William F. Lloyd

Sir William Frederick Lloyd PC KCMG (* 1864 in Stockport, Devon, England; † June 13, 1937 in St. John's, Newfoundland) was a Canadian politician from the Liberal Party and 1918-1919 Prime Minister of the Dominion Newfoundland.

Life

Lloyd was active at the beginning of the 20th century in the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, and supported the election campaign of Robert Bond, who became prime minister in March 1900. In 1904 he was first elected as a candidate of the Liberal Party as a member in the House of Representatives of the Dominion Newfoundland and represented the constituency of Trinity there. At the general election in 1908 he suffered during his candidacy in the constituency of Port de Grave, a defeat, resigned from the House of Representatives and not decided in the early general elections 1909 election.

At the general election in 1913, he was re-elected as a representative of the constituency of Trinity in the House of Representatives and was a member of the liberal opposition to Prime Minister Edward Morris. After Robert Bond in 1914 as Chairman of the Liberal Party resigned, first was James M. Kent, his successor. 1916 eventually became the new Chairman of the Liberal Party elected the province and thus also the leader of the opposition to Prime Minister Lloyd Morris.

However, in 1917 he joined as Attorney General in the Morris -led coalition after the planned general elections were postponed because of the First World War to 1918.

Following the resignation of Edward Morris on December 31, 1917, he was first appointed Acting Prime Minister and with the formation of a new government. On 5 January 1918 he was finally 13th Prime Minister of Newfoundland. During his tenure, he led the military in April 1918 and moved at the same time the necessary general elections in 1919. 1918 he was not only a member of the British Privy Council ( Privy Council ), but at the same time Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George and introduced as such the predicate sir. After the end of World War I he was employed as one of the delegates of the United Kingdom and the Dominions to the participants of the Paris Peace Conference.

When he returned from the Peace Conference to Newfoundland, the last parliamentary elections were six years ago. Despite clear signs of emerging political discontent, he announced on 10 April 1919 he further postponement of the elections, then joined but on 22 May 1919 as Prime Minister of the Dominion Newfoundland back.

Later he became Registrar of the Supreme Court. In May 1924 Prime Minister Albert Hickman appointed him as Minister of Justice in his until June 1924 Acting for a month transitional government.