Canadian Provinces A-O

30 May 1907 - 1 Jun 1968  (in use to 1981)

Adopted 1 Jun 1968

19 Nov 1869                Part of the Northwest Territory of Canada.
 8 May 1882                Alberta a separate district within Northwest Territories.
 1 Sep 1905                Separate province.

Lieutenant governors
 1 Sep 1905 - 20 Oct 1915  George Hedley Vicars Bulyea        (b. 1859 - d. 1928)
20 Oct 1915 - 29 Oct 1925  Robert George Brett                (b. 1851 - d. 1929)
29 Oct 1925 -  5 May 1931  William Egbert                     (b. 1857 - d. 1936)
 5 May 1931 -  1 Oct 1936  William Legh Walsh                 (b. 1857 - d. 1938)
 1 Oct 1936 - 17 Mar 1937  Philip Carteret Hill Primrose      (b. 1865 - d. 1937)
23 Mar 1937 -  1 Feb 1950  John Campbell Bowen                (b. 1872 - d. 1959)
 1 Feb 1950 - 19 Dec 1959  John James Bowlen                  (b. 1876 - d. 1960)
19 Dec 1959 -  6 Jan 1966  John Percy Page                    (b. 1887 - d. 1973)
 6 Jan 1966 -  2 Jul 1974  J.W. Grant MacEwan                 (b. 1902 - d. 2000)
 2 Jul 1974 - 18 Oct 1979  Ralph Garwin Steinhauer            (b. 1906 - d. 1987)
18 Oct 1979 - 22 Jan 1985  Frank Lynch-Staunton               (b. 1905 - d. 1990)
22 Jan 1985 - 11 Mar 1991  Helen Hunley (f)                   (b. 1920)
11 Mar 1991 - 17 Apr 1996  Gordon Towers                      (b. 1919 - d. 1999)
17 Apr 1996 - 10 Feb 2000  Bud Olson                          (b. 1925 - d. 2002)
10 Feb 2000 -  6 Jan 2005  Lois E. Hole (f)                   (b. 1933 - d. 2005)
20 Jan 2005 -              Normie Kwong                       (b. 1929)
 

Premiers
 2 Sep 1905 - 26 May 1910  Alexander Cameron Rutherford       (b. 1857 - d. 1941)  Lib
26 May 1910 - 30 Oct 1917  Arthur Lewis Sifton                (b. 1858 - d. 1921)  Lib
30 Oct 1917 - 13 Aug 1921  Charles Stewart                    (b. 1868 - d. 1946)  UFA
13 Aug 1921 - 23 Nov 1925  Herbert Greenfield                 (b. 1865 - d. 1949)  UFA
23 Nov 1925 - 10 Jul 1934  John Edward Brownlee               (b. 1884 - d. 1961)  UFA
10 Jul 1934 -  3 Sep 1935  Richard Gavin Reid                 (b. 1879 - d. 1980)  UFA
 3 Sep 1935 - 23 May 1943  William Aberhart                   (b. 1878 - d. 1943)  SC
31 May 1943 - 12 Dec 1968  Ernest Charles Manning             (b. 1908 - d. 1996)  SC
12 Dec 1968 - 10 Sep 1971  Harry E. Strom                     (b. 1914 - d. 1984)  SC
10 Sep 1971 -  1 Nov 1985  Peter Lougheed                     (b. 1928)            PC
 1 Nov 1985 - 14 Dec 1992  Donald Getty                       (b. 1933)            PC
14 Dec 1992 - 14 Dec 2006  Ralph Klein                        (b. 1942)            PC
14 Dec 2006 -              Ed Stelmach                        (b. 1951)            PC

9 Oct 1870 - 31 Mar 1906	31 Mar 1906 - c.1950	c.1950 - 27 Jun 1960
Adopted 27 Jun 1960

28 Aug 1792                Region explored by British Capt. George Vancouver.
1794                       First settlement begun at Fort St. John.
15 Feb 1812                Oregon Territory claimed by U.S.
12 Dec 1813                District of Columbia claimed by Britain.
20 Oct 1818                Joint U.S.-British administration.
17 Jul 1846                Oregon territory south of 49° latitude ceded to U.S.,
                             north to Britain (including Vancouver & Queen Charlotte islands).
 2 Aug 1858                British Colombia colony on mainland organized
                             (name selected by Queen Victoria 24 Jul 1858).
19 Nov 1858                Crown colony (British Columbia).
Jul 1863                   Stikine Territory and Queen Charlotte Islands incorporated into 
                             British Colombia.
 6 Aug 1866                Vancouver Island united with British Colombia.
25 Jul 1871                Province of Canada.

Governors
12 Dec 1813 -  4 Apr 1814  John McDonald of Garth             (b. c.1771 - d. 1866)
 7 Apr 1814 - 22 May 1814  Donald McTavish                    (b. 17.. - d. 1814)
22 May 1814 - 21 Mar 1821  James Keith (acting)
13 Aug 1813 - 1823         John Haldane
1823 - 1824                John Dugald Cameron
1824 - 19 Mar 1825         Alexander Kennedy
19 Mar 1825 - 22 Mar 1838  John McLoughlin (1st time)         (b. 1784 - d. 1857)
22 Mar 1838 - Oct 1839     Peter Skene Ogden                  (b. 1790 - d. 1854)
                           + James Douglas                    (b. 1803 - d. 1877)
                           + Samuel Black                     (b. 1780 - d. 1841)
Oct 1839 - Jun 1845        John McLoughlin (2nd time)         (s.a.)
Chiefs of the Board of Management
Jun 1845 - Nov 1845        John McLoughlin                    (s.a.)
Nov 1845 -  4 Aug 1849     James Douglas                      (s.a.)
Agent
 4 Aug 1849 - 11 Mar 1850  James Douglas                      (s.a.)
Lieutenant governors
11 Mar 1850 - 19 Nov 1858  Richard Blanshard                  (b. 1817 - d. 1894)
19 Nov 1858 - 20 Apr 1864  Sir James Douglas                  (s.a.)
20 Apr 1864 - 10 Jun 1869  Frederick Seymour                  (b. 1820 - d. 1869)
10 Jun 1869 -  5 Jul 1871  Anthony Musgrave                   (b. 1828 - d. 1888)
                             (acting to 23 Aug 1869)
 5 Jul 1871 - 27 Jun 1876  Sir Joseph William Trutch          (b. 1826 - d. 1904)
27 Jun 1876 - 21 Jun 1881  Albert Norton Richards             (b. 1822 - d. 1897)
21 Jun 1881 -  8 Feb 1887  Clement Francis Cornwall           (b. 1836 - d. 1910)
 8 Feb 1887 -  1 Nov 1892  Hugh Nelson                        (b. 1830 - d. 1893)
 1 Nov 1892 - 18 Nov 1897  Edgar Dewdney                      (b. 1835 - d. 1916)
18 Nov 1897 - 21 Jun 1900  Thomas Robert McInnes              (b. 1840 - d. 1904)
21 Jun 1900 - 11 May 1906  Sir Henri Gustave Joly de          (b. 1829 - d. 1908)
                             Lotbinière
11 May 1906 -  3 Dec 1909  James Dunsmuir                     (b. 1851 - d. 1920)
 3 Dec 1909 -  5 Dec 1914  Thomas William Paterson            (b. 1852 - d. 1921)
 5 Dec 1914 -  9 Dec 1919  Sir Frank Stillmann Barnard        (b. 1856 - d. 1936)
 9 Dec 1919 - 12 Dec 1920  Edward Gawler Prior                (b. 1853 - d. 1920)
24 Dec 1920 - 21 Jan 1926  Walter Cameron Nichol              (b. 1866 - d. 1928)
21 Jan 1926 - 18 Jul 1931  Robert Randolph Bruce              (b. 1863 - d. 1942)
18 Jul 1931 -  1 May 1936  John William Fordham Johnson       (b. 1866 - d. 1938)
 1 May 1936 - 29 Aug 1941  Eric Werge Hamber                  (b. 1880 - d. 1960)
29 Aug 1941 -  1 Oct 1946  William Culham Woodward            (b. 1885 - d. 1957)
 1 Oct 1946 -  1 Oct 1950  Charles Arthur Banks               (b. 1885 - d. 1962)
 1 Oct 1950 -  3 Oct 1955  Clarence Wallace                   (b. 1893 - d. 1984)
 3 Oct 1955 - 12 Oct 1960  Frank Mackenzie Ross               (b. 1897 - d. 1971)
12 Oct 1960 -  2 Jul 1968  George Randolph Pearkes            (b. 1888 - d. 1984)
 2 Jul 1968 - 13 Feb 1973  John Robert Nicholson              (b. 1901 - d. 1983)
13 Feb 1973 - 18 May 1978  Walter Stewart Owen                (b. 1904 - d. 1981)
18 May 1978 - 15 Jul 1983  Henry Pybus Bell-Irving            (b. 1913 - d. 2002)
15 Jul 1983 -  9 Sep 1988  Robert Gordon Rogers               (b. 1919)
 9 Sep 1988 - 21 Apr 1995  David C. Lam                       (b. 1923)
21 Apr 1995 - 25 Sep 2001  Garde Gardom                       (b. 1924)
25 Sep 2001 -  1 Oct 1952  Iona Campagnolo (f)                (b. 1932)
 1 Oct 2007 -              Steven Lewis Point                 (b. 1952?)

Premiers
13 Nov 1871 - 23 Dec 1872  John Foster McCreight              (b. 1827 - d. 1913)
23 Dec 1872 - 11 Feb 1874  Amor De Cosmos                     (b. 1825 - d. 1897)
                             (William Alexander Smith) 
11 Feb 1874 -  1 Feb 1876  George Anthony Walkem (1st time)   (b. 1834 - d. 1908)
 1 Feb 1876 - 25 Jun 1878  Andrew Charles Elliott             (b. 1828 - d. 1889)
25 Jun 1878 - 13 Jun 1882  George Anthony Walkem (2nd time)   (s.a.)
13 Jun 1882 - 29 Jan 1883  Robert Beaven                      (b. 1836 - d. 1920)
29 Jan 1883 - 28 Mar 1887  William Smithe                     (b. 1842 - d. 1887)
 1 Apr 1887 -  1 Aug 1889  Alexander Edmund Batson Davie      (b. 1847 - d. 1889)
 2 Aug 1889 - 29 Jun 1892  John Robson                        (b. 1824 - d. 1892)
 2 Jul 1892 -  4 Mar 1895  Theodore Davie                     (b. 1852 - d. 1898)
 4 Mar 1895 - 15 Aug 1898  John Herbert Turner                (b. 1834 - d. 1923)
15 Aug 1898 - 28 Feb 1900  Charles Augustus Semlin            (b. 1836 - d. 1927)
28 Feb 1900 - 15 Jun 1900  Joseph Martin                      (b. 1852 - d. 1923)
15 Jun 1900 - 21 Nov 1902  James Dunsmuir                     (s.a.)
21 Nov 1902 -  1 Jun 1903  Edward Gawler Prior                (s.a.)
 1 Jun 1903 - 15 Dec 1915  Richard McBride                    (b. 1870 - d. 1917)  Con
                             (from 1912, Sir Richard McBride) 
15 Dec 1915 - 23 Nov 1916  William John Bowser                (b. 1867 - d. 1933)  Con
23 Nov 1916 -  1 Mar 1918  Harlan Carey Brewster              (b. 1870 - d. 1918)  Lib
 6 Mar 1918 - 17 Aug 1927  John Oliver                        (b. 1856 - d. 1927)  Lib
20 Aug 1927 - 21 Aug 1928  John Duncan MacLean                (b. 1873 - d. 1948)  Lib
21 Aug 1928 - 15 Nov 1933  Simon Fraser Tolmie                (b. 1867 - d. 1937)  Con
15 Nov 1933 -  9 Dec 1941  Thomas Dufferin "Duff" Pattullo    (b. 1873 - d. 1956)  Lib
 9 Dec 1941 - 29 Dec 1947  John Hart                          (b. 1879 - d. 1958)  Lib
29 Dec 1947 -  1 Aug 1952  Byron Ingemar Johnson              (b. 1890 - d. 1964)  Lib
 1 Aug 1952 - 15 Sep 1972  William Andrew Cecil Bennett       (b. 1900 - d. 1979)  SC
15 Sep 1972 - 22 Dec 1975  David Barrett                      (b. 1930)            NDP
22 Dec 1975 -  6 Aug 1986  William Richards Bennett           (b. 1932)            SC
 6 Aug 1986 -  2 Apr 1991  William N. Vander Zalm             (b. 1934)            SC
 2 Apr 1991 -  5 Nov 1991  Rita Johnston (f)                  (b. 1935)            SC
 5 Nov 1991 - 22 Feb 1996  Michael Harcourt                   (b. 1943)            NDP
22 Feb 1996 - 25 Aug 1999  Glen Clark                         (b. 1957)            NDP
25 Aug 1999 - 24 Feb 2000  Dan Miller                         (b. 1944)            NDP
24 Feb 2000 -  5 Jun 2001  Ujjal Dosanjh                      (b. 1947)            NDP
 5 Jun 2001 -              Gordon Campbell                    (b. 1948)            Lib

19 Jul 1862                Stikine (or Stickeen) Territory split from North-Western 
                             Territory (extending northward from British Columbia to 
                             62° North latitude).
Jul 1863                   Divided between British Columbia and North-Western Territory
                             following the 60° North latitude.

Lieutenant governor 
(also Lieutenant governor of British Columbia)
19 Jul 1862 - Jul 1863     Sir James Douglas                  (s.a.)

               22 Dec 1865 - 6 Aug 1866
 

Capital: Victoria (Fort Victoria 1843-1862)

Population: N/A

26 Apr 1778                Vancouver Island claimed for Britain by Capt. James Cook. 
14 Mar 1843                Settlement begun by the Hudson's Bay Company.
16 Jul 1849                British crown colony.
Sep 1852 - Jul 1863        Queen Charlotte Islands a separate dependency of Vancouver.
 6 Aug 1866                United with British Columbia (effective 19 Nov 1866).

Lieutenant governors
16 Jul 1849 -  1 Sep 1851  Richard Blanshard                  (b. 1817 - d. 1894)
 1 Sep 1851 - 25 Mar 1864  Sir James Douglas                  (b. 1803 - d. 1877)
25 Mar 1864 -  6 Aug 1866  Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy          (b. 1810 - d. 1883)

Sep 1852                   Queen Charlotte Islands a separate dependency
                             of Vancouver colony.
Jul 1863                   Incorporated into British Columbia.

Lieutenant governor
(also Lieutenant governor of Vancouver Island)
Sep 1852 - Jul 1863        Sir James Douglas                  (s.a.)

1870 Metis Red River Flag	15 Jul 1870 - 10 May 1905	10 May 1905 - 12 May 1966
Adopted 12 May 1966

 4 Sep 1812                Assiniboia (popularly called Red River Settlement) separated 
                             from Rupert's Land.
 4 May 1836                Re-incorporated into Rupert's Land (District of Assiniboia).
20 Oct 1869 - 15 Jul 1870  Red River Métis revolt (Provisional Government of Red River).
15 Jul 1870                Manitoba (province of Canada).

Governors
 4 Sep 1812 - 16 Jun 1815  Miles Macdonnell                   (b. 1769 - d. 1828)
Sep 1815 - 11 Jun 1816     Colin Robertson                    (b. c.1779 - d. 1842)
11 Jun 1816 - 19 Jun 1816  Robert Semple                      (b. 1766 - d. 1816)
19 Jun 1816 - Jun 1822     Alexander McDonell                 (b. 17.. - d. 1823) 
                             (acting to Aug 1817)
Jun 1822 - Jul 1823        Andrew Bulger                      (b. 1789 - d. 1858)
Jul 1823 - Jun 1825        Robert Parker Pelly                (b. 1790 - d. 1825)
Jun 1825 - Jun 1833        Donald Mackenzie                   (b. 1783 - d. 1851)
Jun 1833 - 13 Jun 1839     Alexander Christie (1st time)      (b. 1760 - d. 1849)
13 Jun 1839 - 19 Jun 1844  Duncan Finlayson                   (b. c.1796 - d. 1862)
19 Jun 1844 - 20 Sep 1848  Alexander Christie (2nd time)      (s.a.)
Jun 1846 - Jun 1847        John Crofton                       (b. 1800 - d. 1885)
                             (acting for Christie)
Jun 1847 - 20 Sep 1848     John T. Griffiths 
                             (acting for Christie)
20 Jun 1848 - 26 Nov 1855  William Bletterman Caldwell        (b. c.1798 - d. 1882)
26 Nov 1855 -  9 Dec 1858  Francis Godschall Johnson          (b. 1817 - d. 1894)
 9 Dec 1858 - 20 May 1870  William Mactavish                  (b. 1815 - d. 1870)
                             (from 20 Oct 1869, not recognized by the Métis)
President of the National Committee of the Red River Métis
20 Oct 1869 - 24 Nov 1869  John Bruce                         (b. 1831 - d. 1893)
Provisional Presidents
24 Nov 1869 - 27 Dec 1869  John Bruce                         (s.a.)
27 Dec 1869 - 15 Jul 1870  Louis Riel (David Riel)            (b. 1844 - d. 1885)
Lieutenant governors
20 May 1870 -  2 Dec 1872  Adams George Archibald             (b. 1814 - d. 1892)
 9 Apr 1872 -  2 Dec 1872  Francis Godschall Johnson          (s.a.)
                             (commission revoked; did not take office)
 2 Dec 1872 -  8 Oct 1877  Alexander Morris                   (b. 1826 - d. 1889)
 8 Oct 1877 - 29 Sep 1882  Joseph Edouard Cauchon             (b. 1816 - d. 1885)
29 Sep 1882 -  1 Jul 1888  James Cox Aikins                   (b. 1823 - d. 1904)
 1 Jul 1888 -  2 Sep 1895  John Christian Schultz             (b. 1840 - d. 1896)
 2 Sep 1895 - 10 Oct 1900  James Colebrooke Patterson         (b. 1839 - d. 1929)
10 Oct 1900 -  1 Aug 1911  Sir Daniel Hunter McMillan         (b. 1846 - d. 1933)
 1 Aug 1911 -  3 Aug 1916  Sir Douglas Colin Cameron          (b. 1854 - d. 1921)
 3 Aug 1916 -  9 Oct 1926  Sir James Albert Manning Aikins    (b. 1851 - d. 1929)
 9 Oct 1926 - 18 Jan 1929  Theodore Arthur Burrows            (b. 1857 - d. 1929)
25 Jan 1929 -  1 Dec 1934  James Duncan McGregor              (b. 1860 - d. 1935)
 1 Dec 1934 -  1 Nov 1940  William Johnston Tupper            (b. 1862 - d. 1947)
 1 Nov 1940 -  1 Aug 1953  Roland Fairbairn McWilliams        (b. 1874 - d. 1958)
 1 Aug 1953 - 15 Jan 1960  John Stewart McDiarmid             (b. 1882 - d. 1963)
15 Jan 1960 -  1 Nov 1965  Errick French Willis               (b. 1896 - d. 1967)
 1 Nov 1965 -  2 Sep 1970  Richard Spink Bowles               (b. 1912 - d. 1988)
 2 Sep 1970 - 15 Mar 1976  William John MacKeag               (b. 1928 - d. 2007)
15 Mar 1976 - 23 Oct 1981  Francis Lawrence Jobin             (b. 1914 - d. 1995)
23 Oct 1981 - 11 Dec 1986  Pearl McGonigal (f)                (b. 1929)
11 Dec 1986 -  5 Mar 1993  George Johnson                     (b. 1920 - d. 1995)
 5 Mar 1993 -  2 Mar 1999  W. Yvon Dumont                     (b. 1951)
 2 Mar 1999 - 30 Jun 2004  Peter M. Liba                      (b. 1940 - d. 2007)
30 Jun 2004 -              John Harvard                       (b. 1938)

Premiers
16 Sep 1870 - 14 Dec 1871  Alfred Boyd                        (b. 1836 - d. 1908)  Con
14 Dec 1871 - 14 Mar 1872  Marc-Amable Girard (1st time)      (b. 1822 - d. 1892)  Con
14 Mar 1872 -  8 Jul 1874  Henry Joseph Hynes Clarke          (b. 1833 - d. 1889)  Con 
 8 Jul 1874 -  3 Dec 1874  Marc-Amable Girard (2nd time)      (s.a.)               Con
 3 Dec 1874 - 16 Oct 1878  Robert Atkinson Davis              (b. 1841 - d. 1903)  Con
16 Oct 1878 - 26 Dec 1887  John Norquay                       (b. 1841 - d. 1889)  Con
26 Dec 1887 - 19 Jan 1888  David Howard Harrison              (b. 1843 - d. 1905)  Con
19 Jan 1888 -  8 Jan 1900  Thomas Greenway                    (b. 1838 - d. 1908)  Lib
 8 Jan 1900 - 29 Oct 1900  Hugh John Macdonald                (b. 1850 - d. 1929)  Con
29 Oct 1900 - 12 May 1915  Rodmond Palen Roblin               (b. 1853 - d. 1937)  Con
                             (from 1912, Sir Rodmond Palen Roblin) 
12 May 1915 -  8 Aug 1922  Tobias Crawford Norris             (b. 1861 - d. 1936)  Lib
 8 Aug 1922 -  8 Jan 1943  John Bracken                       (b. 1883 - d. 1969)  LP
 8 Jan 1943 -  7 Nov 1948  Stuart Sinclair Garson             (b. 1898 - d. 1977)  LP
 7 Nov 1948 - 16 Jun 1958  Douglas Lloyd Campbell             (b. 1895 - d. 1995)  Lib
16 Jun 1958 - 25 Nov 1967  Dufferin Roblin                    (b. 1917)            PC
25 Nov 1967 - 15 Jul 1969  Walter Weir                        (b. 1929 - d. 1985)  PC
15 Jul 1969 - 24 Nov 1977  Edward R. Schreyer                 (b. 1935)            NDP
24 Nov 1977 - 30 Nov 1981  Sterling Rufus Lyon                (b. 1927)            PC
30 Nov 1981 -  9 May 1988  Howard R. Pawley                   (b. 1934)            NDP
 9 May 1988 -  5 Oct 1999  Gary Filmon                        (b. 1942)            PC
 5 Oct 1999 -              Gary Doer                          (b. 1948)            NDP

16 Aug 1784                Separate colony (previously part of Nova Scotia).
1849                       Responsible government granted.
 1 Jul 1867                Province of Canada

Governor
16 Aug 1784 - 20 May 1786  Thomas Carleton                    (b. 1735 - d. 1817)
Lieutenant governors
20 May 1786 -  2 Feb 1817  Thomas Carleton                    (s.a.)
- Administrators Acting for Carleton -
 5 Oct 1805 - 12 Feb 1808  Gabriel George Ludlow              (b. 1736 - d. 1808)
20 Feb 1808 - 24 May 1808  Edward Winslow                     (b. 1746 - d. 1815)
24 May 1808 - 17 Dec 1808  Martin Hunter (1st time)
17 Dec 1808 - 28 Apr 1809  George Johnstone
28 Apr 1809 - 10 Sep 1811  Martin Hunter (2nd time)
10 Sep 1811 - 14 Nov 1811  Willam Balfour                     (b. 1759 - d. 1811)
14 Nov 1811 - 15 Jun 1812  Martin Hunter (3rd time)
15 Jun 1812 - 17 Aug 1813  George Stracey Smyth (1st time)    (b. 1767 - d. 1823)
17 Aug 1813 - 14 Aug 1814  Sir Thomas Saumarez
14 Aug 1814 - 25 Jun 1816  George Stracey Smyth (2nd time)    (s.a.)
Lieutenant governors
25 Jun 1816 - 30 Jun 1817  Harris W. Hailes
                            (acting [for Carleton to 2 Feb 1817])
 1 Jul 1817 - 27 Mar 1823  George Stracey Smyth               (s.a.)
 1 Apr 1823 -  9 Feb 1824  Ward Chipman (acting)              (b. 1754 - d. 1824)
21 Feb 1824 - 28 Aug 1824  James Murray Bliss (acting)
28 Aug 1824 - Jul 1831     Sir Howard Douglas                 (b. 1776 - d. 1861)
Jul 1831 -  9 Sep 1831     William Black (acting)
 9 Sep 1831 -  1 May 1837  Sir Archibald Campbell             (b. 1769 - d. 1843)
 1 May 1837 - 26 Apr 1841  Sir John Harvey                    (b. 1778 - d. 1852)
27 Apr 1841 - 11 Apr 1848  Sir William MacBean George         (b. 1787 - d. 1870)
                             Colebrooke
11 Apr 1848 - 28 Sep 1854  Sir Edmund Walker Head             (b. 1805 - d. 1868)
 7 Oct 1854 - 26 Oct 1861  Sir John Henry Thomas Manners-     (b. 1814 - d. 1877)
                             Sutton 
26 Oct 1861 - 30 Sep 1866  Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon     (b. 1829 - d. 1912)
30 Sep 1866 - 18 Oct 1867  Sir Charles Hastings Doyle         (b. 1804 - d. 1883)
18 Oct 1867 - 22 Jul 1868  Francis Pym Harding                (b. 1821 - d. 1875)
23 Jul 1868 - 15 Nov 1873  Lemuel Allan Wilmot                (b. 1809 - d. 1878)
15 Nov 1873 - 11 Jul 1878  Samuel Leonard Tilley (1st time)   (b. 1818 - d. 1896)
16 Jul 1878 -  6 Feb 1880  Edward Barron Chandler             (b. 1800 - d. 1880)
11 Feb 1880 - 11 Nov 1885  Robert Duncan Wilmot               (b. 1809 - d. 1891)
11 Nov 1885 - 21 Sep 1893  Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley          (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
21 Sep 1893 -  4 Dec 1893  John Boyd                          (b. 1826 - d. 1893)
20 Dec 1893 - 24 Nov 1896  John James Fraser                  (b. 1829 - d. 1896)
 9 Dec 1896 - 21 Jan 1902  Abner Reid McClelan                (b. 1831 - d. 1917)
28 Jan 1902 - 24 Feb 1907  Jabez Bunting Snowball             (b. 1837 - d. 1907)
 5 Mar 1907 -  6 Mar 1912  Lemuel John Tweedie                (b. 1849 - d. 1917)
 6 Mar 1912 - 29 Jun 1917  Josiah Wood                        (b. 1843 - d. 1927)
29 Jun 1917 - 31 Oct 1917  Gilbert White Ganong               (b. 1851 - d. 1917)
 6 Nov 1917 - 28 Feb 1923  William Pugsley                    (b. 1850 - d. 1925)
28 Feb 1923 - 28 Dec 1928  William Frederic Todd              (b. 1854 - d. 1935)
28 Dec 1928 - 31 Jan 1935  Hugh Havelock McLean               (b. 1854 - d. 1938)
 8 Feb 1935 -  5 Mar 1940  Murray MacLaren                    (b. 1861 - d. 1942)
 5 Mar 1940 -  1 Nov 1945  George William Clarke              (b. 1865 - d. 1948)
 1 Nov 1945 -  5 Jun 1958  David Laurence MacLaren            (b. 1893 - d. 1960)
 5 Jun 1958 -  9 Jun 1965  Joseph Leonard O'Brien             (b. 1895 - d. 1973)
 9 Jun 1965 - 31 Jan 1968  John Babbitt McNair                (b. 1889 - d. 1968)
 1 Feb 1968 -  2 Oct 1971  Wallace Samuel Bird                (b. 1917 - d. 1971)
 8 Oct 1971 - 12 Nov 1981  Hédard Joseph Robichaud            (b. 1911 - d. 1999)
23 Dec 1981 - 20 Aug 1987  George Francis Gillman Stanley     (b. 1907 - d. 2002)
20 Aug 1987 - 21 Jun 1994  Gilbert Finn                       (b. 1920)
21 Jun 1994 - 18 Apr 1997  Margaret Norrie McCain (f)         (b. 1934)
18 Apr 1997 - 26 Aug 2003  Marilyn Trenholme Counsell (f)     (b. 1933)
26 Aug 2003 -              Herménégilde Chiasson              (b. 1946)

Chairman of the Executive Council
1848 -  1 Nov 1854         Edward Barron Chandler             (s.a.)               Con
Premiers
 1 Nov 1854 - 22 May 1856  Charles Fisher (1st time)          (b. 1808 - d. 1880)  Lib
22 May 1856 - May 1857     John Hamilton Gray                 (b. 1814 - d. 1889   Con
May 1857 - 18 Mar 1861     Charles Fisher (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Lib
18 Mar 1861 - Mar 1865     Samuel Leonard Tilley              (s.a.)               Lib
Mar 1865 - 14 Apr 1866     Albert J. Smith                    (b. 1822 - d. 1883)  Con
14 Apr 1866 - Jul 1867     Peter Mitchell                     (b. 1824 - d. 1899)  Cnf
Jul 1867 - 1870            Andrew Rainsford Wetmore           (b. 1820 - d. 1892)  Cnf
1870 - Feb 1871            George Edwin King (1st time)       (b. 1839 - d. 1901)  Con
Feb 1871 - Jul 1872        George Luther Hatheway             (b. 1813 - d. 1872)  Con
Jul 1872 - 1878            George Edwin King (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Con
1878 - 1882                John James Fraser                  (s.a.)               Con
1882 - 1883                Daniel Lionel Hanington            (b. 1835 - d. 1909)  Con
1883 - Jul 1896            Andrew George Blair                (b. 1844 - d. 1907)  Lib
Jul 1896 - 29 Oct 1897     James Mitchell                     (b. 1843 - d. 1897)  Lib
29 Oct 1897 - 31 Aug 1900  Henry Robert Emmerson              (b. 1853 - d. 1914)  Lib
31 Aug 1900 -  6 Mar 1907  Lemuel John Tweedie                (s.a.)               Lib 
 6 Mar 1907 - 31 May 1907  William Pugsley                    (s.a.)               Lib 
31 May 1907 - 24 Mar 1908  Clifford William Robinson          (b. 1866 - d. 1944)  Lib
24 Mar 1908 - 16 Oct 1911  Sir John Douglas Hazen             (b. 1860 - d. 1937)  Con
16 Oct 1911 - 17 Dec 1914  James Kidd Flemming                (b. 1868 - d. 1927)  Con
17 Dec 1914 -  1 Feb 1917  George Johnson Clarke              (b. 1857 - d. 1917)  Con
 1 Feb 1917 -  4 Apr 1917  James Alexander Murray             (b. 1864 - d. 1960)  Con
 4 Apr 1917 - 28 Feb 1923  Walter Edward Foster               (b. 1874 - d. 1947)  Lib
28 Feb 1923 - 14 Sep 1925  Peter John Veniot                  (b. 1863 - d. 1936)  Lib
14 Sep 1925 - 19 May 1931  John Babington Macaulay            (b. 1868 - d. 1946)  Con
                             Baxter
19 May 1931 -  1 Jun 1933  Charles Dow Richards               (b. 1879 - d. 1956)  Con
 1 Jun 1933 - 16 Jul 1935  Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley      (b. 1870 - d. 1947)  Con
16 Jul 1935 - 13 Mar 1940  Albert Allison Dysart              (b. 1880 - d. 1962)  Lib
13 Mar 1940 -  8 Oct 1952  John Babbitt McNair                (s.a.)               Lib
 8 Oct 1952 - 12 Jul 1960  Hugh John Flemming                 (b. 1899 - d. 1982)  PC
12 Jul 1960 - 12 Nov 1970  Louis J. Robichaud                 (b. 1925 - d. 2005)  Lib 
12 Nov 1970 - 27 Oct 1987  Richard Bennett Hatfield           (b. 1931 - d. 1991)  PC
27 Oct 1987 - 13 Oct 1997  Frank McKenna                      (b. 1948)            Lib
13 Oct 1997 - 14 May 1998  Joseph Raymond Frenette            (b. 1935)            Lib 
14 May 1998 - 21 Jun 1999  Camille Thériault                  (b. 1955)            Lib 
21 Jun 1999 -  3 Oct 2006  Bernard Lord                       (b. 1965)            PC
 3 Oct 2006 -              Shawn Graham                       (b. 1968)            Lib 

24 Jun 1497                Claimed for England.
 5 Aug 1583                English colony (Newfoundland)
1613 - 7 Apr 1723          Guy's colony (from Cape Mary's to Cape Bonavista).
Sep 1621                   Province of Avalon carved out of Guy's colony.
13 Nov 1637                Avalon incorporated into colony of Newfoundland.
May 1660 - 24 Sep 1703     Permanent government allowed to lapse. Certain judicial functions 
                             passed to the Royal Navy commodores of the fishing convoys,
                             leaving the colony with out governance or defense three or six 
                             months of the year, depending on the season.
30 Nov 1696 - Mar 1697     French occupation of St. John's.
11 Apr 1713                Placentia incorporated into British Newfoundland, but France 
                             keeps the right to fish from Cape Bonavista to Point Riche.
                             French cod fisherman are allowed to live on land only during the 
                             fishing season and to only erect buildings for drying fish 
                             on the northern coast (French Treaty Shore or Shoals).
14 May 1729                Civil government begins.
27 Jun 1762 - 18 Sep 1762  French occupation of St. John's.
10 Feb 1763                Labrador ceded to Britain by France, previously part of Quebec.
 7 Oct 1763                Coast of Labrador annexed to Newfoundland.
22 Jun 1774                Coast of Labrador re-annexed to Quebec
 3 Sep 1783                French Shoals (Treaty Shore) extended from Cape John to Cape Ray 
                             on the western coast and a small part of the north.
30 Mar 1809                Coast of Labrador re-attached to Newfoundland.
17 Jun 1824                Newfoundland a crown colony.
 5 May 1855                Granted responsible government.
 8 Apr 1904                France renounces use of the French Treaty Shore in exchange
                             for an indemnity and retaining only a right to fish in the 
                             Newfoundland waters.
26 Sep 1907                Newfoundland a dominion (confirmed 1926 and 1931).
 1 Apr 1912                Newfoundland acquires the unorganized parts of western Labrador.
 1 Mar 1927                British Privy Council decides final Newfoundland-Quebec border
                             granting territory to Newfoundland, a decision which 
                             remains contested by Quebec.
18 Dec 1933                Suspension of Newfoundland's constitution. 
30 Jan 1934                Colonial rule restored, dominion status suspended.
 1 Apr 1949                Newfoundland a province of Canada.
 6 Dec 2001                Renamed Newfoundland and Labrador.
 1 Dec 2005                Nunatsiavut (Inuit of northern Labrador) granted autonomy.

Governors
 5 Aug 1583 -  9 Nov 1583  Sir Humphrey Gilbert               (b. c.1539 - d. 1583)
 9 Nov 1583 - 1610         Vacant
- of Cuper's Cove -
1610 - 1613                John Guy                           (d. 1628)
1613 - 1614                William Colston (acting)
1615 - 1621                John Mason                         (b. 1586 - d. 1635)
- of Bristol's Hope -
1618 - 1628                Robert Hayman
- of Trepassey -
1623 - 1620                Richard Whitebourne
- of South Falkland -
1623 - 1625                Francis Tanfield
- of Avalon -
Sep 1621 - 1625            Edward Wynn
1626 - 1627                Sir Arthur Ashton
1628 - Sep 1629            George Calvert,                    (b. 1580 - d. 1632)
                             Baron of Baltimore 
Sep 1629 - 1634            Cecil Calvert                      (b. 1605 - d. 1675)
                             (from 1632, Cecil Calvert, Baron Baltimore)
1634 - 1634                William Hill
- of All the Settlements -
1638 - 20 Jun 1640         Sir David Kirke                    (d. 1653)
20 Jun 1640 - 8 Apr 1651   John Downing, Sr.
8 Apr 1651 - 27 May 1653   John Littlebury 
                            (Head of the Board of Commissioners)
27 May 1653 - May 1660     John Treworgie
May 1660 - 1661            .... (acting)
1661 - 1663                J. Rayner (acting)
                           + Pearse (acting)
1665                       Christopher Martin
1665 - 1668                ....
1668                       Robert Robinsen
1668 - 1671                ....
1671                       William Davis
1671 - 1675                ....
Commodores of the Fishing Convoys
1675                       Sir John Berry
1676                       Edward Russell
1677                       Sir William Poole
1678                       Charles Talbot (1st time)
1679                       Wright
1680                       Sir Robert Robinson
1681                       James Story?
1682                       Daniel Jones
1683                       Charles Talbot (2nd time)
1684                       Francis Wheeler                    (b. 1656 - d. 1694)
1684 - 1689                ....
1689                       Thomas Perry?
1690                       ....
1691                       Charles Hawkins
1692                       Thomas Crawley
1692 - 1694                ....
1694                       William Holman
1695                       ....
1696                       Samuel Whetstone
1696 - 30 Nov 1696         Miners
30 Nov 1696 - Mar 1697     Jacques-François de                (b. 1651 - d. 1705)
                             Monbeton Brouillan de 
                             St.André -Governor 
Mar 1697 - 1698            Sir John Norris                    (b. 1660 - d. 1749)
1697 - 1698                Handyside - Commander
1698 - 1699                William Lilburn
1699                       Andrew Leake
1699 - 1700                Andrews -Commander
1700                       Sir Stafford Fairborne             (d. 1742)
1701                       John Graydon
1702                       John Leake                         (b. 1656 - d. 1720)
1703                       ....
1707 - 1705                Timothy Bridge
1706 - 1707                John Underdown
1708                       Peter Chamberlain
1708                       Thomas Mitchell
 8 Jan 1709 -  6 Oct 1709  Joseph Taylour -Commander
1710                       John Aldred
1711                       Josias Crowe
1712                       Sir Nicholas Trevanion
1713                       Robert Leake
1714                       Charles Fotherby
1715                       William Kempthorne
1716                       John Hagar
1717                       William Passenger
1718                       Thomas Scott
1719                       Chaloner Ogle                      (b. 1681 - d. 1750)
1720                       Francis Percy
1721                       James Stuart
1722 - 1727                Edward Bowler
1728                       Vere Beauclerk                     (b. 1699 - d. 1781)
Lieutenant governors (resident at St. John's, then Placentia)
1700 - 1702                Michael Richards                   (b. 1672 - d. 1721)
1702 - 1704                Thomas Lloyd (1st time)
1704 - 1705                John Moody (1st time)
1705 - 1708                Thomas Lloyd (2nd time)
1709 - 1712                John Collins
1712 - 1719                John Moody (2nd time)
1719 -  9 Jul 1719         Samuel Gledhill
 9 Jul 1719 - 1735         Richard Philipps
Commodore-Governors
1729 - 1730                Henry Osborne                      (b. 1694 - d. 1771)
1731 - 1732                George Clinton                     (b. 1686 - d. 1761)
1732                       Edward Falkingham                  (b. c.1683 - d. 1757)
1733 - 1734                Robert MacCarty, Viscount Muskerry (b. 1698 - d. 1769)
1735 - 1737                Fitzroy Henry Lee                  (b. c.1698 - d. 1750)
1738                       Philip Vanbrugh                    (d. 1753)
1739 - 1740                Henry Medley                       (b. 1687 - d. 1747)
1740                       George Grahame
1741                       Thomas Smith (1st time)            (d. 1762)
1742                       John Byng                          (b. 1704 - d. 1757)
1743                       Thomas Smith (2nd time)            (s.a.)
1744                       Charles Hardy                      (b. 1716 - d. 1780)
1745                       Richard Edwards                    (d. 1773)
1746                       James Douglas                      (b. 1703 - d. 1787)
1746 - 1748                Vacant
Mar 1748 - 1749            Charles Watson                     (b. 1714 - d. 1757)
1749 - 1750                George Brydges Rodney              (b. 1719 - d. 1792)
1750 - 1752                Francis William Drake              (d. 1780)
1753 - 1754                Hugh Bonfoy                        (b. c.1720 - d. 1762)
1755 - 1756                Richard Dorrill                    (b. c.1719 - d. 1762)
1757 - 1760                Richard Edwards (1st time)         (b. c.1719 - d. 1762)
1761 - 14 May 1761         James Webb                         (d. 1761)
1761 - 27 Jun 1762         Thomas Graves (1st time)           (b. 1725 - d. 1802)
27 Jun 1762 - 18 Sep 1762  Bernard de Cléron,                 (b. 1737 - d. 1806)
                             comte d'Haussonville
18 Sep 1762 - 1763         Thomas Graves (2nd time)           (s.a.)
1764 - 1768                Sir Hugh Palliser                  (b. 1722 - d. 1796)
1769 - 1772                John Byron                         (b. 1723 - d. 1786)
1772 - 1775                Molyneux Shuldham, Baron Shuldham  (b. c.1717 - d. 1798)
1775 -  7 May 1776         Robert Duff                        (b. 1721 - d. 1787)
 7 May 1776 - 1778         John Montague                      (b. 1719 - d. 1795)
1779 - 1782                Richard Edwards (2nd time)         (s.a.)
1782 - 1786                John Campbell                      (b. c.1720 - d. 1790)
1786 - 1788                John Elliott                       (b. 1733 - d. 1808)
1789 - 1791                Mark Milbanke                      (b. 1724 - d. 1805)
1792 - 1793                Sir Richard King                   (b. 1730 - d. 1806)
1794 - 1797                Sir James Wallace                  (b. 1731 - d. 1803)
1797 - 1799                William Waldegrave                 (b. 1753 - d. 1825)
1800 - 1801                Charles Morice Pole                (b. 1757 - d. 1830)
1802 - 1804                James Gambier                      (b. 1756 - d. 1833)
1804 - 26 Jul 1807         Sir Erasmus Gower                  (b. 1744 - d. 1814)
26 Jul 1807 - 1810         John Holloway                      (b. 1742 - d. 1826)
1810 - 1812                Sir John Thomas Duckworth          (b. 1748 - d. 1817)
1813 - 1816                Sir Richard Goodwin Keats          (b. 1757 - d. 1834)
Sep 1816 - 24 Feb 1818     Francis Pickmore                   (b. c.1756 - d. 1818)
24 Feb 1818 - 20 Jul 1818  John Bowker (acting)               (b. 1770 - d. 1850?)
Governors
20 Jul 1818 -  5 Jul 1824  Charles Hamilton                   (b. 1767 - d. 1849)
                             (from 1822, Sir Charles Hamilton)
1825 - 1834                Sir Thomas John Cochrane           (b. 1789 - d. 1872)
1834 - 16 Sep 1841         Henry Prescott                     (b. 1783 - d. 1874)
16 Sep 1841 - 1846         Sir John Harvey                    (b. 1778 - d. 1852)
1846 - 1847                John Law
Apr 1847 - 28 Jul 1852     John Gaspard Le Marchant           (b. 1803 - d. 1876)
Dec 1852 - Mar 1855        Ker Baillie Hamilton               (b. 1804 - d. 1889)
1855 - May 1857            Charles Henry Darling              (b. 1809 - d. 1870)
1857 - 1863                Sir Alexander Bannerman            (b. 1783 - d. 1864)
1863 - Apr 1864            Laurence O'Brien (acting)          (b. 1792 - d. 1870)
Apr 1864 - Jun 1869        Sir Anthony Musgrave               (b. 1828 - d. 1888)
Jul 1869 - 1876            Sir Stephan John Hill              (b. 1809 - d. 1891)
30 Apr 1876 - 1881         Sir John Hawley Glover (1st time)  (b. 1829 - d. 1885)
1881                       Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington    (b. 1819 - d. 1900) 
                             Carter (1st time) (acting)
1881 - 10 Sep 1883         Sir Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley    (b. 1832 - d. 1883)
                             Maxse 
10 Sep 1883 - Jul 1883     Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington    (s.a.) 
                             Carter (2nd time) (acting)
Jul 1883 - 30 Sep 1885     Sir John Hawley Glover (2nd time)  (s.a.)
30 Sep 1885 - 1886         Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington    (s.a.) 
                             Carter (3rd time) (acting)
1886 - Jan 1887            Sir George William Des Voeux       (b. 1834 - d. 1909)
Jan 1887 - 1889            Sir Henry Arthur Blake             (b. 1840 - d. 1918)
1889                       Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington    (s.a.)
                             Carter (4th time) (acting)
1889 - 1895                Sir John Terence Nicolls O'Brien   (b. 1830 - d. 1903)
1895 - 1898                Sir Herbert Harley Murray          (b. 1829 - d. 1904)
1898 - 1901                Sir Henry Edward McCallum          (b. 1852 - d. 1919)
1901 - 1904                Sir Cavendish Boyle                (b. 1849 - d. 1916)
1904 - 1909                Sir William MacGregor              (b. 1846 - d. 1919)
1909 - Dec 1913            Sir Ralph Champneys Williams       (b. 1848 - d. 1927)
Dec 1913 - Oct 1917        Sir Walter Edward Davidson         (b. 1859 - d. 1923)
Dec 1917 - Sep 1922        Sir Charles Alexander Harris       (b. 1855 - d. 1947)
Sep 1922 - Oct 1928        Sir William Lamond Allardyce       (b. 1861 - d. 1930)
Oct 1928 - Sep 1932        Sir John Middleton                 (b. 1870 - d. 1954)
Sep 1932 - Oct 1935        Sir David Murray Anderson          (b. 1874 - d. 1936)
Oct 1935 - 16 Jan 1946     Sir Humphrey Thomas Walwyn         (b. 1879 - d. 1957)
16 Jan 1946 -  1 Apr 1949  Sir Gordon MacDonald               (b. 1885 - d. 1966)
Lieutenant governors
 1 Apr 1949 - 15 Sep 1949  Sir Albert Joseph Walsh            (b. 1900 - d. 1958)
15 Sep 1949 - 16 Dec 1957  Sir Leonard Cecil Outerbridge      (b. 1888 - d. 1986)
16 Dec 1957 -  1 Mar 1963  Campbell Macpherson                (b. 1907 - d. 1973)
 1 Mar 1963 -  2 Apr 1969  Fabian O'Dea                       (b. 1918 - d. 2004)
 2 Apr 1969 -  2 Jul 1974  E. John A. Harnum                  (b. 1910 - d. 1996)
 2 Jul 1974 - 10 Jul 1981  Gordon Arnaud Winter               (b. 1912 - d. 2003)
10 Jul 1981 -  5 Sep 1986  Anthony Paddon                     (b. 1914 - d. 1995)
 5 Sep 1986 -  5 Nov 1991  James A. McGrath                   (b. 1932)
 5 Nov 1991 -  5 Feb 1997  Frederick William Russell          (b. 1923 - d. 2001)
 5 Feb 1997 -  1 Nov 2002  A.M. House                         (b. 1926)
 1 Nov 2002 -  4 Feb 2008  Edward Roberts                     (b. 1940)
 4 Feb 2008 -              John Crosbie