LEADER PROFILE: John Hogan

John Hogan is the leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador and is the 15th premier of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Hogan was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2021 provincial election as the Liberal member for the electoral district of Windsor Lake.

A graduate of Memorial University and Dalhousie University, he was called to the Ontario bar in 2004 and subsequently returned to this province in 2005. In 2014, Hogan started his own law firm, WPH Law. He has previously served as an elected member of the Memorial University Board of Regents and as counsel for the provincial Consumer Advocate at the Commission of Inquiry Respecting the Muskrat Falls Project.

Before taking over as Premier, he served as Minister of Justice and Public Safety, Attorney General and Minister of Health and Community Services.

On May 9, 2025, Hogan was officially sworn in as Premier at the Government House. He took over the leadership of the party and the premiership when Andrew Furey resigned. On September 15, Hogan asked the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the House of Assembly to call for an election.

The 47-year-old is married to Gillian Hogan and has two children.

We will be profiling the leaders of all of the provincial parties over the next few days.