Newfoundland Heritage Web Site

Table of Contents

Click on TABLE OF CONTENTS above to access a list of all Government and Politics articles.
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
Cultural Renaissance

During the late 1960s and 1970s, Newfoundland and Labrador experienced what has been variously called a cultural renaissance, revival, or revolution.
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.
Relations with Canada, 1870-1895

Newfoundland might have rejected confederation with Canada in 1869, but it still had to get along with its neighbour to the west.
Relations with Canada, 1895-1939

This article talks about Newfoundland's relations with Canada from 1895-1939.