Newfoundland Provincial Liberals By independentNL Feb 9, 1999 Brian Tobin wins 2nd majority goverment with 32 seats Oct 2, 2000 Tobin resigns as Premier to return to Federal politics Oct 3, 2000 Beaton Tulk named interim leader of Liberal party Feb 13, 2001 Roger Grimes sworn in as Premier after winning leadership Apr 7, 2001 Danny Williams becomes leader of the PC party Oct 21, 2003 Williams wins election with 34 of a possible 48 seats May 30, 2005 Grimes resigns leadership of Liberal party May 31, 2005 Gerry Reid becomes interim leader of Liberal party Feb 6, 2006 Jim Bennett acclaimed as leader of Liberal party May 2, 2006 Bennett resigns as Liberal leader May 29, 2006 Reid again assumes leadsership of Liberals Oct 9, 2007 Liberals reduced to 3 seats in 2007 election Nov 13, 2007 Reid resigns as leader of Liberal party Nov 15, 2007 Yvonne Jones named interim leader of Liberals Mar 2, 2010 Jones returns as full time leader of Liberals Jul 30, 2010 Jones acclaimed as Liberal leader Aug 13, 2010 Kelvin Parsons serves as interim leader Aug 9, 2011 Jones resigns as leader of Liberal party Aug 14, 2011 Kevin Aylward selected as leader of Liberal party Oct 12, 2011 Kathy Dunderdale wins election; Liberals win 6 seats Oct 26, 2011 Aylward resigns as Liberal leader