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Newfoundland House of Assembly Debate April 21, 1904

House of Assembly Debate, April 21, 1904--Exploration--Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web
House of Assembly Debate, April 22, 1904

House of Assembly Debate, April 22, 1904 and April 26, 1904--Exploration--Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web
House of Assembly Debate, April 21, 1904

House of Assembly Debate, April 27, 1904--Exploration--Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web
Sir Robert Bond's Speech (extracts)
Campaign for Representative Government

The process through which Newfoundland acquired a local legislature in 1832 has long been misunderstood.
No Doubt About It - The "Bows" Have It!

An explanation of the 1832 cartoon of the Newfoundland House of Assembly by noted British caricaturist John Doyle.
Carson and Morris

The platforms of William Carson and Patrick Morris, two of the most important leaders of the reform movement in Newfoundland
F.B.T. Carter's Pro-Confederate Speech, 1865

Extracts from Speech by F.B.T. Carter (Conservative, District of Burin), House of Assembly Debate, February 2, 1865.
Civil Governors

Civil governors represented the authority of the crown in Newfoundland and Labrador and upheld the colony's Constitution.
The Colonial Building

The importance of the Colonial Building to suffrage, the Chinese, and Bella 'Bobbie' Robertson.
Decline of Naval Government

Newfoundland and Labrador experienced tremendous social and economic changes during the late-18th and early-19th centuries.
Electoral Districts and the Vote

Citizens on the island of Newfoundland won the right to vote and run for political office in 1832, when Britain granted the colony representative government.
Newfoundland Executive Council Minutes, 1864

Extract From Minutes of [Executive] Council, Tuesday, 13th September, 1864, Journal of the House of Assembly, 1865, Appendix pp. 846-47.
Archives Contain Last Will and Testament of First Speaker

An overview of the career of John Bingley Garland (1791-1875), businessman and the first speaker of the Newfoundland House of Assembly.
Government Structure, 1832-1855

An Explanation of the structure of Newfoundland government from 1832-1855.
History of the Vote

Today, Canadian citizens aged 18 and older have the right to vote in federal, provincial, and municipal elections. This is known as universal suffrage.
House of Assembly Proceedings

House of Assembly Proceedings from The Daily News, April 6, 1932
H.W. Hoyles Pro-Confederate Speech, 1865

An account of the speech by Premier H.W. Hoyles (Conservative, District of Burin) Assembly Debate, February 14, 1865. <em>The Newfoundlander</em>, March 16, 1865.
Jack Higgins: Newfoundlander Through and Through

The story of Jack Higgins (1891-1963), lawyer, war veteran, poet, anti-confederate, and Canadian Senator.
Lundrigan-Butler Affair

The events surrounding the Lundrigan-Butler affair, perhaps the most celeberated legal case in Newfoundland and Labrador history, where two fisherman were publically whipped for outstanding debts to a local merchant.

Matching Articles"Politics" (Total 38)

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