1 Sep 1905 province created from part of the Northwest Territories 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 - d. 2010) 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 Hole (f) (b. 1933 - d. 2005) 20 Jan 2005 - 11 May 2010 Normie Kwong (b. 1929) 11 May 2010 - Donald Ethell (b. 1937)
Premiers 2 Sep 1905 - 26 May 1910 Alexander C. Rutherford Lib (b. 1857 - d. 1941) 26 May 1910 - 30 Oct 1917 Arthur L. Sifton Lib (b. 1858 - d. 1921) 30 Oct 1917 - 13 Aug 1921 Charles Stewart Lib (b. 1868 - d. 1946) 13 Aug 1921 - 23 Nov 1925 Herbert Greenfield UFA (b. 1865 - d. 1949) 23 Nov 1925 - 10 Jul 1934 John E. Brownlee UFA (b. 1884 - d. 1961) 10 Jul 1934 - 3 Sep 1935 Richard G. Reid UFA (b. 1879 - d. 1980) 3 Sep 1935 - 23 May 1943 William Aberhart SC (b. 1878 - d. 1943) 31 May 1943 - 12 Dec 1968 Ernest C. Manning SC (b. 1908 - d. 1996) 12 Dec 1968 - 10 Sep 1971 Harry E. Strom SC (b. 1914 - d. 1984) 10 Sep 1971 - 1 Nov 1985 Peter Lougheed PC (b. 1928 - d. 2012) 1 Nov 1985 - 14 Dec 1992 Donald Getty PC (b. 1933) 14 Dec 1992 - 14 Dec 2006 Ralph Klein PC (b. 1942 - d. 2013) 14 Dec 2006 - 7 Oct 2011 Ed Stelmach PC (b. 1951) 7 Oct 2011 - Alison Redford (f) PC (b. 1965)
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
19 Nov 1858 crown colony (British Columbia)
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 Lotbinière (b. 1829 - d. 1908)
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 W. 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. 1891 - d. 1973)
12 Oct 1960 - 2 Jul 1968 George R. 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 - d. 2010)
9 Sep 1988 - 21 Apr 1995 David C. Lam (b. 1923 - d. 2010)
21 Apr 1995 - 25 Sep 2001 Garde Gardom (b. 1924)
25 Sep 2001 - 1 Oct 2007 Iona Campagnolo (f) (b. 1932)
1 Oct 2007 - 2 Nov 2012 Steven Point (b. 1951)
2 Nov 2012 - Judith Guichon (f) (b. 1947)
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)
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 (from 1912,
Sir Richard McBride) Con (b. 1870 - d. 1917)
15 Dec 1915 - 23 Nov 1916 William John Bowser Con (b. 1867 - d. 1933)
23 Nov 1916 - 1 Mar 1918 Harlan Carey Brewster Lib (b. 1870 - d. 1918)
6 Mar 1918 - 17 Aug 1927 John Oliver Lib (b. 1856 - d. 1927)
20 Aug 1927 - 21 Aug 1928 John Duncan MacLean Lib (b. 1873 - d. 1948)
21 Aug 1928 - 15 Nov 1933 Simon Fraser Tolmie Con (b. 1867 - d. 1937)
15 Nov 1933 - 9 Dec 1941 Thomas Dufferin Pattullo Lib (b. 1873 - d. 1956)
9 Dec 1941 - 29 Dec 1947 John Hart Lib (b. 1879 - d. 1958)
29 Dec 1947 - 1 Aug 1952 Byron Ingemar Johnson Lib (b. 1890 - d. 1964)
1 Aug 1952 - 15 Sep 1972 William Andrew Cecil Bennett SC (b. 1900 - d. 1979)
15 Sep 1972 - 22 Dec 1975 David Barrett NDP (b. 1930)
22 Dec 1975 - 6 Aug 1986 William Richards Bennett SC (b. 1932)
6 Aug 1986 - 2 Apr 1991 William N. Vander Zalm SC (b. 1934)
2 Apr 1991 - 5 Nov 1991 Rita Johnston (f) SC (b. 1935)
5 Nov 1991 - 22 Feb 1996 Michael Harcourt NDP (b. 1943)
22 Feb 1996 - 25 Aug 1999 Glen Clark NDP (b. 1957)
25 Aug 1999 - 24 Feb 2000 Dan Miller NDP (b. 1944)
24 Feb 2000 - 5 Jun 2001 Ujjal Dosanjh NDP (b. 1947)
5 Jun 2001 - 14 Mar 2011 Gordon Campbell Lib (b. 1948)
14 Mar 2011 - Christy Clark (f) Lib (b. 1965)
16 Jul 1849 British crown colony 6 Aug 1866 united with British Columbia Lieutenant governors 16 Jul 1849 - 1 Sep 1851 Richard Blanshard (s.a.) 1 Sep 1851 - 25 Mar 1864 Sir James Douglas (s.a.) 25 Mar 1864 - 6 Aug 1866 Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy (b. 1810 - d. 1883)
4 Sep 1812 Assiniboia (popularly called Red River Settlement)
separated from Rupert's Land
4 May 1836 reincorporated into Rupert's Land (District of Assiniboia)
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 - 27 Feb 1856 William Bletterman Caldwell (b. c.1798 - d. 1882)
27 Feb 1856 - 9 Dec 1858 Francis Godschall Johnson (b. 1819 - d. 1894)
9 Dec 1858 - 1 Dec 1869 William Mactavish (b. 1815 - d. 1870)
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 (b. 1844 - d. 1885)
Lieutenant governors
15 Jul 1870 - 2 Dec 1872 Adams George Archibald (b. 1814 - d. 1892)
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. 1892 - 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 McKeag (b. 1928 - d. 2007)
15 Mar 1976 - 23 Oct 1981 Francis Laurence 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 - 4 Aug 2009 John Harvard (b. 1938)
4 Aug 2009 - Philip S. Lee (b. 1944)
Premiers
16 Sep 1870 - 14 Dec 1871 Alfred Boyd (b. 1836 - d. 1908)
14 Dec 1871 - 14 Mar 1872 Marc-Amable Girard
(1st time) Con (b. 1822 - d. 1892)
14 Mar 1872 - 8 Jul 1874 Henry Joseph Hynes Clarke (b. 1833 - d. 1889)
8 Jul 1874 - 3 Dec 1874 Marc-Amable Girard
(2nd time) Con (s.a.)
3 Dec 1874 - 16 Oct 1878 Robert Atkinson Davis (b. 1841 - d. 1903)
16 Oct 1878 - 26 Dec 1887 John Norquay Con (b. 1841 - d. 1889)
26 Dec 1887 - 19 Jan 1888 David H. Harrison Con (b. 1843 - d. 1905)
19 Jan 1888 - 8 Jan 1900 Thomas Greenway Lib (b. 1838 - d. 1908)
8 Jan 1900 - 29 Oct 1900 Hugh John Macdonald Con (b. 1850 - d. 1929)
29 Oct 1900 - 12 May 1915 Rodmond Palen Roblin (from
1912, Sir Rodmond Palen
Roblin) Con (b. 1853 - d. 1937)
12 May 1915 - 8 Aug 1922 Tobias Crawford Norris Lib (b. 1861 - d. 1936)
8 Aug 1922 - 8 Jan 1943 John Bracken LP (b. 1883 - d. 1969)
8 Jan 1943 - 7 Nov 1948 Stuart Sinclair Garson LP (b. 1898 - d. 1977)
7 Nov 1948 - 16 Jun 1958 Douglas Lloyd Campbell Lib (b. 1895 - d. 1995)
16 Jun 1958 - 25 Nov 1967 Dufferin Roblin PC (b. 1917 - d. 2010)
25 Nov 1967 - 15 Jul 1969 Walter Weir PC (b. 1929 - d. 1985)
15 Jul 1969 - 24 Nov 1977 Edward R. Schreyer NDP (b. 1935)
24 Nov 1977 - 30 Nov 1981 Sterling Lyon PC (b. 1927 - d. 2010)
30 Nov 1981 - 9 May 1988 Howard Pawley NDP (b. 1934)
9 May 1988 - 5 Oct 1999 Gary Filmon PC (b. 1942)
5 Oct 1999 - 19 Oct 2009 Gary Doer NDP (b. 1948)
19 Oct 2009 - Greg Selinger NDP (b. 1951)
16 Aug 1784 separate colony (previously part of Nova Scotia)
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.)
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.)
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
Colebrooke (b. 1787 - d. 1870)
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-Sutton (b. 1814 - d. 1877)
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
(2nd time) (s.a.)
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 F.G. 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 - 30 Sep 2009 Herménégilde Chiasson (b. 1946)
30 Sep 2009 - Graydon Nicholas (b. 1946)
Premiers
1 Nov 1854 - 22 May 1856 Charles Fisher (1st time) Lib (b. 1808 - d. 1880)
22 May 1856 - May 1857 Edward Barron Chandler Con (s.a.)
May 1857 - 18 Mar 1861 Charles Fisher (2nd time) Lib (s.a.)
18 Mar 1861 - Mar 1865 Samuel Leonard Tilley Lib (s.a.)
Mar 1865 - 14 Apr 1866 Albert J. Smith Con (b. 1822 - d. 1883)
14 Apr 1866 - 1867 Peter Mitchell Cnf (b. 1824 - d. 1899)
1867 - 1870 Andrew Rainsford Wetmore Cnf (b. 1820 - d. 1892)
1870 - 1871 George Edwin King (1st time) Con (b. 1839 - d. 1901)
1871 - 1872 George Luther Hatheway Con (b. 1813 - d. 1872)
1872 - 1878 George Edwin King (2nd time) Con (s.a.)
1878 - 1882 John James Fraser Con (s.a.)
1882 - 1883 Daniel Lionel Hanington Con (b. 1835 - d. 1909)
1883 - Jul 1896 Andrew George Blair Lib (b. 1844 - d. 1907)
Jul 1896 - 29 Oct 1897 James Mitchell Lib (b. 1843 - d. 1897)
29 Oct 1897 - 31 Aug 1900 Henry Robert Emmerson Lib (b. 1853 - d. 1914)
31 Aug 1900 - 6 Mar 1907 Lemuel John Tweedie Lib (s.a.)
6 Mar 1907 - 31 May 1907 William Pugsley Lib (s.a.)
31 May 1907 - 24 Mar 1908 Clifford William Robinson Lib (b. 1866 - d. 1944)
24 Mar 1908 - 16 Oct 1911 Sir John Douglas Hazen Con (b. 1860 - d. 1937)
16 Oct 1911 - 17 Dec 1914 James Kidd Flemming Con (b. 1868 - d. 1927)
17 Dec 1914 - 1 Feb 1917 George Johnson Clarke Con (b. 1857 - d. 1917)
1 Feb 1917 - 4 Apr 1917 James Alexander Murray Con (b. 1864 - d. 1960)
4 Apr 1917 - 28 Feb 1923 Walter Edward Foster Lib (b. 1874 - d. 1947)
28 Feb 1923 - 14 Sep 1925 Peter John Veniot Lib (b. 1863 - d. 1936)
14 Sep 1925 - 19 May 1931 John Babington Macaulay
Baxter Con (b. 1868 - d. 1946)
19 May 1931 - 1 Jun 1933 Charles Dow Richards Con (b. 1879 - d. 1956)
1 Jun 1933 - 16 Jul 1935 Leonard Percy de Wolfe
Tilley Con (b. 1870 - d. 1947)
16 Jul 1935 - 13 Mar 1940 A. Allison Dysart Lib (b. 1880 - d. 1962)
13 Mar 1940 - 8 Oct 1952 John Babbitt McNair Lib (s.a.)
8 Oct 1952 - 12 Jul 1960 Hugh John Flemming PC (b. 1899 - d. 1982)
12 Jul 1960 - 12 Nov 1970 Louis J. Robichaud Lib (b. 1925 - d. 2005)
12 Nov 1970 - 27 Oct 1987 Richard B. Hatfield PC (b. 1931 - d. 1991)
27 Oct 1987 - 13 Oct 1997 Frank McKenna Lib (b. 1948)
13 Oct 1997 - 14 May 1998 J. Raymond Frenette Lib (b. 1935)
14 May 1998 - 21 Jun 1999 Camille Thériault Lib (b. 1955)
21 Jun 1999 - 3 Oct 2006 Bernard Lord PC (b. 1965)
3 Oct 2006 - 12 Oct 2010 Shawn Graham Lib (b. 1968)
12 Oct 2010 - David Alward PC (b. 1959)
5 Aug 1583 English colony (Newfoundland)
Dec 1917 - 30 Jan 1934 dominion
1 Apr 1949 province of Canada
6 Dec 2001 renamed Newfoundland and Labrador
Commodores of the Fishing Convoys
1699 - 1700 Andrews (commander)
1700 Sir Stafford Fairborne (b. ... - d. 1742)
1701 John Graydon
1702 John Leake (b. 1656 - d. 1720)
1703 ...
1704 - 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)
Commodore-Governors
1729 - 1730 Henry Osborn (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 (b. ... - d. 1753)
1739 - 1740 Henry Medley (b. 1687 - d. 1747)
1740 George Grahame
1741 Thomas Smith (1st time) (b. ... - d. 1762)
1742 John Byng (b. 1704 - d. 1757)
1743 Thomas Smith (2nd tiem) (s.a.)
1744 Charles Hardy (b. 1716 - d. 1780)
1745 Richard Edwards (b. ... - d. 1773)
1746 James Douglas (b. 1703 - d. 1787)
1747 - 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 (b. ... - d. c.1789)
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.1715 - d. 1795)
1761 - 14 May 1761 James Webb (b. ... - d. 1761)
1761 - 27 Jun 1762 Thomas Graves (1st time) (b. 1725 - d. 1802)
27 Jun 1762 - 18 Sep 1762 Bernard de Cléron,
comte d'Haussonville (b. 1737 - d. 1806)
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 - 1800 William Waldegrave (b. 1753 - d. 1825)
1800 - 1801 Charles Morice Pole (b. 1757 - d. 1830)
1802 - 1805 James Gambier (b. 1756 - d. 1833)
1805 - 26 Jul 1807 Sir Erasmus Gower (b. 1744 - d. 1814)
26 Jul 1807 - 1810 John Holloway (b. 1744 - d. 1826)
1810 - 1813 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 (from 1822,
Sir Charles Hamilton) (b. 1767 - d. 1849)
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. 1874)
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. 1788 - 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 Stephen John Hill (b. 1809 - d. 1891)
1876 - 1881 Sir John Hawley Glover (1st time) (b. 1829 - d. 1885)
1881 Sir Frederick Carter (1st time) (b. 1819 - d. 1900)
(acting)
1881 - 10 Sep 1883 Sir Fitzhardinge Berkeley Maxse (b. 1832 - d. 1883)
10 Sep 1883 - 1883 Sir Frederick Carter (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
1883 - 30 Sep 1885 Sir John Hawley Glover (2nd time) (s.a.)
30 Sep 1885 - 1886 Sir Frederick Carter (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
1886 - Jan 1887 Sir William Des Voeux (b. 1834 - d. 1909)
Jan 1887 - 1889 Sir Henry Arthur Blake (b. 1840 - d. 1918)
1889 Sir Frederick Carter (4th time) (s.a.)
(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 Sir Joseph Ignatius Little (b. 1835 - d. 1902)
(acting)
1901 - 1904 Sir Cavendish Boyle (b. 1849 - d. 1916)
May 1904 - Sep 1904 Sir William Henry Horwood
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1862 - d. 1945)
1904 - 1909 Sir William MacGregor (b. 1846 - d. 1919)
1909 Sir William Henry Horwood
(2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
1909 - Dec 1913 Sir Ralph Champneys Williams (b. 1848 - d. 1927)
Dec 1913 - Oct 1917 Sir Walter Edward Davidson (b. 1859 - d. 1923)
Oct 1917 - Sep 1922 Sir Charles A. 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 M. Anderson (b. 1874 - d. 1936)
Oct 1935 - 16 Jan 1946 Sir Humphrey Walwyn (b. 1879 - d. 1957)
16 Jan 1946 - 31 Mar 1949 Sir Gordon MacDonald (b. 1885 - d. 1966)
Lieutenant governors
1 Apr 1949 - 5 Sep 1949 Sir Albert Joseph Walsh (b. 1900 - d. 1958)
5 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 - 19 Mar 2013 John Crosbie (b. 1931)
19 Mar 2013 - Frank Fagan (b. 1949?)
Premiers (from 1909, prime ministers)
7 May 1855 - 1858 Philip Francis Little Lib (b. 1824 - d. 1897)
1858 - Mar 1861 John Kent Lib (b. 1805 - d. 1872)
Mar 1861 - Apr 1865 Sir Hugh W. Hoyles Con (b. 1815 - d. 1888)
Apr 1865 - Feb 1870 Frederick Carter (1st time) Con (s.a.)
Feb 1870 - 31 Jan 1874 Charles Fox Bennett AC (b. 1793 - d. 1883)
31 Jan 1874 - Apr 1878 Frederick Carter (2nd time) Con (s.a.)
Apr 1878 - Oct 1885 William Whiteway (from 1880,
Sir William Whiteway)
(1st time) Con (b. 1828 - d. 1908)
Oct 1885 - Dec 1889 Sir Robert Thorburn Ref (b. 1836 - d. 1906)
Dec 1889 - 11 Apr 1894 Sir William Whiteway
(2nd time) Lib (s.a.)
11 Apr 1894 - 13 Dec 1894 Augustus F. Goodridge Con (b. 1839 - d. 1920)
13 Dec 1894 - 8 Feb 1895 Daniel J. Greene Lib (b. 1850 - d. 1911)
8 Feb 1895 - Oct 1897 Sir William Whiteway
(3rd time) Lib (s.a.)
Oct 1897 - 6 Mar 1900 Sir James Spearman Winter Con (b. 1845 - d. 1911)
6 Mar 1900 - 2 Mar 1909 Robert Bond (from 1901,
Sir Robert Bond) Lib (b. 1857 - d. 1927)
2 Mar 1909 - 31 Dec 1917 Sir Edward Patrick Morris PP (b. 1858 - d. 1935)
31 Dec 1917 - 22 May 1919 William F. Lloyd (from 1918,
Sir William F. Lloyd) Lib (b. 1864 - d. 1937)
(acting to 5 Jan 1918)
22 May 1919 - 17 Nov 1919 Sir Michael Patrick Cashin PP (b. 1864 - d. 1926)
17 Nov 1919 - 24 Jul 1923 Richard Squires (from 1921,
Sir Richard Squires)
(1st time) LR (b. 1880 - d. 1940)
24 Jul 1923 - 10 May 1924 William Warren LR (b. 1879 - d. 1927)
10 May 1924 - 9 Jun 1924 Albert Hickman LP (b. 1875 - d. 1943)
9 Jun 1924 - Aug 1928 Walter Stanley Monroe LCP (b. 1871 - d. 1952)
Aug 1928 - 17 Nov 1928 Frederick C. Alderdice
(1st time) LCP (b. 1872 - d. 1936)
17 Nov 1928 - Jun 1932 Sir Richard Squires
(2nd time) Lib (s.a.)
Jun 1932 - 30 Jan 1934 Frederick C. Alderdice
(2nd time) UNP (s.a.)
Premiers
1 Apr 1949 - 18 Jan 1972 Joseph R. Smallwood Lib (b. 1900 - d. 1991)
18 Jan 1972 - 26 Mar 1979 Frank D. Moores PC (b. 1933 - d. 2005)
26 Mar 1979 - 22 Mar 1989 Brian Peckford PC (b. 1942)
22 Mar 1989 - 5 May 1989 Thomas Rideout PC (b. 1948)
5 May 1989 - 26 Jan 1996 Clyde Wells Lib (b. 1937)
26 Jan 1996 - 16 Oct 2000 Brian Tobin Lib (b. 1954)
16 Oct 2000 - 13 Feb 2001 Beaton Tulk Lib (b. 1944)
13 Feb 2001 - 6 Nov 2003 Roger Grimes Lib (b. 1950)
6 Nov 2003 - 3 Dec 2010 Danny Williams PC (b. 1950)
3 Dec 2010 - Kathy Dunderdale (f) PC (b. 1952)
1640 French colony
1 Jun 1714 ceded to Britain, administered by Nova Scotia
1729 part of Newfoundland
Governors
1697 - 1 Apr 1702 Joseph de Monic (acting) (b. 165... - d. 1707)
1 Apr 1702 - Apr 1706 Daniel d'Auger, sieur de Subercase (b. 1661 - d. 1732)
Sep 1706 - 1 Jun 1714 Philippe Pastour, sieur de
Costebelle (b. 1661 - d. 1717)
1 Dec 2005 autonomy within Newfoundland and Labrador Presidents 1 Dec 2005 - 21 May 2008 William Andersen III 21 May 2008 - 20 Jun 2012 Jim Lyall (b. 1945) 20 Jun 2012 - Sarah Leo (f)
First ministers 1 Dec 2005 - 13 May 2010 Tony Andersen 13 May 2010 - Darryl Shiwak
1670 Rupert's Land under Hudson's Bay Company rule
3 Sep 1697 - 11 Sep 1713 French occupation of Fort York (renamed Fort Bourbon)
Aug 1782 - 1 Sep 1782 French occupation of Fort York and Fort Prince of Wales
1810 - 1815 divided into Northern and Southern Departments
Oct 1821 - 1839 divided into Northern and Southern Departments
2 May 1870 Northwest Territories
15 Jul 1870 part of Canada
Governors of the Hudson's Bay Company (in London)
18 Nov 1696 - 1700 Sir William Trumbull (b. 1639 - d. 1716)
1700 - 1712 Sir Stephen Evans (2nd time)
1712 - 1743 Sir Bibye Lake, Sr.
1743 - 1746 Benjamin Pitt
1746 - 1750 Thomas Knapp
1750 - 1760 Sir Atwell Lake
1760 - 1770 Sir William Baker (b. 1705 - d. 1770)
1770 - 1782 Sir Bibye Lake, Jr.
1782 - 1799 Samuel Wegg
1799 - 1807 Sir James Winter Lake
1807 - 1812 William Mainwaring
1812 - 1822 Joseph Berens
1822 - 13 Aug 1852 John Henry Pelly (from 6 Jul 1840,
Sir John Henry Pelly) (b. 1777 - d. 1852)
1852 - 1856 Andrew Wedderburn Colvile
1856 - 1858 John Shepherd (b. 1792 - d. 1859)
1858 - 2 Jul 1863 Henry Hulse Berens
2 Jul 1863 - 29 Jan 1868 Sir Edmund Walker Head (b. 1805 - d. 1868)
1868 - 1869 John Wodehouse, Earl of Kimberley (b. 1826 - d. 1902)
1869 - 1874 Sir Stafford Henry Northcote (b. 1818 - d. 1887)
Chief Factors
at Fort York:
1698 - 1708 Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne,
sieur de Montigny
1708 - 11 Sep 1713 Nicolas Jérémie
1714 - 30 May 1718 James Knight (b. c.1640 - d. 1719)
30 May 1718 - 1722 Henry Kelsey
1722 - 1726 Thomas McLeish (1st time)
1726 - 1727 Anthony Beale (b. 1664 - d. 1731)
1727 - 1734 Thomas McLeish (2nd time)
1734 - 4 May 1737 Thomas White (1st time)
4 May 1737 - 1741 James Isham (1st time)
1741 - 1746 Thomas White (2nd time)
1746 - 1748 James Isham (2nd time)
1748 - 1750 John Newton
1750 - 1761 James Isham (3rd time)
1761 Andrew Graham
1761 - 1762 Humphrey Marten (1st time)
1762 - 1775 Ferdinand Jacobs
1775 - 1781 Humphrey Marten (2nd time)
1781 - 1782 Matthew Cocking (b. ... - d. 1799)
24 Aug 1782 - 1 Sep 1782 Jean-François de Galoup,
comte de La Pérouse (b. 1741 - d. 1788)
1 Sep 1782 - 1783 abandoned
1783 - 1786 Humphrey Marten (3rd time)
1786 - 1798 Joseph Colen
1798 - 1802 John Ballanden
1802 - 1809 John MacNab
1809 - 1810 William Hemmings Cook
at Fort Albany:
1698 - 1700 James Knight (2nd time) (s.a.)
1700 - 13 Sep 1705 John Fullartine (2nd time)
13 Sep 1705 - 26 May 1708 Anthony Beale (1st time)
26 May 1708 - 27 May 1711 John Fullartine (3rd time)
26 Sep 1711 - 20 May 1713 Anthony Beale (2nd time)
1713 - 1715 Richard Staunton (1st time)
1715 - 1721 Thomas McLeish
1721 - 1723 Joseph Myatt (1st time)
1723 - 1726 Richard Staunton (2nd time)
1726 - 1730 Joseph Myatt (2nd time)
1730 - 1737 Joseph Adams
1737 - 1739 Thomas Bird
1739 - 1740 Rowland Waggoner
1740 - 1741 George Spence (1st time)
1741 - 1748 Joseph Isbister (1st time)
1748 - 1753 George Spence (2nd time)
1753 - 1756 Joseph Isbister (2nd time)
1756 - 1764 Robert Temple
1764 - 1768 Humphrey Marten (1st time)
1768 - 1769 Thomas Hopkins
1769 - 1774 Humphrey Marten (2nd time)
1774 - 1782 Thomas Hutchins (b. 1730 - d. 1789)
1782 - 1789 Edward Jarvis (1st time)
1789 - 1790 John MacNab (1st time)
1790 - 1792 Edward Jarvis (2nd time)
1792 - 1800 John MacNab (2nd time)
1800 - 1807 John Hodgson (1st time)
1807 - 1808 Thomas Vincent
1808 - 1810 John Hodgson (2nd time)
at Fort Churchill (from 1731, Fort Prince of Wales):
1690 - 1717 abandoned
1717 - 1722 Richard Staunton
1722 - 1723 Nathaniel Bishop
1723 - 1727 Richard Norton (1st time)
1727 - 1731 Anthony Beale (s.a.)
1731 - 1735 Richard Norton (2nd time)
1735 - 1736 James Napper
1736 - 16 Aug 1741 Richard Norton (3rd time)
16 Aug 1741 - 1745 James Isham
1745 - 1749 Robert Pilgrim
1749 - 1752 Joseph Isbister
1752 - 1759 Ferdinand Jacobs (1st time)
1759 - 1760 Moses Norton (1st time) (b. ... - d. 1773)
1760 - 1762 Ferdinand Jacobs (2nd time)
1762 - 1773 Moses Norton (2nd time) (s.a.)
22 Jan 1776 - 1782 Samuel Hearne (1st time) (b. 1745 - d. 1792)
8 Aug 1782 - 1 Sep 1782 Jean-François de Galoup,
comte de La Pérouse (s.a.)
1 Sep 1782 - 1783 abandoned
1783 - 1787 Samuel Hearne (2nd time) (s.a.)
1787 - 1792 William Jefferson
1792 - 1797 Thomas Stayner (1st time)
1797 - 1798 William Auld (1st time)
1798 - 1800 Thomas Stayner (2nd time)
1800 - 1802 John MacNab
1802 - 1804 William Auld (2nd time)
1804 - 1805 Thomas Topping (1st time)
1805 - 1808 William Auld (3rd time)
1808 - 1809 Thomas Topping (2nd time)
1809 - 1810 William Auld (4th time)
Superintendents of the Northern Department
30 May 1810 - 9 Apr 1814 William Auld
1814 - 1815 Thomas Thomas (b. c.1766 - d. 1828)
Superintendents of the Southern Department
1810 - 1814 Thomas Thomas (s.a.)
1814 - 1815 Thomas Vincent
Governors
1815 - 19 Jun 1816 Robert Semple (b. 1777 - d. 1816)
Jun 1816 - May 1818 James Bird (b. c.1773 - d. 1856)
May 1818 - Oct 1821 William Williams (b. 17... - d. 1837)
Governor of the Northern Department
Oct 1821 - 1839 George Simpson (b. c.1787 - d. 1860)
Governors of the Southern Department
Oct 1821 - 26 Feb 1826 William Williams (s.a.)
26 Feb 1826 - 1839 George Simpson (s.a.)
Governors
1839 - 7 Sep 1860 George Simpson (s.a.)
Sep 1860 - 1864 Alexander Grant Dallas (b. 1816 - d. 1882)
1864 - 1870 William Mactavish (b. 1815 - d. 1870)
Lieutenant governors
15 Jul 1870 - 2 Dec 1872 Adams George Archibald (b. 1814 - d. 1892)
2 Dec 1872 - 7 Oct 1876 Alexander Morris (b. 1826 - d. 1889)
7 Oct 1876 - 3 Dec 1881 David Laird (b. 1833 - d. 1914)
3 Dec 1881 - 1 Jul 1888 Edgar Dewdney (b. 1835 - d. 1916)
1 Jul 1888 - 31 Oct 1893 Joseph Royal (b. 1837 - d. 1902)
31 Oct 1893 - 30 May 1898 Charles Herbert Mackintosh (b. 1843 - d. 1931)
30 May 1898 - 26 Sep 1898 Malcolm Colin Cameron (b. 1832 - d. 1898)
4 Oct 1898 - 1 Sep 1905 Amédée Emmanuel Forget (b. 1847 - d. 1923)
Commissioners
1 Sep 1905 - 27 Sep 1918 Frederick D. White (b. 1847 - d. 1918)
27 Jun 1919 - 17 Feb 1931 William Wallace Cory (b. 1865 - d. 1943)
31 Mar 1931 - 30 Apr 1934 Hugh Howard Rowatt (b. 1861 - d. 1938)
3 Dec 1936 - 3 Dec 1946 Charles Camsell (b. 1876 - d. 1958)
14 Jan 1947 - 24 Sep 1950 Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside (b. 1898 - d. 1992)
14 Nov 1950 - 15 Nov 1953 Hugh Andrew Young (b. 1898 - d. 1982)
15 Nov 1953 - 12 Jul 1963 Robert Gordon Robertson (b. 1917 - d. 2013)
12 Jul 1963 - 16 Jan 1967 Bent Gestur Sivertz (b. 1905 - d. 2000)
2 Mar 1967 - 6 Apr 1979 Stuart Milton Hodgson (b. 1924)
15 Apr 1979 - 31 Jul 1989 John Havelock Parker (b. 1929)
2 Oct 1989 - 30 Sep 1994 Daniel L. Norris (b. 1935 - d. 2008)
16 Jan 1995 - 26 Mar 1999 Helen Maksagak (f) (b. 1931 - d. 2009)
26 Mar 1999 - 31 Mar 2000 Daniel Joseph Marion (b. 1945)
31 Mar 2000 - 29 Apr 2005 Glenna F. Hansen (f) (b. 1956)
29 Apr 2005 - 28 May 2010 Tony Whitford (b. 1941)
28 May 2010 - George L. Tuccaro (b. 1950)
Premier
7 Oct 1897 - 1 Sep 1905 Frederick W.A.G. Haultain (b. 1857 - d. 1942)
Government leaders (from Feb 1994, premiers)
16 Jun 1980 - 12 Jan 1984 George Braden (b. 1949)
12 Jan 1984 - 5 Nov 1985 Richard Nerysoo (b. 1953)
5 Nov 1985 - 12 Nov 1987 Nicholas G. Sibbeston (b. 1943)
12 Nov 1987 - 14 Nov 1991 Dennis Patterson (b. 1948)
14 Nov 1991 - 22 Nov 1995 Nellie J. Cournoyea (f) (b. 1940)
22 Nov 1995 - 26 Nov 1998 Don Morin (b. 1954)
26 Nov 1998 - 10 Dec 1998 Goo Arlooktoo (acting) (b. 1963 - d. 2002)
10 Dec 1998 - 17 Jan 2000 James L. Antoine (b. 1949)
17 Jan 2000 - 10 Dec 2003 Stephen Kakfwi (b. 1950)
10 Dec 2003 - 18 Oct 2007 Joe Handley (b. 1943)
18 Oct 2007 - 27 Oct 2011 Floyd Roland (b. 1961)
27 Oct 2011 - Bob McLeod (b. 1952)
1600 French colony (Acadia)
27 Jul 1654 - 2 Sep 1670 English occupation
11 May 1690 - 26 Nov 1691 English occupation
13 Oct 1710 British occupation
11 Apr 1713 British colony (Nova Scotia)
1 Jul 1867 province of Canada
Governors
Apr 1691 - 5 Jul 1700 Joseph Robineau, sieur de Villebon (b. 1655 - d. 1700)
(interim)
5 Jul 1700 - 29 Jun 1701 Sébastien de Villieu (acting) (b. 1633 - d. 1706)
29 Jun 1701 - 22 Sep 1705 Jacques-François Monbeton
Brouillan de St. André (b. 1651 - d. 1705)
(acting to 1702)
22 Sep 1705 - 10 Apr 1706 Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure (b. 1659 - d. 1711)
10 Apr 1706 - 13 Oct 1710 Daniel d'Auger, sieur de Subercase (b. 1661 - d. 1732)
13 Oct 1710 - 20 Oct 1712 Samuel Vetch (1st time) (b. 1668 - d. 1732)
20 Oct 1712 - 20 Jan 1715 Francis Nicholson (b. 1655 - d. 1728)
20 Oct 1712 - 2 Mar 1717 Thomas Caufield (b. ... - d. 1717)
(acting for Nicholson, then for Vetch)
20 Jan 1715 - 17 Aug 1717 Samuel Vetch (2nd time) (s.a.)
17 Aug 1717 - 9 May 1749 Richard Philipps (b. 1661 - d. 1750)
Acting for Philipps:
Nov 1717 - 29 May 1725 John Doucett (b. ... - d. 1726)
29 May 1725 - 6 Dec 1739 Lawrence Armstrong (b. 1664 - d. 1739)
6 Dec 1739 - 22 Mar 1740 Alexander Cosby (b. 1685 - d. 1742)
22 Mar 1740 - 9 May 1749 Paul Mascarene (b. 1684 - d. 1760)
21 Jun 1749 - 3 Aug 1752 Edward Cornwallis (b. 1713 - d. 1776)
3 Aug 1752 - 1 Nov 1753 Peregrine Thomas Hopson (b. c.1685 - d. 1759)
1 Nov 1753 - 19 Oct 1760 Charles Lawrence (b. 1709 - d. 1760)
(acting to 21 Oct 1754)
19 Oct 1760 - 26 Sep 1763 Jonathan Belcher (b. 1710 - d. 1776)
(acting to 21 Nov 1761)
26 Sep 1763 - 23 May 1766 Montague Wilmot (b. ... - d. 1766)
(acting to May 1764)
23 May 1766 - Jun 1773 William Campbell, Earl Campbell (b. ... - d. 1778)
Acting for Campbell:
23 May 1766 - 23 Aug 1766 Benjamin Green (1st time) (b. 1713 - d. 1772)
23 Aug 1766 - 27 Nov 1766 Michael Francklin (1st time) (b. 1720 - d. 1782)
21 Oct 1767 - 10 Sep 1768 Michael Francklin (2nd time) (s.a.)
4 Nov 1768 - 4 Dec 1768 Michael Francklin (3rd time) (s.a.)
17 Oct 1771 - 2 Jun 1772 Benjamin Green (2nd time) (s.a.)
2 Jun 1772 - 10 Jul 1772 Michael Francklin (4th time) (s.a.)
8 Oct 1773 - 22 Apr 1776 Francis Legge (b. 1719 - d. 1783)
22 Apr 1776 - 17 Aug 1778 Mariot Arbuthnot (b. 1711 - d. 1794)
17 Aug 1778 - 17 Aug 1781 Sir Richard Hughes (b. 1729? - d. 1812)
17 Aug 1781 - 18 Oct 1782 Sir Andrew Snape Hamond (b. 1738 - d. 1828)
19 Oct 1782 - 24 Feb 1783 John Parr (1st time) (acting) (b. 1725 - d. 1791)
24 Feb 1783 - 20 May 1786 Edmund Fanning (acting) (b. 1737 - d. 1818)
20 May 1786 - 25 Nov 1791 John Parr (2nd time) (s.a.)
25 Nov 1791 - 14 May 1792 Richard Bulkeley (acting) (b. 1717 - d. 1800)
14 May 1792 - 13 Apr 1808 Sir John Wentworth (b. 1737 - d. 1820)
13 Apr 1808 - 25 Aug 1811 Sir George Prevost (b. 1767 - d. 1816)
25 Aug 1811 - 16 Oct 1811 Alexander Croke (acting) (b. 1758 - d. 1843)
16 Oct 1811 - 27 Jun 1816 Sir John Coape Sherbrooke (b. 1764 - d. 1830)
27 Jun 1816 - 24 Oct 1816 George Stracey Smyth (acting) (b. 1767 - d. 1823)
24 Oct 1816 - 1 Jun 1820 George Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie (b. 1770 - d. 1838)
1 Jun 1820 - 23 Aug 1828 Sir James Kempt (b. 1764 - d. 1854)
23 Aug 1828 - 28 Nov 1828 Thomas Nickleson Jeffery
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1782 - d. 1847)
28 Nov 1828 - 24 Jan 1834 Sir Peregrine Maitland (b. 1777 - d. 1854)
24 Jan 1834 - 2 Jul 1834 Thomas Nickleson Jeffery
(2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
2 Jul 1834 - 30 Sep 1840 Sir Colin Campbell (b. 1776 - d. 1847)
30 Sep 1840 - 2 Aug 1846 Lucius Bentinck Carey,
Viscount Falkland (b. 1803 - d. 1884)
2 Aug 1846 - 29 Aug 1846 Sir Jeremiah Dickson (acting)
29 Aug 1846 - 22 Mar 1852 Sir John Harvey (b. 1778 - d. 1852)
22 Mar 1852 - 5 Aug 1852 John Bazalgette (acting)
5 Aug 1852 - 15 Feb 1858 Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant (b. 1803 - d. 1874)
15 Feb 1858 - 17 Sep 1863 George Augustus Constantine
Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave (b. 1819 - d. 1890)
17 Sep 1863 - 22 Jun 1864 Charles Hastings Doyle (1st time) (b. 1804 - d. 1883)
(acting)
22 Jun 1864 - 28 Sep 1865 Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell (b. 1814 - d. 1881)
28 Sep 1865 - 8 Nov 1865 Charles Hastings Doyle (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
8 Nov 1865 - 18 Oct 1867 Sir William Fenwick Williams (b. 1800 - d. 1883)
Lieutenant governors
18 Oct 1867 - 1 May 1873 Sir Charles Hastings Doyle (s.a.)
1 May 1873 - 4 Jul 1873 Joseph Howe (b. 1804 - d. 1873)
4 Jul 1873 - 4 Jul 1883 Sir Adam George Archibald (b. 1824 - d. 1892)
4 Jul 1883 - 9 Jul 1888 Matthew Henry Richey (b. 1828 - d. 1911)
9 Jul 1888 - 26 Jun 1890 Archibald Woodbury McLelan (b. 1824 - d. 1890)
11 Jul 1890 - 26 Jul 1900 Sir Malachy Bowes Daly (b. 1836 - d. 1920)
26 Jul 1900 - 15 Mar 1906 Alfred Gilpin Jones (b. 1824 - d. 1906)
27 Mar 1906 - 27 Sep 1910 Duncan Cameron Fraser (b. 1845 - d. 1910)
18 Oct 1910 - 19 Oct 1915 James Drummond McGregor (b. 1838 - d. 1918)
19 Oct 1915 - 13 Nov 1916 David MacKeen (b. 1839 - d. 1916)
29 Nov 1916 - 12 Jan 1925 MacCallum Grant (b. 1845 - d. 1928)
12 Jan 1925 - 14 Sep 1925 James Robson Douglas (b. 1876 - d. 1934)
14 Sep 1925 - 19 Nov 1930 James Cranswick Tory (b. 1862 - d. 1944)
19 Nov 1930 - 25 Sep 1931 Frank Stanfield (b. 1872 - d. 1931)
5 Oct 1931 - 7 Apr 1937 Walter Harold Covert (b. 1865 - d. 1949)
7 Apr 1937 - 31 May 1940 Robert Irwin (b. 1865 - d. 1941)
31 May 1940 - 17 Nov 1942 Frederick Francis Mathers (b. 1871 - d. 1947)
17 Nov 1942 - 12 Aug 1947 Henry Ernest Kendall (b. 1864 - d. 1949)
12 Aug 1947 - 1 Sep 1952 John Alexander Douglas McCurdy (b. 1886 - d. 1962)
1 Sep 1952 - 15 Jan 1958 Alistair Fraser (b. 1885 - d. 1964)
15 Jan 1958 - 1 Mar 1963 Edward Chester Plow (b. 1904 - d. 1988)
1 Mar 1963 - 22 Jul 1968 Henry Poole MacKeen (b. 1892 - d. 1971)
22 Jul 1968 - 1 Oct 1973 Victor deB. Oland (b. 1913 - d. 1983)
1 Oct 1973 - 23 Dec 1978 Clarence L. Gosse (b. 1912 - d. 1996)
23 Dec 1978 - 1 Feb 1984 John Elvin Shaffner (b. 1911 - d. 2001)
1 Feb 1984 - 20 Feb 1989 Alan R. Abraham (b. 1931)
20 Feb 1989 - 23 Jun 1994 Lloyd Roseville Crouse (b. 1918 - d. 2007)
23 Jun 1994 - 17 May 2000 James Kinley (b. 1925 - d. 2012)
17 May 2000 - 7 Sep 2006 Myra Freeman (f) (b. 1949)
7 Sep 2006 - 12 Apr 2012 Mayann E. Francis (f)
12 Apr 2012 - John James Grant (b. 1936)
Premiers
9 Feb 1848 - 4 Apr 1854 James B. Uniacke Lib (b. 1800 - d. 1858)
4 Apr 1854 - 24 Feb 1857 William Young (1st time) Lib (b. 1799 - d. 1887)
24 Feb 1857 - 10 Feb 1860 James W. Johnston (1st time) Con (b. 1792 - d. 1873)
10 Feb 1860 - 3 Aug 1860 William Young (2nd time) Lib (s.a.)
3 Aug 1860 - 11 Jun 1863 Joseph Howe Lib (s.a.)
11 Jun 1863 - 11 May 1864 James W. Johnston (2nd time) Con (s.a.)
11 May 1864 - 4 Jul 1867 Charles Tupper Cnf (b. 1821 - d. 1915)
4 Jul 1867 - 7 Nov 1867 Hiram Blanchard Con (b. 1820 - d. 1874)
7 Nov 1867 - 11 May 1875 William Annand Lib (b. 1808 - d. 1887)
11 May 1875 - 22 Oct 1878 Philip Carteret Hill Lib (b. 1821 - d. 1894)
22 Oct 1878 - 25 May 1882 Simon Hugh Holmes Con (b. 1831 - d. 1919)
25 May 1882 - 3 Aug 1882 John Thompson Con (b. 1845 - d. 1894)
3 Aug 1882 - 28 Jul 1884 William Thomas Pipes Lib (b. 1850 - d. 1909)
28 Jul 1884 - 20 Jul 1896 William Stevens Fielding Lib (b. 1848 - d. 1929)
20 Jul 1896 - 24 Jan 1923 George Henry Murray Lib (b. 1861 - d. 1929)
24 Jan 1923 - 16 Jul 1925 Ernest Howard Armstrong Lib (b. 1864 - d. 1946)
16 Jul 1925 - 11 Aug 1930 Edgar Nelson Rhodes Con (b. 1877 - d. 1942)
11 Aug 1930 - 5 Sep 1933 Gordon Sydney Harrington Con (b. 1883 - d. 1943)
5 Sep 1933 - 10 Jul 1940 Angus L. Macdonald (1st time) Lib (b. 1890 - d. 1954)
10 Jul 1940 - 8 Sep 1945 Alexander Stirling MacMillan Lib (b. 1871 - d. 1955)
8 Sep 1945 - 13 Apr 1954 Angus L. Macdonald (2nd time) Lib (s.a.)
13 Apr 1954 - 30 Sep 1954 Harold Joseph Connolly Lib (b. 1901 - d. 1980)
30 Sep 1954 - 20 Nov 1956 Henry Davis Hicks Lib (b. 1915 - d. 1990)
20 Nov 1956 - 13 Sep 1967 Robert L. Stanfield PC (b. 1914 - d. 2003)
13 Sep 1967 - 28 Oct 1970 George Isaac Smith PC (b. 1909 - d. 1982)
28 Oct 1970 - 5 Oct 1978 Gerald A. Regan Lib (b. 1928)
5 Oct 1978 - 12 Sep 1990 John M. Buchanan PC (b. 1931)
12 Sep 1990 - 9 Feb 1991 Roger Stuart Bacon PC (b. 1926)
9 Feb 1991 - 11 Jun 1993 Don W. Cameron PC (b. 1946)
11 Jun 1993 - 18 Jul 1997 John Savage Lib (b. 1932 - d. 2003)
18 Jul 1997 - 16 Aug 1999 Russell MacLellan Lib (b. 1940)
16 Aug 1999 - 24 Feb 2006 John Hamm PC (b. 1938)
24 Feb 2006 - 19 Jun 2009 Rodney MacDonald PC (b. 1972)
19 Jun 2009 - Darrell Dexter NDP (b. 1957)
1605 Île Royale part of Acadia
15 Sep 1711 British occupation
2 Sep 1713 restored to France, becomes separate colony
16 Jul 1745 - 12 Jul 1749 British occupation
26 Jul 1758 British occupation
7 Oct 1763 ceded to Britain, part of Nova Scotia
26 Aug 1784 separate colony (Cape Breton Island)
9 Oct 1820 reincorporated into Nova Scotia
Governors
15 Sep 1711 - 2 Sep 1713 Sir Hovenden Walker (b. c.1656 - d. 1728)
2 Sep 1713 - 2 Oct 1714 Joseph Monbeton de Brouillan
de Saint-Ovide (1st time) (b. 1676 - d. 1755)
2 Oct 1714 - 16 Sep 1717 Philippe Pastour, sieur de
Costebelle (b. 1661 - d. 1717)
16 Sep 1717 - 10 Sep 1739 Joseph Monbeton de Brouillan
de Saint-Ovide (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting to Apr 1718)
10 Sep 1739 - 10 May 1740 Isaac-Louis de Forant (b. c.1658 - d. 1740)
10 May 1740 - 2 Nov 1740 de Bourville (acting)
2 Nov 1740 - 9 Oct 1744 Jean-Baptiste-Louis Prévost du
Quesnel (b. 1685 - d. 1744)
9 Oct 1744 - 16 Jul 1745 Louis du Pont du Chambon (acting) (b. 1679 - d. 1775)
16 Jul 1745 - 2 Jun 1746 Sir Peter Warren (b. 1703 - d. 1752)
(acting to Aug 1745)
2 Jun 1746 - Sep 1747 Charles Knowles (b. c.1704 - d. 1777)
Sep 1747 - 12 Jul 1749 Peregrine Thomas Hopson (acting) (b. c.1685 - d. 1759)
23 Jul 1749 - 13 Sep 1751 Charles des Herbiers de la Ralière (b. c.1700 - d. 1752)
4 Aug 1751 - Oct 1753 Jean-Louis de Raymond,
comte de Raymond (b. c.1702 - d. 1771)
Oct 1753 - 15 Aug 1754 Charles Joseph d'Ailleboust (b. 1688 - d. 1761)
(acting)
15 Aug 1754 - 26 Jul 1758 Augustin de Boschenry,
chevalier de Drucourt (b. 1703 - d. 1762)
Commanders
26 Jul 1758 - 30 Aug 1758 Jeffrey Amherst (b. 1717 - d. 1797)
30 Aug 1758 - 7 Oct 1763 William Whitmore
Lieutenant governors
26 Aug 1784 - 1787 Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres (b. 1722 - d. 1824)
1787 - 27 May 1795 William Macarmick (b. 1742 - d. 1815)
27 May 1795 - 29 Jun 1798 David Mathews (acting) (b. 17... - d. 1800)
29 Jun 1798 - 21 Jun 1799 James Ogilvie (acting) (b. c.1741 - d. 1813)
21 Jun 1799 - 16 Sep 1800 John Murray
16 Sep 1800 - 6 Jul 1807 John Despard
6 Jul 1807 - 1 Jun 1813 Nicholas Nepean
1 Jun 1813 - 6 Feb 1816 Hugh Swayne (b. 17... - d. 1836)
6 Feb 1816 - 4 Nov 1816 Fitzherbert (acting)
4 Nov 1816 - 22 Jun 1820 George Robert Ainslie (b. 1776 - d. 1839)
22 Jun 1820 - 9 Oct 1820 David Stewart (acting)
1 Apr 1999 territory created from part of the Northwest Territories Commissioners 1 Apr 1999 - 1 Apr 2000 Helen Maksagak (f) (b. 1931 - d. 2009) 1 Apr 2000 - 21 Apr 2005 Peter Irniq (b. 1947) 21 Apr 2005 - 10 Apr 2010 Ann Meekitjuk Hanson (f) (b. 1946) 11 Apr 2010 - 31 May 2010 Nellie Kusugak (f) (acting) 31 May 2010 - Edna Elias (f)
Premiers 1 Apr 1999 - 19 Nov 2008 Paul Okalik (b. 1964) 19 Nov 2008 - Eva Aariak (f) (b. 1955?)