 Walter Monroe Liberal-Conservative Progressive June 09, 1924 August 1928 Frederick Alderdice Liberal-Conservative Progressive August 1928 November 17, 1928 Sir Richard Squires Liberal November 17, 1928 June 1932 Frederick Alderdice United Nfld June 1932 January 30, 1934 Chairmen of Commission of Government Name From To David Murray Anderson 1934 1935 Humphrey Walwyn 1936 1946 Gordon MacDonald 1946 1949 Premiers of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador Name Party From To Joseph R. Smallwood Liberal April 1, 1949 January 18, 1972 Francis D. Moores Progressive Conservative January 18, 1972 March 26, 1979 A. Brian Peckford Progressive Conservative March 26, 1979 March 22, 1989 Thomas G. Rideout Progressive Conservative March 22, 1989 May 5, 1989 Clyde K. Wells Liberal May 5, 1989 January 26, 1996 Brian V. Tobin Liberal January 26, 1996 October 16,2000 R. Beaton Tulk Liberal October 16, 2000 February 13, 2001 Roger D. Grimes Liberal February 13, 2001 November 6, 2003 Daniel E. Williams Progressive Conservative November 6, 2003 December 3, 2003 Kathleen M. Dunderdale (Warren) Progressive Conservative December 3, 2010 >===>