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List of Newfoundland and Labrador lieutenant-governors
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 |
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