List of governors of Newfoundland and Labrador

The following is a list of governors, commodore-governors, and lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador. Though the present day office of the lieutenant governor in Newfoundland and Labrador came into being only upon the province's entry into Canadian Confederation in 1949, the post is a continuation from the first governorship of Newfoundland in 1610.

Proprietary governors of Newfoundland, 1610–1728

#	Image	Name	Colony	Term start	Term end
Governors under James I (1610–1625):
	File:NFLD stamp John Guy.jpg	John Guy	Cuper's Cove	1610	1614
	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	John Mason	Cuper's Cove	1615	1621
	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Robert Hayman	Bristol's Hope	1618	1628
	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Sir Richard Whitbourne	Renews	1618	1620
	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Sir Francis Tanfield	South Falkland	1623	1626
	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Edward Wynne	Ferryland	1621	1625
Governors under Charles I (1625–1649):
	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Sir Arthur Aston	Avalon	1625	1627
	File:Baron George Calvert by Daniel Mytens I.jpg	The Lord Baltimore	Avalon	1627	1629
	File:Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, by Gerard Soest (1670).jpg	The Lord Baltimore<ref group="n" name="Baltimore">The Lord Baltimore became the de facto Governor of Avalon upon the death of his father, the first Baron Baltimore.</ref>	Avalon	1629	1632
	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	William Hill	Avalon	1634	1638
1.	File:OUR FIRST FOOTING IN CANADA. CHAMPLAIN SURRENDERING QUEBEC TO ADMIRAL KIRKE. JULY 20 1629.jpg	Sir David Kirke	Newfoundland	1638	→
Governors under Oliver Cromwell (1649–1658):
1.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	cont...		←	1651
2.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	John Treworgie	Newfoundland	1653	→
Governors under Richard Cromwell (1658–1660):
2.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	cont...		←	→
Governors under Charles II (1660):
2.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	cont...		←	1660

Governors of Plaisance, 1655–1713

#	Image	Name	Term start	Term end
Governors under Louis XIV (1655–1713):
	File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg	Sieur de Kéréon	1655	1660
	File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg	Nicolas Gargot de la Rochette	1660	1662
	File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg	Thalour Du Perron	1662	1663
	File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg	Lafontaine Bellot	1664	1667
	File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg	Sieur de la Palme	1667	1670
	File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg	Sieur de la Poippe	1670	1684
	File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg	Antoine Parat	1685	1690
	File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg	Louis de Pastour de Costebelle	1690	1691
	File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg	Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan	1690	1701
	File:Grand Royal Coat of Arms of France.svg	Joseph de Monic	1697	1702
	File:Daniel d'Auger de Subercase.jpg	Daniel d'Auger de Subercase	1702	1706
	File:Philippe de Pastour de Costebelle.png	Philippe Pastour de Costebelle	1706	1713

Lieutenant-governors of Placentia, 1713–1770

#	Image	Name	Governor from	Governor until
Lieutenant-Governors under George I (1713–1727) (Subject to Governor of Nova Scotia and Placentia):
1.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	John Moody<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1714	1717
2.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Martin Purcell (governor)	1717	1717
3.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Samuel Gledhill<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1717	1729
Lieutenant-Governors under George II (1727–1760):
1.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Henry Cope<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1736	?1742
1.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Otho Hamilton<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1744	c.1764
1.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Joseph Goreham<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1770

Commodore-governors of Newfoundland, 1729–1825

The Commodore-Governor was a British Royal Navy official who was commander of the annual fishing convoy which left England each spring to fish off Newfoundland and was charged with protecting the convoys from harm. He was also responsible for various administrative and judicial functions, including assisting the fishing admirals in maintaining law and order and compiling the annual report on the fishery for the English government. By 1818, the colony had a significant enough permanent population to justify having a resident governor.

#	Image	Name	Term start	Term end
Governors under George II (1729–1760):
3.	File:Captain Henry Osborn by Claude Arnulphy.jpg	Henry Osborn	1729	1730
4.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	George Clinton	1731	1731
5.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Edward Falkingham	1732	1732
6.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Robert MacCarty, Viscount Muskerry	1733	1734
7.	File:Vice-Admiral Fitzroy Henry Lee (1699-1750), by British school of the 18th century.jpg	FitzRoy Henry Lee	1735	1737
8.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Philip Vanbrugh	1738	1738
9.	File:Henry Medley Faber.jpg	Henry Medley	1739	1740
10.	File:Commodore Thomas Smith.jpg	Thomas Smith	1741	1741
11.	File:John Byng.jpg	John Byng<ref group="n" name="Byng">John Byng's elder brother, Robert Byng, was the great-great-grandfather of The Viscount Byng of Vimy, who served as Governor General of Canada from 1921 to 1926.</ref>	1742	1742
10.	File:Commodore Thomas Smith.jpg	Thomas Smith (second time)	1743	1743
12.	File:Admiral Sir Charles Hardy, 1780.jpg	Sir Charles Hardy	1744	1744
13.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Richard Edwards	1745	1745
14.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	James Douglas Template:Post-nominals	1746	1746
15.	File:Thomas McIlworth - General John Bradstreet - Google Art Project.jpg	John Bradstreet	1747	1747
15.	File:Charles Watson.jpg	Charles Watson	1748	1748
16.	File:Admiral of the White by Thomas Gainsborough.jpg	The Lord Rodney	1749	1749
17.	File:Francis William Drake (1724 - c. 1788).jpg	Francis William Drake	1750	1752
18.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Hugh Bonfoy	1753	1754
19.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Richard Dorrill	1755	1756
20.	File:Richard Edwards Royal Navy Admiral by Nathaniel Dance 1780.jpg	Richard Edwards	1757	1759
21.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	James Webb	1760	→
Governors under George III (1760–1820):
21.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	cont...	←	1760
22.	File:Admiral Lord Graves, 1st Baron Graves of Gravesend, by Thomas Gainsborough.jpg	Thomas Graves	1761	1763
23.	File:HughPalliser.jpg	Sir Hugh Palliser	1764	1768
24.	File:John Byron-Joshua Reynolds-1759.jpg	John Byron	1769	1771
25.	File:Molyneux Shuldham (c. 1717-1798).jpg	Molyneux Shuldham	1772	1774
26.	File:Robert Duff (- 1787).jpg	Robert Duff	1775	1775
27.	File:John Montagu (1719-1795).jpg	John Montagu	1776	1778
28.	File:Richard Edwards Royal Navy Admiral by Nathaniel Dance 1780.jpg	Richard Edwards	1779	1781
29.	File:1782 campbell.jpg	John Campbell	1782	1785
30.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	John Elliot	1786	1788
31.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Mark Milbanke	1789	1791
32.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Sir Richard King Template:Post-nominals	1792	1793
33.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Sir James Wallace	1794	1796
34.	File:Admiral William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock (1753-1825) by James Northcote.jpg	William Waldegrave	1797	1799
35.	File:Captain Charles Morice Pole, by John Francis Rigaud.jpg	Sir Charles Morice Pole Template:Post-nominals	1800	1801
36.	File:James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier by Joseph Slater.jpg	James Gambier	1802	1803
37.	File:Admiral Sir Erasmus Gower.jpg	Sir Erasmus Gower	1804	1806
38.	File:John Holloway (1744-1826).jpg	John Holloway	1807	1809
39.	File:Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817).jpg	Sir John Thomas Duckworth Template:Post-nominals	1810	1812
40.	File:Richard Goodwin Keats 2.jpg	Sir Richard Goodwin Keats	1813	1816
41.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Francis Pickmore	1817	1818
42.	File:Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton (1767-1849), by William Beechey.jpg	Sir Charles Hamilton Template:Post-nominals	1818	→
Governors under George IV (1820–1825):
42.	File:Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton (1767-1849), by William Beechey.jpg	cont...	←	1825

Civil governors of Newfoundland, 1825–1855

#	Image	Name	Term start	Term end
Governors under George IV (1825–1830):
43.	File:Thomas-john-cochrane.jpg	Sir Thomas John Cochrane	1825	→
Governors under William IV (1830–1837):
43.	File:Thomas-john-cochrane.jpg	cont...	←	1834
44.	File:Sir Henry Prescott (1783-1874).jpg	Sir Henry Prescott	1834	→
Governors under Queen Victoria (1837–1855):
44.	File:Sir Henry Prescott (1783-1874).jpg	cont...	←	1841
45.	File:John Harvey.jpg	Sir John Harvey Template:Post-nominals	1841	1846
	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Robert Law (colonial administrator)	1846	1847
46.	File:SirGaspardLeMarchant,LtGovOfNovaScotia.jpg	Sir John Le Marchant	1847	1852
47.	File:Ker Baillie Hamilton (1804-1889).jpg	Ker Baillie-Hamilton	1852	1855

Colonial governors of Newfoundland, 1855–1907

#	Image	Name	Term start	Term end
Governors under Queen Victoria (1855–1901):
48.	File:Portrait of Sir Charles Darling 1863 wood engraving.jpg	Sir Charles Henry Darling	1855	1857
49.	File:Sir Alexander Bannerman.jpg	Sir Alexander Bannerman	1857	1864
50.	File:AnthonyMusgrave.jpg	Sir Anthony Musgrave	1864	1869
51.	File:Stephen John Hill 1870.jpg	Sir Stephen John Hill Template:Post-nominals	1869	1876
52.	File:Sir John Hawley Glover (1829-1885).jpg	Sir John Hawley Glover Template:Post-nominals	1876	1881
53.	File:Crimean War 1854-56 Q71496.jpg	Sir Henry Berkeley Fitzhardinge Maxse Template:Post-nominals	1881	1883
52.	File:Sir John Hawley Glover (1829-1885).jpg	Sir John Hawley Glover (second time) Template:Post-nominals	1883	1885
54.	File:Sir G. William Des Voeux.jpg	Sir William Des Vœux	1886	1887
55.	File:Henry Arthur Blake.jpg	Sir Henry Arthur Blake Template:Post-nominals	1887	1889
56.	File:Sir John Terence Nicholls O'Brien (1830-1903).jpg	Sir John Terence Nicholls O'Brien	1889	1895
57.	File:Sir Herbert Harley Murray (1829-1904).jpg	Sir Herbert Harley Murray	1895	1898
58.	File:Sir Henry Edward McCallum (1852-1919).jpg	Sir Henry Edward McCallum	1898	→
Governors under Edward VII (1901–1907):
58.	File:Sir Henry Edward McCallum (1852-1919).jpg	cont...	←	1901
59.	File:Sir Cavendish Boyle.jpg	Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle Template:Post-nominals	1901	1904
60.	File:Sir William MacGregor.jpg	Sir William MacGregor Template:Post-nominals	1904	1907

Governors of the Dominion of Newfoundland, 1907–1934

#	Image	Name	Term start	Term end
Governors under Edward VII (1907–1910):
60.	File:Sir William MacGregor.jpg	Sir William MacGregor (continued) Template:Post-nominals	1907	1909
61.	File:Ralph Champneys Williams.jpg	Sir Ralph Champneys Williams Template:Post-nominals	1909	→
Governors under George V (1910–1934):
61.	File:Ralph Champneys Williams.jpg	cont...	←	1913
62.	File:WEDavidson.jpg	Sir Walter Edward Davidson Template:Post-nominals	1913	1917
63.	File:Sir Charles Alexander Harris (1855-1947).jpg	Sir Charles Alexander Harris	1917	1922
64.	File:William Lamond Allardyce.jpg	Sir William Allardyce Template:Post-nominals	1922	1928
65.	File:Sir John Middleton (1870-1954).jpg	Sir John Middleton	1928	1932
66.	File:David Murray Anderson.jpg	Sir David Murray Anderson Template:Post-nominals	1933	1934

Commission governors of Newfoundland, 1934–1949

#	Image	Name	Term start	Term end
Governors under George V (1934–1936):
66.	File:David Murray Anderson.jpg	Sir David Murray Anderson (continued) Template:Post-nominals	1934	1935
67.	File:Humphrey T. Walwyn.jpg	Sir Humphrey T. Walwyn Template:Post-nominals	1936	→
Governors under Edward VIII (1936):
67.	File:Humphrey T. Walwyn.jpg	cont...	←	→
Governors under George VI (1936–1949):
67.	File:Humphrey T. Walwyn.jpg	cont...	←	1946
68.	File:Lord Macdonald.jpg	Gordon MacDonald	1946	1949

Lieutenant governors of Newfoundland, 1949–1999

#	Image	Name	Term start	Term end
Governors under George VI (1949–1952):
69.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Sir Albert Walsh	1949	1949
70.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Sir Leonard Outerbridge Template:Post-nominals	1949	→
Governors under Elizabeth II (1952–1999):
70.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	cont...	←	1957
71.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Campbell Leonard Macpherson	1957	1963
72.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Template:Post-nominals Fabian O'Dea Template:Post-nominals	1963	1969
73.	File:Hon. E. John A. Harnum.jpg	Ewart John Arlington Harnum Template:Post-nominals	1969	1974
74.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Gordon Arnaud Winter Template:Post-nominals	1974	1981
75.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	William Anthony Paddon Template:Post-nominals	1981	1986
76.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	James McGrath Template:Post-nominals	1986	1991
77.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Frederick Russell Template:Post-nominals	1991	1997
78.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Arthur Maxwell House Template:Post-nominals	1997	1999

Lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1999–present

#	Image	Name	Term start	Term end
Governors under Elizabeth II (1999–2022):
78.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Arthur Maxwell House Template:Post-nominals	1999	2002
79.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Edward Roberts Template:Post-nominals	2002	2008
80.	File:John Crosbie (crop).jpg	John Crosbie Template:Post-nominals	2008	2013
81.<ref group="†" name="Term2">Colour denotes living former lieutenant governors</ref>	File:Frank Fagan.jpg	Frank Fagan Template:Post-nominals	2013	2018
82.	File:Judy Foote.jpg	Judy Foote Template:Post-nominals	2018	→
Governors under Charles III (2022–present):
82.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	cont...	←	2023
83.	File:Badge of the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg	Joan Marie Aylward	2023	Present

See also

• Office-holders of Canada
• Canadian incumbents by year

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