Sir Robert Bond ( February 25 , 1857 &ndash; March 16 , 1927 ) was the last Premier of Newfoundland Colony from 1900 to 1907 and the first prime minister of the Dominion of Newfoundland from 1907 to 1909 after the 1907 Imperial Conference conferred dominion status on the island . He was born in St. John 's , Newfoundland , as the son of merchant John Bond . Bond grew up in St. John 's until 1872 when his father died and left the family a good deal of money . He went to England where he was educated and came back to Newfoundland and articled under Sir William Whiteway
1907 Imperial Conference
1907 Imperial Conference
Robert Bond