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  • The 1908 Tie Election
    The election of 1908 resulted in the two parties winning the same number of seats, and produced Newfoundland and Labrador's most famous constitutional crisis
  • Administration of Law to 1729
    An article on the administration of law in Newfoundland to 1729
  • Agriculture and the Commission of Government
    How the Commission of Government affected agriculture in Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Fishery Modernization During the First 20 Years of Confederation
    In June 1948 the people of Newfoundland voted by a small but comfortable margin to join the Canadian Confederation.
  • Great Depression - Impacts on the Working Class
    The Great Depression was a time of widespread poverty and suffering in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Events Leading up to the Great Depression
    Factors that caused the eventual Great depression that began in the fall of 1929 and did not end until World War II.
  • Draft Terms of Union, 1869
    Minutes of Conference Between the Committee of the Privy Council of Canada and the Undersigned Delegates from the Colony of Newfoundland, on the Subject of a Union of That Province with the Dominion of Canada. Dominion of Canada, <em>Sessional Papers 1869</em>, Volume V, No. 51.
  • Economic Changes, 1730-1815
    The cod fishery continued to dominate the Newfoundland and Labrador economy during the period of naval government despite dramatic changes.
  • Canada and the Newfoundland Crisis, 1929-1934
    The Great Depression hit Newfoundland hard. Its exposed, fragile economy contracted as export prices fell.
  • The Commission of Government and Education
    When the Commission of Government took office in 1934, Newfoundland and Labrador's education system was in desperate need of improvement.
  • Fishery Modernization - The Early Days
    The saltfish industry in Newfoundland, as a cyclical extractive industry dependent on an open-access resource, went through multiple periods of boom and bust.
  • Fishing Admirals
    The 'fishing admiral' was a label assigned to the first ship captain who entered the harbour at the start of the fishing season.
  • Formal Law
    An article on formal law in Newfoundland up to 1729.
  • Government from 1730 to 1815
    This article is about the Government in Newfoundland and Labrador between 1730 and 1815. A misunderstood time in history.
  • Government before 1730
    Newfoundland's legal and political evolution differed considerably from other British possessions and colonies in North America.
  • Government Response to the Great Depression
    The outbreak of the Great Depression in the fall of 1929 caused much economic hardship in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • 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.
  • Law and the Fishing Admirals
    An article on the Newfoundland Fishing Admirals and the Law up to 1729.
  • Megaprojects
    Information about Megaprojects undertaken by the Smallwood government to further industrialize Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Naval Government 1729-1815
    Compared with other 18th-century regimes, the legal system that governed Newfoundland prior to 1815 was relatively stable and effective.

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