This is a list of premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador, since the jurisdiction joined Canadian confederation in 1949, in order of time served in office as of July 7, 2023. The preceding premier always stays in office during an election campaign, and that time is included in the total.
Rank | Premier | Incumbency | Dates in power | Mandates | Party |
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1 | Joey Smallwood | 22 years, 292 days | 1949–1972 | 7 | █ Liberal |
2 | Brian Peckford | 9 years, 330 days | 1979–1989 | 3 | █ Progressive Conservative |
3 | Frank Moores | 7 years, 67 days | 1972–1979 | 2 | █ Progressive Conservative |
4 | Danny Williams | 7 years, 27 days | 2003–2010 | 2 | █ Progressive Conservative |
5 | Clyde Wells | 6 years, 266 days | 1989–1996 | 2 | █ Liberal |
6 | Brian Tobin | 4 years, 264 days | 1996–2000 | 2 | █ Liberal |
7 | Dwight Ball | 4 years, 249 days | 2015–2020 | 1 | █ Liberal |
8 | Kathy Dunderdale | 3 years, 52 days | 2010–2014 | 1 | █ Progressive Conservative |
9 | Andrew Furey (incumbent) | 2 years, 322 days | 2020–present | 1 | █ Liberal |
10 | Roger Grimes | 2 years, 266 days | 2001–2003 | 0 | █ Liberal |
11 | Paul Davis | 1 year, 79 days | 2014–2015 | 0 | █ Progressive Conservative |
12 | Tom Marshall | 244 days | 2014 | 0 | █ Progressive Conservative |
13 | Beaton Tulk | 120 days | 2000–2001 | 0 | █ Liberal |
14 | Tom Rideout | 44 days | 1989 | 0 | █ Progressive Conservative |
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