Robert Bond

Sir Robert Bond KCMG ( born February 26, 1857 in St. John's, Newfoundland, † March 16, 1927 in Whitbourne, Newfoundland ) was a Canadian politician from the Liberal Party and 1900-1909 Prime Minister of Newfoundland.

Life

Bond began his political career in 1882 when he was first elected as a protégé of Prime Minister William Whiteway in the general election as Member of the House of Representatives. As early as 1884 he was elected to the House of Representatives Speaker (Speaker ), but this office exercised only a year until the election defeat of the Liberal Party in 1885.

After the Liberal Party in 1889 won the elections to the Chamber of Deputies and Whiteway became prime minister again, this appointed him as Colonial Secretary to the Executive Council of the British colony. This office he held until the defeat of the Liberals in the general elections and was elected Party of Newfoundland after the withdrawal Whiteways from politics as his successor to the Chairman of the Liberal. In this role, he was also Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives.

When the government of the conservative Tory party was overthrown by Prime Minister James Spearman Winter by a vote of no confidence, Bond was asked to form a new government, and on March 6, 1900 Prime Minister of the colony of Newfoundland.

In the general election on November 8, 1900, the Liberal Party achieved a landslide victory with Bond: With 32 of 36 seats in the House, she won the largest ever majority in the Parliament of Newfoundland. In 1901 he was elevated to Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in the personal nobility and led henceforth the title Sir. Also reached in the elections of October 31, 1904 Bond another impressive victory, winning more than 30 seats in the House of Representatives.

Bond remained Prime Minister in 1907, even after the change of legal status from a colony of Newfoundland in a Dominion in December. The next elections to the House of Representatives on November 2, 1908, however, led to a constitutional crisis, as both bonds and the Liberal Party led by Edward Morris People's Party each won 18 parliamentary seats. He subsequently went on 22 February 1909 by the Office of the Prime Minister back that Morris finally took over on March 2, 1909. The proclaimed by Morris early elections, the People's Party won 26 seats with a wide majority, while the Liberal Party won only ten seats and Bond again became leader of the opposition.

He remained in this role until the end of 1913 and was replaced as leader of the Liberal opposition leader by James M. Kent early in 1914. On 10 January 1914 he resigned his seat as a member of the House of Representatives of Newfoundland and withdrew from public life.