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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
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)
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.
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.
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.
"The Second Resettlement Programme"

The DREE Agreement of 1970-1975: The second resettlement programme.
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.
The Labrador Boundary

The British Government organized the Labrador territories it received after a victory in the Seven Years' War, and thus created Quebec.
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.
Mary Travers (1783-1854)

Overview of the polling station at Mary Travers' tavern.
Citizens' Meeting, April 04, 1932: Civil Unrest

Citizens' Meeting reports about civil unrest. published articles in the Daily News and the Evening Telegram, April 5, 1932.

Matching Articles"Politics" (Total 31)

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