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. 1864 - d. 1937) 23 Mar 1937 - 1 Feb 1950 John Campbell Bowen (b. 1872 - d. 1957) 1 Feb 1950 - 16 Dec 1959 John James Bowlen (b. 1876 - d. 1959) 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 Garvin Steinhauer (b. 1905 - 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. 1929 - d. 2005) 20 Jan 2005 - 11 May 2010 Normie Kwong (b. 1929 - d. 2016) 11 May 2010 - 12 Jun 2015 Donald Ethell (b. 1937) 12 Jun 2015 - 26 Aug 2020 Lois Mitchell (f) (b. 1939) 26 Aug 2020 - Salma Lakhani (f)
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. 1868 - d. 1949) 23 Nov 1925 - 10 Jul 1934 John E. Brownlee UFA (b. 1883 - 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 - d. 2016) 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 - 23 Mar 2014 Alison Redford (f) PC (b. 1965) 23 Mar 2014 - 15 Sep 2014 Dave Hancock PC (b. 1955) 15 Sep 2014 - 24 May 2015 Jim Prentice PC (b. 1956 - d. 2016) 24 May 2015 - 30 Apr 2019 Rachel Notley (f) NDP (b. 1964) 30 Apr 2019 - 11 Oct 2022 Jason Kenney UCP (b. 1968) 11 Oct 2022 - Danielle Smith (f) UCP (b. 1971)
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. 1771/72 - d. 1814)
22 May 1814 - 21 Mar 1821 James Keith (acting) (b. 1782 - d. 1851)
13 Aug 1821 - 1823 John Haldane (b. c.1775 - d. 1857)
1823 - 1824 John Dugald Cameron (b. c.1777 - d. 1857)
1824 - 19 Mar 1825 Alexander Kennedy (b. c.1781 - d. 1832)
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.)
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)
Lieutenant governors
5 Jul 1871 - 27 Jun 1876 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 Frank Stillman Barnard (from 1 Jan
1918, Sir Frank Stillman 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. 1879 - 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. 1961)
1 Oct 1950 - 3 Oct 1955 Clarence Wallace (b. 1894 - d. 1982)
3 Oct 1955 - 12 Oct 1960 Frank Mackenzie Ross (b. 1891 - d. 1971)
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 - d. 2013)
25 Sep 2001 - 1 Oct 2007 Iona Campagnolo (f) (b. 1932)
1 Oct 2007 - 2 Nov 2012 Steven Point (b. 1951)
2 Nov 2012 - 24 Apr 2018 Judith Guichon (f) (b. 1947)
24 Apr 2018 - Janet Austin (f) (b. 1956?)
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 14 Jun
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 - d. 2018)
22 Dec 1975 - 6 Aug 1986 William Richards Bennett SC (b. 1932 - d. 2015)
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 - 18 Jul 2017 Christy Clark (f) Lib (b. 1965)
18 Jul 2017 - 18 Nov 2022 John Horgan NDP (b. 1959)
18 Nov 2022 - David Eby NDP (b. 1976)
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 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 Édouard 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 Daniel Hunter McMillan (from
26 Jun 1902, Sir Daniel Hunter
McMillan) (b. 1846 - d. 1933)
1 Aug 1911 - 3 Aug 1916 Douglas Colin Cameron (from 1 Jan
1914, 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. 1957)
1 Aug 1953 - 15 Jan 1960 John Stewart McDiarmid (b. 1882 - d. 1965)
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 - d. 2016)
4 Aug 2009 - 19 Jun 2015 Philip S. Lee (b. 1944)
19 Jun 2015 - 24 Oct 2022 Janice Filmon (f) (b. 1943)
24 Oct 2022 - Anita Neville (f) (b. 1942)
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 14
Jun 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 - 14 Jan 1943 John Bracken LP (b. 1883 - d. 1969)
14 Jan 1943 - 13 Nov 1948 Stuart Sinclair Garson LP (b. 1898 - d. 1977)
13 Nov 1948 - 30 Jun 1958 Douglas Lloyd Campbell Lib (b. 1895 - d. 1995)
30 Jun 1958 - 27 Nov 1967 Dufferin Roblin PC (b. 1917 - d. 2010)
27 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 - d. 2015)
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 - 3 May 2016 Greg Selinger NDP (b. 1951)
3 May 2016 - 1 Sep 2021 Brian Pallister PC (b. 1954)
1 Sep 2021 - 2 Nov 2021 Kelvin Goertzen PC (b. 1969)
2 Nov 2021 - 18 Oct 2023 Heather Stefanson (f) PC (b. 1970)
18 Oct 2023 - Wab Kinew NDP (b. 1981)
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) (b. 1757 - d. 1846)
17 Dec 1808 - 28 Apr 1809 George Johnstone
28 Apr 1809 - 10 Sep 1811 Martin Hunter (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Sep 1811 - 14 Nov 1811 Willam Balfour (b. 1759 - d. 1811)
14 Nov 1811 - 15 Jun 1812 Martin Hunter (3rd time) (s.a.)
15 Jun 1812 - 17 Aug 1813 George Stracey Smyth (1st time) (b. 1767 - d. 1823)
17 Aug 1813 - 14 Aug 1814 Sir Thomas Saumarez (b. 1760 - d. 1845)
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 John Murray Bliss (acting) (b. 1771 - d. 1834)
28 Aug 1824 - Jul 1831 Sir Howard Douglas (b. 1776 - d. 1861)
30 Mar 1829 - 9 Sep 1831 William Black (b. 1771 - d. 1866)
(acting [for Douglas to Jul 1831])
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 John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton (b. 1814 - d. 1877)
26 Oct 1861 - 30 Sep 1866 Arthur Hamilton Gordon (b. 1829 - d. 1912)
30 Sep 1866 - 18 Oct 1867 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 William George 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 - d. 2015)
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 - 23 Oct 2014 Graydon Nicholas (b. 1946)
23 Oct 2014 - 2 Aug 2019 Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau (f) (b. 1956 - d. 2019)
2 Aug 2019 - 8 Sep 2019 Marc Richard (acting)
8 Sep 2019 - Brenda Murphy (f) (b. 1959?)
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 - 16 Aug 1867 Peter Mitchell Cnf (b. 1824 - d. 1899)
16 Aug 1867 - 25 May 1870 Andrew Rainsford Wetmore Cnf (b. 1820 - d. 1892)
9 Jun 1870 - 22 Feb 1871 George Edwin King (1st time) Con (b. 1839 - d. 1901)
22 Feb 1871 - 5 Jul 1872 George Luther Hatheway Con (b. 1813 - d. 1872)
Jul 1872 - 4 May 1878 George Edwin King (2nd time) Con (s.a.)
4 May 1878 - May 1882 John James Fraser Con (s.a.)
May 1882 - 3 Mar 1883 Daniel Lionel Hanington Con (b. 1835 - d. 1909)
3 Mar 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 - d. 2018)
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 - 7 Oct 2014 David Alward PC (b. 1959)
7 Oct 2014 - 9 Nov 2018 Brian Gallant Lib (b. 1982)
9 Nov 2018 - Blaine Higgs PC (b. 1954?)
5 Aug 1583 English colony (Newfoundland)
5 May 1855 self-government
Dec 1917 Dominion of Newfoundland
16 Feb 1934 self-government suspended
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. 1666 - d. 1742)
1701 John Graydon (b. c.1666 - d. 1726)
1702 John Leake (b. 1656 - d. 1720)
1703 ...
1704 - 1705 Timothy Bridges (b. c.1670 - d. af.1708)
1706 - 1707 John Underdown
1708 Peter Chamberlain
1708 Thomas Mitchell
8 Jan 1709 - 6 Oct 1709 Joseph Taylour (commander) (b. c.1662 - d. 1734)
1710 John Aldred
1711 Josias Crowe (b. 16... - d. 1714)
1712 Sir Nicholas Trevanion (b. c.1670 - d. 1737)
1713 Robert Leake
1714 Charles Fotherby (b. 16... - d. 1720)
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. 1682? - d. 1753)
1739 - 1740 Henry Medley (b. 1687 - d. 1747)
1740 George Grahame
1741 Thomas Smith (1st time) (b. 1707? - 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. 1724 - 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 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 - Aug 1846 Sir John Harvey (b. 1778 - d. 1852)
Aug 1846 - Apr 1847 Robert Law (acting) (b. c.1788 - d. 1874)
Apr 1847 - 28 Jul 1852 Sir 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 Anthony Musgrave (b. 1828 - d. 1888)
Jul 1869 - 1876 Stephen John Hill (from 28 May
1874, 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 - 8 Sep 1883 Sir Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley
Maxse (b. 1832 - d. 1883)
8 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 Henry Arthur Blake (from 7 Nov
1888, 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)
Apr 1895 - Jan 1899 Sir Herbert Harley Murray (b. 1829 - d. 1904)
3 Mar 1899 - 1901 Sir Henry Edward McCallum (b. 1852 - d. 1919)
1901 Joseph Ignatius Little (acting) (b. 1835 - d. 1902)
1901 - 1904 Sir Cavendish Boyle (b. 1849 - d. 1916)
May 1904 - Sep 1904 William Henry Horwood (1st time) (b. 1862 - d. 1945)
(acting)
1904 - 1909 Sir William MacGregor (b. 1846 - d. 1919)
1909 Sir William Henry Horwood
(2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
1909 - Dec 1913 Sir Ralph Williams (b. 1848 - d. 1927)
Dec 1913 - Oct 1917 Walter Edward Davidson (from 22
Jun 1914, Sir Walter Edward
Davidson) (b. 1859 - d. 1923)
Oct 1917 - Sep 1922 Sir 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 Murray 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. 1888 - 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 - d. 2017)
5 Nov 1991 - 5 Feb 1997 Frederick William Russell (b. 1923 - d. 2001)
5 Feb 1997 - 1 Nov 2002 A.M. House (b. 1926 - d. 2013)
1 Nov 2002 - 4 Feb 2008 Edward Roberts (b. 1940 - d. 2022)
4 Feb 2008 - 19 Mar 2013 John Crosbie (b. 1931 - d. 2020)
19 Mar 2013 - 3 May 2018 Frank Fagan (b. 194...)
3 May 2018 - 14 Nov 2023 Judy Foote (f) (b. 1952)
14 Nov 2023 - Joan Marie Aylward (f)
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 Hugh W. Hoyles Con (b. 1814 - 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 28 May
1880, Sir William Whiteway)
(1st time) Con (b. 1828 - d. 1908)
Oct 1885 - Dec 1889 Robert Thorburn (from 18 Apr
1887, 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 28 Oct
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 1 Jan
1919, 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 3 Jun
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 - d. 2019)
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 - 24 Jan 2014 Kathy Dunderdale (f) PC (b. 1952)
24 Jan 2014 - 26 Sep 2014 Tom Marshall PC (b. 1946)
26 Sep 2014 - 14 Dec 2015 Paul Davis PC (b. 1961)
14 Dec 2015 - 19 Aug 2020 Dwight Ball Lib (b. 1957?)
19 Aug 2020 - Andrew Furey Lib (b. 1975)
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 - d. 2022) 20 Jun 2012 - 4 May 2016 Sarah Leo (f) 4 May 2016 - Johannes Lampe
First ministers 1 Dec 2005 - 13 May 2010 Tony Andersen (1st time) 13 May 2010 - 13 May 2014 Darryl Shiwak 13 May 2014 - 3 Dec 2019 Kate Mitchell (f) 3 Dec 2019 - 21 Jan 2020 Tony Andersen (2nd time) (acting) 21 Jan 2020 - 20 May 2022 Tyler Edmunds 20 May 2022 - Tony Andersen (3rd time)
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 Evance (2nd time) (b. c.1655 - d. 1712)
1712 - 1743 Sir Bibye Lake, Sr. (b. 1684 - d. 1744)
1743 - 1746 Benjamin Pitt (b. ... - d. 1746)
1746 - 1750 Thomas Knapp (b. c.1685 - d. 1750)
1750 - 1760 Sir Atwell Lake (b. 1713 - d. 1760)
1760 - 1770 Sir William Baker (b. 1705 - d. 1770)
1770 - 1782 Sir Bibye Lake, Jr.
1782 - 1799 Samuel Wegg (b. 1723 - d. 1802)
1799 - 1807 Sir James Winter Lake (b. 1741 - d. 1807)
1807 - 1812 William Mainwaring (b. 1737 - d. 1812)
1812 - 1822 Joseph Berens (b. 1773? - d. 1853)
1822 - 13 Aug 1852 John Henry Pelly (from 6 Jul 1840,
Sir John Henry Pelly) (b. 1777 - d. 1852)
1852 - 1856 Andrew Wedderburn Colvile (b. 1779 - d. 1856)
1856 - 1858 John Shepherd (b. 1792 - d. 1859)
1858 - 2 Jul 1863 Henry Hulse Berens (b. 1804 - d. 1883)
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 (b. 1669 - d. 1732)
1714 - 30 May 1718 James Knight (b. c.1640 - d. 1719)
30 May 1718 - 1722 Henry Kelsey (b. c.1667 - d. 1724)
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) (b. c.1716 - d. 1761)
1741 - 1746 Thomas White (2nd time)
1746 - 1748 James Isham (2nd time) (s.a.)
1748 - 1750 John Newton (b. ... - d. 1750)
1750 - 1761 James Isham (3rd time) (s.a.)
1761 Andrew Graham (b. c.1733 - d. 1815)
1761 - 1762 Humphrey Marten (1st time) (b. c.1729 - d. c.1791)
1762 - 1775 Ferdinand Jacobs (b. c.1713 - d. 1783)
1775 - 1781 Humphrey Marten (2nd time) (s.a.)
1781 - 1782 Matthew Cocking (b. 1743 - 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) (s.a.)
1786 - 1798 Joseph Colen (b. c.1751 - d. 1818)
1798 - 1802 John Ballenden (b. c.1755 - d. 1817)
1802 - 1809 John MacNab (b. 1755 - d. 1820)
1809 - 1810 William Hemmings Cook (b. 1768 - d. 1846)
at Fort Albany:
1698 - 1700 James Knight (2nd time) (s.a.)
1700 - 13 Sep 1705 John Fullartine (2nd time) (b. c.1652 - d. 1738)
13 Sep 1705 - 26 May 1708 Anthony Beale (1st time) (s.a.)
26 May 1708 - 27 May 1711 John Fullartine (3rd time) (s.a.)
26 Sep 1711 - 20 May 1713 Anthony Beale (2nd time) (s.a.)
1713 - 1715 Richard Staunton (1st time) (b. 16... - d. af.1741)
1715 - 1721 Thomas McLeish
1721 - 1723 Joseph Myatt (1st time) (b. 16... - d. 1730)
1723 - 1726 Richard Staunton (2nd time) (s.a.)
1726 - 1730 Joseph Myatt (2nd time) (s.a.)
1730 - 1737 Joseph Adams (b. c.1700 - d. 1737)
1737 - 1739 Thomas Bird (b. ... - d. 1739)
1739 - 1740 Rowland Waggoner (b. ... - d. 1740)
1740 - 1741 George Spence (1st time)
1741 - 1748 Joseph Isbister (1st time) (b. c.1710 - d. 1771)
1748 - 1753 George Spence (2nd time)
1753 - 1756 Joseph Isbister (2nd time) (s.a.)
1756 - 1764 Robert Temple
1764 - 1768 Humphrey Marten (1st time) (s.a.)
1768 - 1769 Thomas Hopkins
1769 - 1774 Humphrey Marten (2nd time) (s.a.)
1774 - 1782 Thomas Hutchins (b. 1730 - d. 1789)
1782 - 1789 Edward Jarvis (1st time) (b. 17... - d. c.1800)
1789 - 1790 John MacNab (1st time) (s.a.)
1790 - 1792 Edward Jarvis (2nd time) (s.a.)
1792 - 1800 John MacNab (2nd time) (s.a.)
1800 - 1807 John Hodgson (1st time) (b. c.1763 - d. 1833)
1807 - 1808 Thomas Vincent (b. c.1776 - d. 1832)
1808 - 1810 John Hodgson (2nd time) (s.a.)
at Fort Churchill (from 1731, Fort Prince of Wales):
1690 - 1717 abandoned
1717 - 1722 Richard Staunton (s.a.)
1722 - 1723 Nathaniel Bishop (b. 16... - d. 1723)
1723 - 1727 Richard Norton (1st time) (b. 1701 - d. 1741)
1727 - 1731 Anthony Beale (s.a.)
1731 - 1735 Richard Norton (2nd time) (s.a.)
1735 - 1736 James Napper (b. ... - d. 1737)
1736 - 16 Aug 1741 Richard Norton (3rd time) (s.a.)
16 Aug 1741 - 1745 James Isham (s.a.)
1745 - 1749 Robert Pilgrim (b. ... - d. 1750)
1749 - 1752 Joseph Isbister (s.a.)
1752 - 1759 Ferdinand Jacobs (1st time) (s.a.)
1759 - 1760 Moses Norton (1st time) (b. c.1735 - d. 1773)
1760 - 1762 Ferdinand Jacobs (2nd time) (s.a.)
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) (b. c.1770 - d. c.1830)
1798 - 1800 Thomas Stayner (2nd time)
1800 - 1802 John MacNab
1802 - 1804 William Auld (2nd time) (s.a.)
1804 - 1805 Thomas Topping (1st time)
1805 - 1808 William Auld (3rd time) (s.a.)
1808 - 1809 Thomas Topping (2nd time)
1809 - 1810 William Auld (4th time) (s.a.)
Superintendents of the Northern Department
30 May 1810 - 9 Apr 1814 William Auld (s.a.)
1814 - 1815 Thomas Thomas (b. c.1766 - d. 1828)
Superintendents of the Southern Department
1810 - 1814 Thomas Thomas (s.a.)
1814 - 1815 Thomas Vincent (s.a.)
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. 1831 - d. 1898)
4 Oct 1898 - 1 Sep 1905 Amédée Emmanuel Forget (b. 1847 - d. 1923)
Commissioners
1 Sep 1905 - 27 Sep 1918 Frederick 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)
30 Apr 1934 - 3 Dec 1936 Roy A. Gibson (acting) (b. 1885 - d. 1953)
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 - d. 2015)
15 Apr 1979 - 31 Jul 1989 John Havelock Parker (b. 1929 - d. 2020)
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 - d. 2022)
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 - 10 May 2016 George L. Tuccaro (b. 1950)
10 May 2016 - 18 Sep 2017 Gerry Kisoun (acting) (b. 1953)
18 Sep 2017 - Margaret M. Thom (f)
Chairmen of the Executive Committee
Dec 1891 - Aug 1892 Frederick W.A.G. Haultain
(1st time) (b. 1857 - d. 1942)
Aug 1892 - Dec 1892 Hugh Cayley (b. 1857 - d. 1934)
Dec 1892 - Oct 1897 Frederick W.A.G. Haultain
(2nd time) (s.a.)
Premier
7 Oct 1897 - 1 Sep 1905 Frederick W.A.G. Haultain (s.a.)
Government leaders (from Feb 1994, premiers)
16 Jun 1980 - 12 Jan 1984 George Braden (b. 1949 - d. 2015)
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 - 25 Oct 2019 Bob McLeod (b. 1952)
25 Oct 2019 - Caroline Cochrane (f) (b. 1960)
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 Caulfeild (b. 1685 - 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) (b. c.1784 - d. 1868)
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 (from
28 Jul 1863, Marquess of Normanby) (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 Charles Hastings Doyle (from 23
Jun 1869, Sir Charles Hastings
Doyle) (s.a.)
1 May 1873 - 4 Jul 1873 Joseph Howe (b. 1804 - d. 1873)
4 Jul 1873 - 4 Jul 1883 Adams 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 Malachy Bowes Daly (from 1 Jan
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. 1961)
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 - d. 2020)
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) (b. 1946)
12 Apr 2012 - 28 Jun 2017 John James Grant (b. 1936)
28 Jun 2017 - Arthur Joseph LeBlanc (b. 1943)
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 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 - d. 2019)
5 Oct 1978 - 12 Sep 1990 John M. Buchanan PC (b. 1931 - d. 2019)
12 Sep 1990 - 9 Feb 1991 Roger Stuart Bacon PC (b. 1926 - d. 2021)
9 Feb 1991 - 11 Jun 1993 Donald Cameron PC (b. 1946 - d. 2021)
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 - 22 Oct 2013 Darrell Dexter NDP (b. 1957)
22 Oct 2013 - 23 Feb 2021 Stephen McNeil Lib (b. 1964)
23 Feb 2021 - 31 Aug 2021 Iain Rankin Lib (b. 1983)
31 Aug 2021 - Tim Houston PC (b. 1970)
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 François Le Coutre de Bourville (b. c.1670 - d. af.1744)
(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 (b. c.1739 - d. 1824)
16 Sep 1800 - 6 Jul 1807 John Despard (b. 1745 - d. 1829)
6 Jul 1807 - 1 Jun 1813 Nicholas Nepean (b. 1757 - d. 1823)
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) (1st time) (b. 1955?)
(acting)
31 May 2010 - 12 May 2015 Edna Elias (f) (b. 1955?)
12 May 2015 - 22 Jun 2020 Nellie Kusugak (f) (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting to 23 Jun 2015)
23 Jun 2020 - 14 Jan 2021 Rebekah Williams (f) (acting) (b. 1950)
14 Jan 2021 - Eva Aariak (f) (b. 1955?)
Premiers
1 Apr 1999 - 19 Nov 2008 Paul Okalik (b. 1964)
19 Nov 2008 - 19 Nov 2013 Eva Aariak (f) (s.a.)
19 Nov 2013 - 21 Nov 2017 Peter Taptuna (b. 1956?)
21 Nov 2017 - 14 Jun 2018 Paul Quassa (b. 1952)
14 Jun 2018 - 19 Nov 2021 Joe Savikataaq (b. 1960?)
19 Nov 2021 - P.J. Akeeagok (b. 1984)