Government and Politics

• Government to 1730
  • Fishing Admirals
  
  
• Government 1730-1815
  
  
• Reform Era 1815-1832
• Colonial Status
  
• Social Changes, 1815-1832
  
• Economic Changes, 1815-1832
  
• Legal System, 1815-1832
  
• Reform Movement
  
• Civil Governors
  
  
• Representative Government 1832-1855
• Government Structure, 1832-1855
• Electoral Districts and the Vote
• Religion and Politics, 1832-1855
• Liberals, Conservatives, and Sectarianism
• Shift Towards Responsible Government



• Responsible Government 1855-1933
  • Elections Riots of 1861
  • The Denominational Compromise
  • Building the Railway
  • Politics and Development, 1897-1914
  • Reciprocity with U.S.
  • “Entente Cordiale”
    • Newfoundland House Debate, 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
  • The State and the Great War
    • Aboriginals in WWI
    • Women on the Front Lines
    • Women on the Home Front
  • 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
  • Election List, 1855-1934
  
  
• 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
  • Government Response
  
  
• Commission of Government 1934-1949
  • Social Changes
    • Agriculture
    • Education
    • Health Care
      • Health Care Groups
    • Newfoundland Ranger Force
  • World War II
    • 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
        • Timeline
        • Agreement
      • Fort Pepperrell, St. John's
      • Harmon Field, Stephenville
      • Argentia
      • Other American Stations
    • NLers 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
      • Privy Council Documents: Introduction
      • Privy Council Documents: Volume I of Joint Appendix.
      • Table of Contents of Volume I of Joint Appendix.
        • Case on Behalf of the Colony of Newfoundland.
        • Case of the Dominion of Canada.
        • Counter-Case on Behalf of the Colony of Newfoundland.
        • Counter-Case of the Dominion of Canada.
        • Part I of Volume I of Joint Appendix.
        • Part II of Volume I of Joint Appendix.
        • Part III of Volume I of Joint Appendix.
        • Part IV of Volume I of Joint Appendix.
      • Privy Council Documents: Volume II of Joint Appendix.
      • Table of Contents of Volume II of Joint Appendix.
        • Part IV of Volume II of Joint Appendix.
        • Part V of Volume II of Joint Appendix.
        • Part VI of Volume II of Joint Appendix.
      • Privy Council Documents: Volume III of Joint Appendix.
      • Table of Contents of Volume III of Joint Appendix.
        • Part VII of Volume III of Joint Appendix.
        • Part VIII of Volume III of Joint Appendix.
      • Privy Council Documents: Volume IV of Joint Appendix.
      • Table of Contents of Volume IV of Joint Appendix.
        • Part IX of Volume IV of Joint Appendix.
        • Part X of Volume IV of Joint Appendix.
      • Privy Council Documents: Volume V of Joint Appendix.
      • Table of Contents of Volume V of Joint Appendix.
        • Part XI of Volume V of Joint Appendix.
        • Part XII of Volume V of Joint Appendix.
        • Part XIII of Volume V of Joint Appendix.
        • Part XIV of Volume V of Joint Appendix.
        • Part XV of Volume V of Joint Appendix.
        • Part XVI of Volume V of Joint Appendix.
      • Privy Council Documents: Volume VI of Joint Appendix.
      • Table of Contents of Volume VI of Joint Appendix.
        • Part XVII of Volume VI of Joint Appendix.
        • Part XVIII of Volume VI of Joint Appendix.
      • Privy Council Documents: Volume VII of Joint Appendix.
      • Table of Contents of Volume VII of Joint Appendix.
    • The Newfoundland Crisis, 1929-1934
    
    
  • Developments 1939-1949
  • British Policy and Newfoundland, 1942-1946
  • Newfoundland National Convention, 1946-1948
  • The London Delegation, 1947
  • The Ottawa Delegation, 1947
  • The 1948 Referendums
  • Why Confederation Won
  • Becoming a Province
  
  
  • Aboriginal People and Confederation
  
  
• Provincial Government 1949-1972
  • Develop or Perish
    • The “New Industries”
      • Alfred Valdmanis
        
      • Timeline
        
    • Fishery Modernization
      • During the Commission
      • Since Confederation
    • Megaprojects
      • Stephenville
        • John C. Doyle
      • Come By Chance
      • Long Harbour
    • Electrification
      • Churchill Falls: The 1969 Contract
        • Impacts
      • Bay d’Espoir Hydro-Electric Project
    • Labrador West
    • Social Changes
      • Resettlement
        • Centralization
        • The Resettlement Program
          • Petition
        • The DREE Agreement, 1970-1975
        • Was Resettlement Justified?
  
  
• Provincial Politics 1972-2001
• Aboriginal Self-Government