[St. John's] The History Of St. John's - Page 7

EnvisionSaintJohn · #**121** Posted **Feb 14, 2025, 10:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by xzmattzx

Was there an official residence of the Prime Minister of Newfoundland, before it became part of Canada?

I believe it would have been a Governor General, not a Prime Minister?

Edit: Guess not lol

Not only did the Dominion of Newfoundland have a PM, it also had a Governor. Hopefully that doesn’t give Trump any ideas lol

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domi...f_Newfoundland

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bond

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_MacGregor

xzmattzx · #**122** Posted **Feb 20, 2025, 4:55 AM**

Was there a dedicated residence for the prime minister then? Or did they live in their own houses?

Architype · #**123** Posted **Feb 20, 2025, 5:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by xzmattzx

Was there a dedicated residence for the prime minister then? Or did they live in their own houses?

I don't think so, there was only a residence for the lieutenant governor, built 1827-1831, and still in use.

However, the closest thing to an "official" residence for a premier was the one built for Smallwood in 1958, called Newfoundland House, but I think it was meant to remain in the family.

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Joey Smallwood gave the house to the people of Newfoundland as a continuing symbol of his legacy of modernization, but no subsequent government has been willing to fulfil this wish.

It was considered a stellar example of contemporary modern architecture at the time. It's in this article; if you scroll down to page 100, there is a write up and photos of it.

https://dalspaceb.library.dal.ca/ser...b80184/content