Government and Politics

Table of Contents

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• Government: Introduction
  • Significant Dates in NL's Political History
  • Women and the Court House: Louise M. Saunders and Catherine Snow
  
  

• Government to 1730
  • Fishing Admirals
  • Administration of Law to 1729
    • Formal Law
    • Law and the Fishing Admirals
    • Royal Navy in the Early 18th Century
  
  

• Government 1730-1815
  • Naval Governors
  • Social Changes, 1730-1815
  • Economic Changes, 1730-1815
  • Naval Government 1729-1815
    • Civil Magistracy
    • Judiciary
    • Reception of Law
    • Surgeons and Criminal Justice
      • Case Study 1: Law and Forensic Medicine
      • Case Study 2: Law and Forensic Medicine
    • Eleanor Power
  • Decline of Naval Government
  
  

• Reform Era 1815-1832
  • Colonial Status
  • History of the Colonial Building
  • Social Changes, 1815-1832
  • Economic Changes, 1815-1832
  • Legal System, 1815-1832
  • Reform Movement
    • Carson and Morris
    • Lundrigan-Butler Affair
    • Campaign for Representative Government
  • Mary Travers and the House of Assembly
  • Civil Governors
  
  

• Representative Government 1832-1855
  • Government Structure, 1832-1855
  • Electoral Districts and the Vote
  • Religion and Politics, 1832-1855
  • Liberals, Conservatives, and Sectarianism
  • The 1846 St. John's Great Fire
  • Shift Towards Responsible Government
  
  

• Responsible Government 1855-1933
  • Elections Riots of 1861
  • The Denominational Compromise
  • The Newfoundland Constabulary: A Pre-Confederation History
  • Politics of Development, 1897-1914
    • Building the Railway
    • Reciprocity with U.S.
  • "Entente Cordiale"
    • Newfoundland House Debate, April 21, 1904
      • Robert Bond Speech, April 21, 1904
    • Newfoundland Council Debate, April 21, 1904
    • Newfoundland House Debate, April 22 & 26, 1904
    • Newfoundland House Debate, April 27, 1904
    • Entente Cordiale Text
  • FPU and Politics
  • 1908 Tie Election
  • Newfoundland and Labrador in the First World War
  • Prohibition in Newfoundland and Labrador: 1917-1924
  • Disasters 1892-1929
    • St. John's Fire of 1892
    • The 1914 Sealing Disaster
      • Impact of the Disaster
    • The 1918 Spanish Flu
      • Global Relations
    • The Tsunami of 1929
      • Public Response
  • Women's Suffrage
    • The Colonial Building and the Suffrage Movement
    • Frances "Fannie" McNeil
    • The Ladies' Reading Room
    • Women's Associations: 1800-1966
  • Lady Helena E. Squires
  • Election List, 1855-1934
  • History of the Vote
  
  

• Collapse of Responsible Government 1929-1934
  • Civil Unrest in 1932
    • Citizens' Meeting
    • House of Assembly Proceedings
    • Riot of April 5, 1932
  • Amulree Commission
  • Amulree Report
  • Impacts of Collapse
  • The Depression in NL
    • Impacts
      • Julia Salter Earle
    • Government Response

• Commission of Government 1934-1949
  • Social Changes
    • Agriculture
    • Education
    • Health Care
      • Health Care Groups
    • Newfoundland Ranger Force
  • Second World War
    • Canadian Presence
      • Gander
      • Botwood
      • Goose Bay
      • Torbay
      • War at Sea
        • Installations
        • Bell Island Sinkings
        • Sinking of the Caribou
          • Lundrigan Story
          • Strickland Story
        • Other U-Boat Encounters
    • The American Presence
      • Leased Bases
        • Leased Bases Timeline
        • Agreement
      • Fort Pepperrell, St. John's
      • Harmon Field, Stephenville
      • Argentia
      • Other American Stations
    • Newfoundlanders and Labradorians in the War
      • Home Defence
      • Royal Navy
      • Royal Artillery
      • Royal Air Force
      • Other Allied Forces
      • Merchant Mariners
      • Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit
      • Volunteers
    • Social Impacts
    • Economic Impacts
  
  

• Confederation, 1864-1949
  • Quebec Conference, 1864
    • Executive Council Minutes
    • Conference Resolutions
    • Newfoundland Delegation Report
  • The Debate, 1864-1869
    • Charles Bennett's Objections, 1864-65
    • Frederic Carter's Pro-Confederate Speech, 1865
    • Ambrose Shea's Pro-Confederate Speech, 1865
    • Hugh Hoyle's Pro-Confederate Speech, 1865
    • Anti-Confederate Replies, 1865
    • Terms of Union (Draft), 1869
  • Election of 1869
    • Election Speeches, 1869
    • The Anti- Confederation Song, 1869
  • Relations with Canada 1870-1895
    • Halifax Conference, 1892
    • Confederation Negotiations, 1895
  • Relations with Canada 1895-1939
    • The Labrador Boundary
      • The Labrador Boundary Dispute Documentation (PDF)
    • The Newfoundland Crisis, 1929-1934
  • Developments 1939-1949
    • Newfoundland and Canada: The War Years, 1939-1945
    • British Policy and Newfoundland, 1942-1946
    • Newfoundland National Convention, 1946-1948
      • Lester Burry's Speeches
      • The London Delegation, 1947
      • The Ottawa Delegation, 1947
    • The 1948 Referendums
      • Electoral Districts
      • ...And oh, what a battle it was!
      • Independent and Confederate Newspapers Cartoons
      • Independent Newspaper Article: March 29, 1948
      • Independent Newspaper Article: May 13, 1948
        
      • Independent and Confederate Letters to the Editor
        • Canadian Taxes – The Daily News: May 25, 1948
        • Have Faith – The Daily News: May 29, 1948
        • According to Conviction – The Evening Telegram: May 31, 1948
        • War Vet – The Independent: July 15, 1948
        • Honest Beliefs – The Evening Telegram: July 20, 1948
        • A Patriotic Appeal – The Daily News: July 22, 1948
        • Wants Appeal Made – The Daily News: July 27, 1948
        • Calling All Patriots – The Daily News: August 2, 1948
        • What Are We Thinking Of? – The Daily News: August 5, 1948
      • Anti and Pro Confederate Songs and Poetry: Battle Song
        • Hero of '48
        • Newfoundland's Dream
        • Spider and Guy
      • Biography: Chesley Crosbie
      • Biography: Edward Roche
      • Biography: Gordon Bradley
      • Biography: Gordon Higgins
      • Biography: Joseph Smallwood
      • Biography: Lester Burry
      • Biography: Peter Cashin
      • Biography: William Keough
    • Why Confederation Won
    • Referendum Voting Trends by District
    • Significant Dates in the Confederation Process
    • Becoming a Province
    • Terms of Union
      • Terms of Union Text
    • Dora Russell: Editor of the Evening Telegram
    • Indigenous People and Confederation
    • Glossary: The Confederation Debate
    
    

• Provincial Government 1949-1972
  • Develop or Perish
    • The "New Industries"
      • Alfred Valdmanis
        
      • Timeline: Economic Development Plan
        
    • Fishery Modernization
      • During the Commission
      • Since Confederation
    • Megaprojects
      • Come By Chance
      • Long Harbour
      • Linerboard Mill
        • John C. Doyle
    • Electrification
      • Churchill Falls: The 1969 Contract
      • Bay d'Espoir Hydro-Electric Project
    • Labrador West
    • Social Changes, 1949-1972
      • Resettlement
        • Centralization
        • The Resettlement Program
          • Petition
        • The DREE Agreement, 1970-1975
        • Was Resettlement Justified?
  
  

• Provincial Politics 1972-2001
  • Changing Government 1971-72
    • Timeline: Changing Government 1971-72
  • The Moores Government 1972-1979
  • The Peckford Government 1979-1989
    • Response to the Ocean Ranger Disaster
    • The 1985 Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord
      • The 2005 Offshore Arrangement
    • The Sprung Greenhouse
  • The Wells Government 1989-1996
    • Meech Lake
    • Mount Cashel Orphanage Abuse Scandal
    • Mount Cashel Orphanage Abuse Scandal Timeline
  • The Tobin Government, 1996-2000
  • The Grimes Government, 2001-2003
  • Timeline: Williams Government, 2003-2007
  • Timeline: Williams Government, 2007-2010
  • Indigenous Self-Government
  • The Modern Women's Movement
    • Women in Politics
    • Women in Politics - Tables
    • St. John's Status of Women Council
  • Social Changes
    • Cultural Renaissance
    • Population Statistics

• Archives and Special Collections
  • Robert Bond: Part I
  • Robert Bond: Part II
  • Robert Bond: Part III
  • Robert Bond: Part IV
  • Cassie Brown: Death on the Ice
  • Dora Russell
  • Albert Butt
  • John Garland
  • John Guy News Sheet: Newfoundland's Oldest Document
    • John Guy News Sheet: Original Document
  • Jack Higgins
  • Robert Holland Tait
  • Robert Brown Job
  • Stella Maris Meaney
  • Henry (Harry) Mews
  • Grace Patten Sparkes
  • Prime Minister William Whiteway
  • Political Corruption in the House of Assembly
  • Newfoundland House of Assembly Caricature
  • New Equipment for the Centre for Newfoundland Studies
  • World War I and Owen William Steele
  • World War I Letters and Frances Cluett
  • World War I Volunteers
  • Records of a Padre During World War II

• Government House
  • Background and Construction
  • Setting and Influence
  • Inventory
  • Virtual Tour
    • The Grounds
    • Vestibule and Hall
    • Dining Room
    • Drawing Room
    • Ballroom
    • Royal Suite
• Governorship, 1610-present
  • Proprietary Governors
  • Naval Governors, 1729-1824
  • Civil Governors 1825-1854
  • Colonial Governors
  • Commission Governors
  • Lieutenant Governors
• Governor Profiles
• Women and Government House