Government and Politics

• Government to 1730
  • Fishing Admirals
  
  
• Government 1730-1815
  • Naval Governors
  • Social Changes, 1730-1815
  • Economic Changes, 1730-1815
  • Decline of Naval Government
  
  
• 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
  • The 1846 Great Fire
  • 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
  • Women's Suffrage
    • Women's Associations: 1800-1966
  • 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
        • Part XIX of Volume VII of Joint Appendix
      • Privy Council Documents: Volume VIII of Joint Appendix
      • Table of Contents of Volume VIII of Joint Appendix
        • Part XX of Volume VIII of Joint Appendix
      • Privy Council Documents: Volume IX of Joint Appendix
      • Table of Contents of Volume IX of Joint Appendix
        • Part I of Volume IX of Joint Appendix
        • Part II of Volume IX of Joint Appendix
        • Part III of Volume IX of Joint Appendix
        • Part IV of Volume IX of Joint Appendix
        • Alphabetical Index
      • Privy Council Documents: Volume X of Joint Appendix
        • Newfoundland Additional Documents
        • Canada Additional Documents
        • Chronological Index
      • Privy Council Documents: Volume XI of Joint Appendix
        • Table of Contents of Volume XI 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
    • Terms of Union
      • Terms of Union Text
    
    
  • 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
  • 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
  • Aboriginal Self-Government
  • The Modern Women's Movement
    • Women in Politics
    • Women in Politics - Tables
  • Social Changes
    • Cultural Renaissance
    • Population Statistics