List of Newfoundland and Labrador lieutenant-governors
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This is a list of viceroys for the colony, dominion and province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Proprietary Governors (1610–1728)
| Term | Name | Colony |
|---|---|---|
| 1610–1614 | John Guy | Cuper's Cove |
| 1615–1621 | John Mason | Cuper's Cove |
| 1618–1628 | Robert Hayman | Bristol's Hope |
| 1618–1620 | Sir Richard Whitbourne | Renews |
| 1623–1626 | Francis Tanfield | South Falkland |
| 1621–1625 | Edward Wynne | Ferryland |
| 1625–1627 | Sir Arthur Aston | Avalon |
| 1627–1629 | George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore | Avalon |
| 1629–1632 | Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore* | Avalon |
| 1634–1638 | William Hill | Avalon |
| 1638–1651 | Sir David Kirke | Newfoundland |
| 1653–1660 | John Treworgie | Newfoundland |
(*)de facto governor
French Gouverneurs of Plaisance (1655–1713)
| Term | Name |
|---|---|
| 1655 | Sieur de Kéréon |
| 1660 | Nicolas Gargot |
| 1662–1663 | Thalour du Perron |
| 1664–1667 | Bellot dit Lafontaine |
| 1667–1670 | La Palme |
| 1670–1684 | La Poippe |
| 1685–1690 | Antoine Parat |
| 1690–1691 | Louis de Pastour de Costebelle |
| 1690–1701 | Jacques-François de Mombeton de Brouillan |
| 1697–1702 | Joseph de Monic |
| 1702–1706 | Daniel d'Auger de Subercase |
| 1706–1713 | Philippe de Pastour de Costebelle |
Commodore-Governors (1729–1825)
| Term | Name |
|---|---|
| 1729–1730 | Henry Osborn |
| 1731–1731 | George Clinton |
| 1732–1732 | Edward Falkingham |
| 1733–1734 | Robert MacCarty |
| 1734–1734 | Viscount Muskerry |
| 1735–1737 | FitzRoy Henry Lee |
| 1738–1738 | Philip Vanbrugh |
| 1739–1740 | Henry Medley |
| 1740–1740 | George Graham |
| 1741–1741 | Thomas Smith |
| 1742–1742 | John Byng |
| 1743–1743 | Thomas Smith |
| 1744–1744 | Charles Hardy |
| 1745–1745 | Richard Edwards |
| 1746–1747 | (Vacant) |
| 1748–1748 | Charles Watson |
| 1749–1749 | George Brydges Rodney |
| 1750–1752 | Francis William Drake |
| 1753–1754 | Hugh Bonfoy |
| 1755–1756 | Richard Dorrill |
| 1757–1759 | Richard Edwards |
| 1760–1760 | James Webb |
| 1761–1763 | Thomas Graves (later Baron Graves) |
| 1764–1768 | Sir Hugh Palliser |
| 1769–1771 | John Byron |
| 1772–1774 | Molyneux Shuldham |
| 1775–1775 | Richard Duff |
| 1776–1778 | John Montagu |
| 1779–1781 | Richard Edwards |
| 1782–1785 | John Campbell |
| 1786–1788 | John Elliott |
| 1789–1791 | Mark Milbanke |
| 1792–1793 | Sir Richard King |
| 1794–1796 | Sir James Wallace |
| 1797–1799 | William Waldegrave |
| 1800–1801 | Sir Charles Morice Pole |
| 1802–1803 | James Gambier |
| 1804–1806 | Sir Erasmus Gower |
| 1807–1809 | John Holloway |
| 1810–1812 | Sir John Thomas Duckworth |
| 1813–1816 | Sir Richard Godwin Keats |
| 1817–1818 | Francis Pickmore |
| 1818–1825 | Sir Charles Hamilton |
Civil Governors (1825–1855)
| Term | Name |
|---|---|
| 1825–1834 | Sir Thomas John Cochrane |
| 1834–1841 | Sir Henry Prescott |
| 1841–1846 | Sir John Harvey |
| 1846–1847 | John Law |
| 1847–1852 | Sir John Gaspard LeMerchant |
| 1852–1855 | Ker Baillie Hamilton |
For Prime Ministers since the establishment of responsible government in 1855 see List of Newfoundland Prime Ministers.
Colonial and Dominion Governors (1855–1934)
| Term | Name |
|---|---|
| 1855–1857 | Sir Charles Henry Darling |
| 1857–1864 | Sir Alexander Bannerman |
| 1864–1869 | Sir Anthony Musgrave |
| 1869–1876 | Sir Stephen John Hill |
| 1876–1881 | Sir John Hawley Glover |
| 1881–1883 | Sir Henry F. B. Maxse |
| 1883–1885 | Sir John Hawley Glover |
| 1886–1887 | Sir George William Desvoeux |
| 1887–1889 | Sir Henry Arthur Blake |
| 1889–1895 | Sir John Terence N. O'Brien |
| 1895–1898 | Sir Herbert Harley Murray |
| 1898–1901 | Sir Henry Edward McCallum |
| 1901–1904 | Sir Cavendish Boyle |
| 1904–1909 | Sir William Macgregor |
| 1909–1913 | Sir Ralph Champneys Williams |
| 1913–1917 | Sir Walter Edward Davidson |
| 1917–1922 | Sir Charles A. Harris |
| 1922–1928 | Sir William L. Allardyce |
| 1928–1932 | Sir John Middleton |
| 1933–1934 | Sir David Murray Anderson |
Commission Governors (1934–1949)
| Term | Name |
|---|---|
| 1934–1935 | Sir David Murray Anderson |
| 1936–1946 | Sir Humphrey T. Walwyn |
| 1946–1949 | Sir Gordon MacDonald |
Post-Confederation Lieutenant-Governors (1949-present)
| Term | Name |
|---|---|
| 1949–1949 | Sir Albert Walsh |
| 1949–1957 | Sir Leonard Cecil Outerbridge |
| 1957–1963 | Campbell Leonard Macpherson |
| 1963–1969 | Fabian O'Dea |
| 1969–1974 | Ewart John Arlington Harnum |
| 1974–1981 | Gordon Arnaud Winter |
| 1981–1986 | William Anthony Paddon |
| 1986–1991 | James Aloysius McGrath |
| 1991–1997 | Frederick Russell |
| 1997–2002 | Dr. Arthur Maxwell House |
| 2002- | Edward Roberts |
| Lists of viceroys | |
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| Federal | |
| Lieutenant governors |
Alberta - British Columbia - Manitoba – New Brunswick – Newfoundland and Labrador – Nova Scotia – Ontario – Prince Edward Island – Quebec – Saskatchewan |
| Territorial commissioners | |
| Historical governors |
Governors of New France (1627–1760) - Governors of Acadia - Northwest Territories (1869–1905) |