List of Prime Ministers of Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Empire from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. At the start of her reign, responsible government outside of the United Kingdom itself was unknown, but starting in the 1840s this would change.

During her reign Victoria was served by well over 33 Prime Ministers: 15 from New Zealand, 10 from the United Kingdom, 7 from the Dominion of Canada and 1 from Australia.

Australia

Sir Edmund Barton

1–22 January 1901

Canada

Pre-Confederation

New Brunswick

Premiers of the Colony of New Brunswick (1854–1867)
	1st	Charles Fisher[1] (1st time of 2)	1 November 1854 May 1856	16th	Elected June 1854
	2nd	John Hamilton Gray[2]	21 June 1856 June 1857	17th	Elected 24 June 1856
	—	Charles Fisher[1] (2nd time of 2)	1 June 1857 19 March 1861	18th	Elected 8 May 1857 Resigned 19 March 1861
	3rd	Samuel Leonard Tilley	19 March 1861 March 1865		Designated 19 March 1861
	19th			Elected 6 June 1861
	4th	Albert J. Smith[3] (Anti-Confederation, unofficially)	21 September 1865 14 April 1866	20th	Elected 24 June 1865 Resigned 14 April 1866
	5th	Peter Mitchell[4] (Confederation Party, unofficially)	14 April 1866 August 1867		Designated 14 April 1866
	21st ...			Elected May 1866 Resigned August 1867

Newfoundland

Philip Francis Little
1st premier of
Newfoundland

Premiers of the Colony of Newfoundland (1854–1901)
Philip Francis Little	7 May 1855	15 July 1858
John Kent	16 July 1858	March 1861
Hugh Hoyles	March 1861	March 1865
Frederick Carter	April 1, 1865	February 14, 1870
Charles Fox Bennett	February 1870	1874
Frederick Carter	31 January 1874	1 April 1878
William Whiteway	1 April 1878	12 October 1885
Robert Thorburn	12 October 1885	December 1889
Whiteway	December 1889	April 1894
Augustus F. Goodridge	April 1894	12 December 1894
Daniel Joseph Greene	December 1894	1895
William Whiteway	1895	1897
James Spearman Winter	1897	15 March 1900
Robert Bond	15 March 1900	22 January 1901

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia became the very first colony to have permanent responsible government in the history of the British Empire.

      Confederation Party       Nova Scotia Liberal Party       Nova Scotia New Democratic Party       Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

Premiers of the Colony of Nova Scotia (1848–1867)

Premier (party)			Period	Assembly	Length of tenure
	1st	James Boyle Uniacke (Liberal)	February 2, 1848 April 3, 1854	18th[N 1]	6 years, 60 days
	19th
		2nd	William Young (Liberal) (1st of 2 non-consecutive terms)	April 4, 1854 February 20, 1857	2 years, 322 days
	20th
		3rd	James William Johnston (Conservative) (1st of 2 non-consecutive terms)	February 24, 1857 February 7, 1860	2 years, 348 days
	22nd[N 2]
		—	William Young (Liberal) (2nd of 2 non-consecutive terms)	February 10, 1860 August 3, 1860	175 days
		4th	Joseph Howe (Liberal)	August 3, 1860 June 5, 1863	2 years, 306 days
	—	James William Johnston (Conservative) (2nd of 2 non-consecutive terms)	June 11, 1863 May 11, 1864	23rd	335 days
	5th	Charles Tupper (Confederation Party)	May 11, 1864 July 3, 1867		3 years, 53 days

Became part of Canada in 1867

Prince Edward Island

Colony of Prince Edward Island (1851–1873)
	1st	George Coles (Liberal) (1st time of 3)	24 April 1851 1854	...	Designated 24 April 1851
	2nd	John Holl (Conservative)	1854 1855	19th 20th ...	Elected 1854 Re-elected 1854 Resigned 1855
	—	George Coles (Liberal) (2nd time of 3)	1855 1859	...	Designated 1855
	3rd	Edward Palmer (Conservative)	1859 1863	21st	Elected 1859
	4th	John Hamilton Gray (Conservative)	1863 1865	22nd ...	Elected 1863 Resigned 1865
	5th	James Colledge Pope (Conservative) (1st time of 2)	1865 1867	...	Designated 1865
	—	George Coles (Liberal) (3rd time of 3)	1867 1869	23rd 24th ...	Elected 1867 Re-elected 1867 Resigned 1869
	6th	Joseph Hensley (Liberal)	1869 1869	... ...	Designated 1869 Resigned 1869
	7th	Robert Poore Haythorne (Liberal) (1st time of 2)	1869 1870	... ...	Designated 1869 Resigned 1870
	—	James Colledge Pope (Conservative) (2nd time of 2)	1870 1872	... 25th ...	Designated 1870 Re-elected 1871 to a coalition Resigned 1872
	—	Robert Poore Haythorne (Liberal) (2nd time of 2)	1872 April 1873	...	Designated 1872 to a coalition

Became Part of Canada in 1873

Post-Confederation 1867-1901

	Sir John A. Macdonald	1 July 1867–5 November 1873 17 October 1878 – 6 June 1891
	Alexander Mackenzie	7 November 1873 – 8 October 1878
	Sir John Abbott	16 June 1891 – 24 November 1892
	Sir John Thompson	5 December 1892 – 12 December 1894
	Sir Mackenzie Bowell	21 December 1894 – 27 April 1896
	Sir Charles Tupper	1 May 1896 – 8 July 1896
	Sir Wilfrid Laurier	11 July 1896 – 22 January 1901

Cape Colony

Prime Minister Cecil John Rhodes

No.	Name	Party	Assumed office	Left office
1	Sir John Charles Molteno	Independent	1 December 1872	5 February 1878
2	Sir John Gordon Sprigg	Independent	6 February 1878	8 May 1881
3	Thomas Charles Scanlen	Independent	9 May 1881	12 May 1884
4	Thomas Upington	Independent	13 May 1884	24 November 1886
—	Sir John Gordon Sprigg (2nd time)	Independent	25 November 1886	16 July 1890
5	Cecil John Rhodes	Independent	17 July 1890	3 May 1893
—	Cecil John Rhodes (2nd time)	Independent	4 May 1893	12 January 1896
—	Sir John Gordon Sprigg (3rd time)	Independent	13 January 1896	13 October 1898
6	William Philip Schreiner	Independent	13 October 1898	17 June 1900

New Zealand

• From 1856 until 1869 the office now referred to as Prime Minister of New Zealand was called Colonial Secretary and from 1869 until 1907 was called Premier of New Zealand.

	Henry Sewell	7 May 1856 – 20 May 1856
	William Fox	20 May 1856–2 June 1856 12 July 1861–6 August 1862 28 June 1869–10 September 1872 3 March 1873 – 8 April 1873
	Edward Stafford	2 June 1856–12 July 1861 16 October 1865–28 June 1869 10 September 1872 – 11 October 1872
	Alfred Domett	6 August 1862 – 30 October 1863
	Frederick Whitaker	30 October 1863 – 24 November 1864
	Frederick Weld	24 November 1864–16 October 1865 21 April 1882 – 25 September 1883
	George Waterhouse	11 October 1872 – 3 March 1873
	Julius Vogel	8 April 1873–6 July 1875 15 February 1876 – 1 September 1876
	Daniel Pollen	6 July 1875 – 15 February 1876
	Harry Atkinson	1 September 1876–13 October 1877 25 September 1883–16 August 1884 28 August 1884–3 September 1884 8 October 1887 – 24 January 1891
	George Grey	13 October 1877 – 8 October 1879
	John Hall	8 October 1879 – 21 April 1882
	Robert Stout	16 August 1884–28 August 1884 3 September 1884 – 8 October 1887
	John Ballance	24 January 1891 – 27 April 1893
	Richard Seddon	27 April 1893 – 22 January 1901

United Kingdom

	William Lamb The Viscount Melbourne	20 June 1837 – 30 August 1841
	Sir Robert Peel	30 August 1841 – 29 June 1846
	Lord John Russell	30 June 1846–21 February 1852 29 October 1865 – 26 June 1866
	Edward Smith–Stanley The Earl of Derby	23 February 1852–17 December 1852 20 February 1858–11 June 1859 28 June 1866 – 25 February 1868
	George Hamilton–Gordon The Earl of Aberdeen	19 December 1852 – 30 January 1855
	Henry John Temple The Viscount Palmerston	6 February 1855–19 February 1858 12 June 1859 – 18 October 1865
	Benjamin Disraeli	27 February 1868–1 December 1868 20 February 1874 – 21 April 1880
	William Ewart Gladstone	3 December 1868–17 February 1874 23 April 1880–9 June 1885 1 February 1886–20 July 1886 15 August 1892 – 2 March 1894
	Robert Gascoyne–Cecil The Marquess of Salisbury	23 June 1885–28 January 1886 25 July 1886–11 August 1892 25 June 1895 – 22 January 1901
	Archibald Primrose The Earl of Rosebery	5 March 1894 – 22 June 1895

See also

• British Empire
• Constitutional monarchy

References

1. "Fisher, Charles (Hon.)" (PDF). Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
2. "John Hamilton Gray" (PDF). Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
3. "Albert J. Smith" (PDF). Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
4. "Peter Mitchell" (PDF). Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 9 November 2008.

1. Before Nova Scotia had its own system of responsible government, 17 assemblies had already existed.
2. There was no 21st Assembly. Due to an error made in 1860, the 21st Assembly was referred to as the 22nd, and this mistake has been perpetuated in the numbering of future assemblies.