Sir William Frederick Lloyd (December 17, 1864 – June 13, 1937) was a newspaper editor and

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of Newfoundland from 1918 to 1919. Born in Stockport, England, Lloyd emigrated to Newfoundland in 1890 where he taught school before becoming a journalist and becoming editor of

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. He was first elected to the Newfoundland House of Assembly in 1904 as a

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and became Leader of the opposition in 1916. Due to a political crisis over conscription the government of Sir

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formed a National Government and invited Lloyd to join as

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. After Morris retired at the end of 1917, the

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asked Lloyd to form a government even though he was from a minority party. Lloyd took over the National Government but in 1919 his minister of finance, Sir

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, who had succeeded Morris as leader of the

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moved a

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and defeated the Lloyd government. Cashin became the new Prime Minister and Lloyd returned to the opposition benches. Lloyd served again in government, briefly, as minister of justice in 1924. In the

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, he was named Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George. He married Agnes Taylor in 1896; the couple had one son. William F. Lloyd died in St. John's on June 13, 1937.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, William F. 1864 births 1937 deaths Prime Ministers of the Dominion of Newfoundland Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly People from Stockport Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Newfoundland Colony people Attorneys-General of the Dominion of Newfoundland Canadian members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom