Historical country records
Saint Lucia historical timeline
Saint Lucia
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1650 | French colony (British rule 1664-67, 1762-63, 1781-83, 1794-95, 1796-1802; neutral territory 1723-43, 1748-55) | Leaders |
| Jun 1803 | British colony | Leaders |
| 1838 - 1 Jan 1960 | part of the Windward Islands (see under Grenada) | Leaders |
| 3 Jan 1958 - 31 May 1962 | part of the Federation of the West Indies | Leaders |
| 1 Mar 1967 | associated state | Leaders |
| 22 Feb 1979 | independence | Leaders |
| 1667 - 1755 | ... | Governors |
| 1755 - 1761 | de Longueville | Governors |
| 1762 - 1763 | George Brydges Rodney | Governors |
| 1763 - 1764 | Pierre Lucien de La Chapelle de Jumilhac | Governors |
| 1764 - 1771 | Claude Anne de Micoud | Governors |
| 1771 - 1772 | Claude Anne Gui de Micoud | Governors |
| 18 Feb 1772 - Nov 1773 | Frédéric Laure de Kearney | Governors |
| 1775 - 1776 | Alexandre Potier de Courcy | Governors |
| 1776 - 1778 | Marc Étienne de Joubert | Governors |
| 1778 - 1781 | Claude Anne Gui de Micoud | Governors |
| 1781 - 1783 | Arthur St. Leger | Governors |
| 1784 - 1789 | Jean Zénon André de Véron de Laborie | Governors |
| 1789 - 1793 | Jean Joseph de Gimat | Governors |
| 1793 - 1794 | Nicolas Xavier de Ricard | Governors |
| 1794 - 1795 | Sir Charles Gordon | Governors |
| 1795 | James Stewart | Governors |
| Jun 1795 - May 1796 | Goyrand | Governors |
| May 1796 - 1797 | John Moore | Governors |
| 1797 - 1798 | James Drummond | Governors |
| 1798 - 1802 | George Prevost | Governors |
| 1802 | George Henry Vansittart | Governors |
| 1802 - 1803 | Jean François Xavier Nogues | Governors |
| 1803 - 1807 | Robert Brereton | Governors |
| 1807 - 1814 | Alexander Wood | Governors |
| 1814 - 1815 | Francis Delaval | Governors |
| 1815 - 1816 | Edward Stehelin | Governors |
| 1816 | Robert Douglas | Governors |
| 1816 - 1817 | Richard Augustus Seymour | Governors |
| 1817 - 1818 | Edward O'Hara | Governors |
| 1818 - 1819 | John Keane | Governors |
| 1819 - 1821 | John Joseph Winkler | Governors |
| 1821 - 1824 | John Montagu Mainwaring (1st time) | Governors |
| 1824 - 1826 | Nathaniel Shepherd Blackwell | Governors |
| 1826 - 1827 | John Montagu Mainwaring (2nd time) | Governors |
| 1827 - 1829 | Lorenzo Moore | Governors |
| 1829 - 18 Dec 1829 | David Stewart | Governors |
| 1829 - 1830 | Francis Power | Governors |
| 1830 - 1831 | James Alexander Farquharson | Governors |
| 1831 | George Mackie | Governors |
| 1831 - 1832 | Mark Anthony Bozon | Governors |
| 1832 - 1834 | James Alexander Farquharson | Governors |
| 1834 - 1837 | Sir Dudley St. Leger Hill | Lieutenant governors |
| 1837 - 1838 | Thomas Bunbury | Lieutenant governors |
| 1838 - 1839 | John Alexander Mein | Lieutenant governors |
| 1839 - 1841 | Mathias Everard | Lieutenant governors |
| 1841 - 1843 | George Graydon | Lieutenant governors |
| 1843 - 1844 | Andrew Clarke | Lieutenant governors |
| 1844 - 1848 | Arthur Wellesley Torrens | Lieutenant governors |
| 1848 - 1852 | Charles Henry Darling | Lieutenant governors |
| 1852 | Henry Clermont Cobbe | Lieutenant governors |
| 1852 - 1857 | Maurice Power | Lieutenant governors |
| 1857 - 1862 | Henry Heggart Breen | Administrators |
| 1862 - 1869 | James Mayer Grant | Administrators |
| 1869 - 1878 | William Des Voeux | Administrators |
| 1878 - 1879 | Arthur Elibank Havelock | Administrators |
| 1881 - 1884 | Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy | Administrators |
| 1885 - 1889 | Edward Laborde | Administrators |
| 1889 - 1891 | Robert Baxter Llewelyn | Commissioners |
| 1891 - 1896 | Valesius Skipton Gouldsbury | Commissioners |
| 1897 - 1899 | Charles Anthony King-Harman | Commissioners |
| 1900 - 1902 | Harry Langhorne Thompson | Commissioners |
| 1902 - 1905 | Sir George Melville | Commissioners |
| 1905 - 1909 | Philip Clark Cork | Commissioners |
| 1909 - 1914 | Edward John Cameron | Commissioners |
| 1914 - 1915 | William Douglas Young | Commissioners |
| 1915 - 1918 | Charles Gideon Murray | Commissioners |
| 1918 - 1927 | Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston | Commissioners |
| 1928 - 1935 | Charles William Doorly | Commissioners |
| 1935 - 1938 | Edward William Baynes | Commissioners |
| 1938 - 1944 | Arthur Alban Wright | Commissioners |
| 1944 - 1946 | Edward Francis Twining | Commissioners |
| 1947 - 1953 | John Montague Stow | Commissioners |
| 1953 - 1958 | John Kingsmill Thorp | Commissioners |
| 1958 - 1962 | Julian Edward George Asquith, Earl of Oxford and Asquith (b. 1916) | Administrators |
| Apr 1962 - 1967 | Gerald Jackson Bryan | Administrators |
| 1967 - Sep 1971 | Frederick Clarke (from 1968, Sir Frederick Clarke) (b. 1912 - d. 1980) | Governors |
| Sep 1971 - 5 Oct 1974 | Ira Marcus Simmons (from Jun 1974, Sir Ira Marcus Simmons) (b. 1917 - d. 1974) | Governors |
| 1974 - 22 Feb 1979 | Sir Allen Lewis | Governors |
| 22 Feb 1979 - 19 Jun 1980 | Sir Allen Lewis (1st time) | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 19 Jun 1980 - 13 Dec 1982 | Boswell Williams | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 13 Dec 1982 - 30 Apr 1987 | Sir Allen Lewis (2nd time) | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 30 Apr 1987 - 10 Oct 1988 | Vincent Floissac (acting) | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 10 Oct 1988 - 1 Jun 1996 | Stanislaus James (from 1992, Sir Stanislaus James) (b. 1919) | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 1 Jun 1996 - 17 Sep 1997 | George Mallet (from Feb 1997, Sir George Mallet) (b. 1923) | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 17 Sep 1997 - | Pearlette Louisy (from 1999, Dame Pearlette Louisy) (f) (b. 1946) | Governors-general (representing the British monarch as head of state) |
| 1 Jan 1960 - Apr 1964 | George Charles | Chief ministers |
| Apr 1964 - 1 Mar 1967 | John Compton | Chief ministers |
| 1 Mar 1967 - 22 Feb 1979 | John Compton | Premier |
| 22 Feb 1979 - 2 Jul 1979 | John Compton (1st time) | Prime ministers |
| 2 Jul 1979 - 4 May 1981 | Allan Louisy | Prime ministers |
| 4 May 1981 - 17 Jan 1982 | Winston Cenac | Prime ministers |
| 17 Jan 1982 - 3 May 1982 | Michael Pilgrim (interim) | Prime ministers |
| 3 May 1982 - 2 Apr 1996 | John Compton (2nd time) | Prime ministers |
| 2 Apr 1996 - 24 May 1997 | Vaughan Lewis | Prime ministers |
| 24 May 1997 - 15 Dec 2006 | Kenny Anthony | Prime ministers |
| 15 Dec 2006 - 7 Sep 2007 | Sir John Compton (3rd time) | Prime ministers |
| 1 May 2007 - | Stephenson King | Prime ministers |