Richard Squires

The Right Honourable
Sir Richard Squires
KCMG
The Right Honourable Sir Richard Squires KCMG
6th Prime Minister of Newfoundland
	In office; November 17, 1928 – June 11, 1932
Monarch	George V
Governor	John Middleton
Preceded by	Frederick C. Alderdice
Succeeded by	Frederick C. Alderdice
	In office; November 17, 1919 – July 24, 1923
Monarch	George V
Governor	Charles Alexander Harris; William Allardyce
Preceded by	Michael Patrick Cashin
Succeeded by	William Warren
Preceded by
Legislative offices
Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly; for Humber
	In office; October 29, 1928 – June 11, 1932
Preceded by	Thomas Power (as MHA for St. George's)
Succeeded by	F. Gordon Bradley
Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly; for St. John's West
	In office; November 3, 1919 – June 2, 1924 Serving with ; Henry J. Brownrigg (1919–23); John R. Bennett (1919–23); Charles Hunt (1923–24); Michael Cashin (1923–24)
Preceded by	Edward Morris; Michael Kennedy
Succeeded by	John Crosbie; William Browne; William Linegar
Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly; for Trinity Bay
	In office; May 8, 1909 – October 30, 1913 Serving with Robert Watson and Edwin Grant
Preceded by	George W. Gushue; Arthur Miller
Succeeded by	John G. Stone; Archibald Targett; William F. Lloyd
Personal details
Born	January 18, 1880; Harbour Grace, Colony of Newfoundland
Died	March 26, 1940 (aged 60); St. John's, Newfoundland
Political party	People's (1908–13); Liberal Reform (1919–24); Liberal (1928–32)
Spouse	Helena Squires (m. 1905)
Education	Dalhousie Law School

Sir Richard Anderson Squires KCMG (January 18, 1880 – March 26, 1940) was the Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1919 to 1923 and from 1928 to 1932.

As prime minister, Squires attempted to reform Newfoundland's fishing industry, but failed at doing so. He also attempted to diversify Newfoundland's economy. However, his two tenures as prime minister were both marred by serious corruption. He lost the position in 1923 after an arrest for bribery. In 1932, he narrowly escaped a riot, which forced him from power, and temporarily ended democracy in Newfoundland.

While Squires retired after the riot, he continued to campaign against rule by the British Crown under the Commission of Government. He died in 1940, at the age of 60.