Newfoundland Heritage Web Site

Table of Contents

Click on TABLE OF CONTENTS above to access a list of all Government and Politics articles.
Come By Chance Oil Refinery

During the mid-1960s, American entrepreneur John Shaheen arranged with Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Joseph Smallwood to construct an oil refinery at Come By Chance.
Megaprojects

Information about Megaprojects undertaken by the Smallwood government to further industrialize Newfoundland and Labrador.
Tanfield, Francis

Biography of Francis Tanfield, Proprietary governor of the South Falkland colony, 1623-1625/1626.
Whitbourne, Sir Richard

Biography of Sir Richard Whitbourne, Proprietary governor of Renews, 1618-1620.