Election List, 1855-1934: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage

Government to 1730

Government
1730-1815

Reform Era
1815-1832

Representative Government
1832-1855

Responsible Government
1855-1933

Election Riots of 1861

Denominational Compromise

Building the Railway

Politics and Development, 1897-1914

Reciprocity with U.S.

"Entente Cordiale"

FPU and Politics

1908 Tie Election

The State and the Great War

Disasters

Women's Suffrage

Election List, 1855-1934

Collapse of Responsible Government
1929-1934

Commission of Government
1934-1949

Confederation
1864-1949

Provincial Government
1949-1972

Provincial Politics
1972-2001

Election List, 1855-1934

Election**	Party	Premier*	Comments
1855	Liberal	P.F. Little
1859	Liberal	J. Kent	Kent dismissed by the governor
1861	Conservative	H.W. Hoyles
1865	Conservative	F.B.T. Carter	Included some senior Liberals
1869	Anti-confederate	C.J.F. Bennett
1873	Anti-confederate	C.J.F. Bennett	Government collapsed
1874	Conservative	F.B.T. Carter
1878	Conservative	W.V. Whiteway
1882	Conservative	W.V. Whiteway	Conservative-Liberal coalition
1885	Reform	R. Thorburn
1889	Liberal	W.V. Whiteway	A new, pro-railway Liberal party
1893	Liberal	W.V. Whiteway
1897	Tory	J.S. Winter	Government collapsed
1900	Liberal	R. Bond
1904	Liberal	R. Bond
1908	-------	-------	Tie election
1909	People's	E.P. Morris
1913	People's	E.P. Morris
1919	Liberal Reform	R.A. Squires
1923	Liberal Reform	R.A. Squires	Government collapsed. Several short-lived administrations followed.
1924	Liberal Conservative	W.S. Monroe
1928	Liberal	R.A. Squires
1932	United Newfoundland	F.C. Alderdice
1934	-------	-------	Suspension of responsible government

*The title "prime minister"was used from 1909.

**General elections took place every four years and in the Fall. Exceptions were the result of a political crisis or other exceptional circumstances. Deviations from the rule occurred in 1861, 1874, 1885, 1900, 1909, 1919 and 1924.