William Warren (politician)

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William Warren (politician) - Wikipedia

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The Right Honourable William Warren KC L.L.D
Warren, circa 1923

7th Prime Minister of Newfoundland
In office July 24, 1923 – May 7, 1924
Monarch	George V
Governor	William Allardyce
Preceded by	Richard Squires
Succeeded by	Albert Hickman

Personal details
Born	(1879-10-09)October 9, 1879
Died	December 31, 1927(1927-12-31) (aged 48)
Nationality	Newfoundlander
Political party	Liberal Reform Party

William Robertson Warren (October 9, 1879 – December 31, 1927) was a Newfoundland lawyer, politician and judge who served as the dominion's Prime Minister from July 1923 to April 1924.

Early life

His parents were William Matthew Henry Warren, a surveyor, and Jessie Sophia Warren. He had at least one sibling, a sister, Alice Mary Warren (died 1930), who was married to Robert Brown Job, President of Job Brothers & Co., Limited.^[1]

He received his education at Bishop Feild College, St. John's, Newfoundland and Framlingham College, in England. After studying law, Warren was admitted as a solicitor in 1901^[2]

Career

Warren was first elected to the Newfoundland House of Assembly in 1903 as a Liberal and served as Speaker of the House from 1909-1913. In 1919 he became minister of justice in the Cabinet of Sir Richard Squires. The Squires government became embroiled in a scandal over allegations of corruption and misspending of government funds and Squires resigned in protest along with three other ministers in 1923. The next year Squires was forced to resign and Warren was chosen the party's new leader and prime minister. His government launched a formal inquiry into the corruption charges which resulted in the arrest and conviction of Squires and several others. Warren's supporters turned against him and moved a Motion of No Confidence that defeated his government. Warren moved to the opposition benches and formed a coalition with Tory William J. Higgins to form the new Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party that won the election a few weeks later making the conservative Walter Stanley Monroe the new prime minister.

In 1926, Warren resigned from the House of Assembly and was appointed to the colony's Supreme Court.

Personal life

He was married first to Ethel Alice Gordon, by whom he had one son, John Henry Warren, and two daughters. He was married secondly to Emilie Jackson (died 1934) by whom he had one daughter.

Warren died in 1927.

References

^ "Job's Papers Reveal His Family's Commitment to Province". From the files of The Gazette July 11, 1996. Memorial University of Newfoundland. November 2000. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
^ Bélanger, Claude (2004). "Newfoundland Biography (1497-2004)". Marianopolis College. Retrieved 14 August 2010.

External links

Pitt, Robert D. "Warren, William Robertson". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
"Hon. William Robertson Warren". London: National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
Newfoundland in the 1920s

Political offices
Preceded by Sir Richard Squires	Prime Minister of Newfoundland 1923–1924	Succeeded by Albert Hickman

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Colonial prime ministers and premiers (1855–1907)	Little Kent Hoyles Carter Bennett Carter Whiteway Thorburn Whiteway Goodridge Greene Whiteway Winter Bond
Dominion prime ministers (1907–34)	Bond Morris Crosbie Lloyd Cashin Squires Warren Hickman Monroe Alderdice Squires Alderdice
Chairmen of the Commission of Government (1934–49)	Anderson Walwyn Macdonald
Provincial premiers (1949–present)	Smallwood Moores Peckford Rideout Wells Tobin Tulk Grimes Williams Dunderdale Marshall Davis Ball Furey
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