monarch governor predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place nationality party office birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
edward vii victoria , edward vii william , william macgregor macgregor henry edward mccallum , charles cavendish boyle position created james spearman winter edward morris position abolished 16 march 1927 st. john 's , newfoundland whitbourne , newfoundland newfoundlander liberal prime newfoundland minister of the dominion of newfoundland premier of 25 february 1857 1st 11th 26 september 1907 15 march 1900 robert bond.jpg robert bond
 2 march 1909 26 september 1907 robert bond
robert bond

sir robert bond -lrb- february 25 , 1857 -- march 16 , 1927 -rrb- was the last premier of newfoundland colony from 1900 to 1907 and the first prime minister of the dominion of newfoundland from 1907 to 1909 after the 1907 imperial conference conferred dominion status on the island .
he was born in st. john 's , newfoundland , as the son of merchant john bond .
bond grew up in st. john 's until 1872 when his father died and left the family a good deal of money .
he went to england where he was educated and came back to newfoundland and articled under sir william whiteway .
