Roger Grimes

The Honourable Roger Grimes CM
8th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
In office February 13, 2001 – November 6, 2003
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Lieutenant Governor	Arthur Maxwell House Edward Moxon Roberts
Preceded by	Beaton Tulk
Succeeded by	Danny Williams
Leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
In office February 3, 2001 – May 30, 2005
Preceded by	Beaton Tulk
Succeeded by	Gerry Reid
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Exploits
In office April 20, 1989 – May 30, 2005
Preceded by	Hugh Twomey
Succeeded by	Clayton Forsey
Personal details
Born	(1950-05-02) May 2, 1950 (age 74) Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada[1]
Political party	Liberal Party
Spouse	Mary Ann Lewis
Alma mater	Memorial University, B.S., B.Ed., M.Ed.[1]

Roger D. Grimes CM (born May 2, 1950) is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador. Grimes was born and raised in the central Newfoundland town of Grand Falls-Windsor.

Grimes is a former leader of the province's Liberal Party and was its eighth premier from February 2001 until November 2003.

A teacher by profession, Grimes was elected president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers’ Association in 1985, a position he held for two years.