Newfoundland was a British dominion in eastern North America, today the modern Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was confirmed by the...
28 KB (2,813 words) - 01:04, 31 August 2024
collectively as Dominions for the first time. Two other self-governing colonies—New Zealand and Newfoundland—were granted the status of Dominion in the same...
93 KB (10,504 words) - 16:42, 29 August 2024
a colony, dominion, and province. The province had a system of responsible government from 1855 to 1934, and again since 1949. Newfoundland became a British...
46 KB (1,157 words) - 05:28, 3 September 2024
of Newfoundland and Labrador, currently all located on the island of Newfoundland. The Newfoundland operations were part of the national Dominion supermarket...
11 KB (1,022 words) - 14:25, 3 September 2024
colony in 1824 and a dominion in 1907. Its economy collapsed during the Great Depression and on 16 February 1934, the Newfoundland legislature agreed to...
9 KB (815 words) - 15:25, 28 August 2024
broke-out, the Dominion of Newfoundland was a Dominion governed directly from the United Kingdom via the Commission of Government. As Newfoundland was being...
10 KB (1,250 words) - 13:46, 11 June 2024
specifically for Newfoundland. The Red and Blue Ensigns with the Great Seal of Newfoundland in the fly were the colony's (later dominion)'s official flags...
17 KB (2,254 words) - 23:26, 30 August 2024
Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador as well as the province's highest court, the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal. Until 1949, the Dominion of Newfoundland...
198 KB (18,902 words) - 18:24, 3 September 2024
North America. All except the Newfoundland Colony and Bermuda confederated in 1867 to form the Dominion of Canada. Newfoundland and Bermuda would retain links...
47 KB (5,232 words) - 23:28, 30 August 2024
The Newfoundland referendums of 1948 were a series of two referendums to decide the political future of the Dominion of Newfoundland. Before the referendums...
21 KB (2,173 words) - 08:51, 3 May 2024
to the Terms of Union agreed to between the then-separate Dominions of Canada and Newfoundland on 23 March 1949. It was originally titled the British North...
10 KB (319 words) - 16:57, 30 May 2024
The Newfoundland is a large breed of working dog. They can be black, grey, brown, or black and white. However, in the Dominion of Newfoundland, before...
35 KB (4,014 words) - 04:18, 27 August 2024
lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador. Though the present day office of the lieutenant governor in Newfoundland and Labrador came into being...
33 KB (296 words) - 16:05, 1 September 2024
the prime minister of the former Dominion of Newfoundland. Before 2001, the official title was Premier of Newfoundland. The premier is appointed by the...
6 KB (362 words) - 21:18, 5 May 2024
the island and the fact that it was a separate dominion when time zones were established. Newfoundland lies squarely in the eastern half of the Atlantic...
7 KB (794 words) - 05:47, 18 November 2023
non-elected body that governed the Dominion of Newfoundland from 1934 to 1949. Established following the collapse of Newfoundland's economy during the Great Depression...
9 KB (717 words) - 12:45, 7 November 2023
the currency of the colony of Newfoundland and, later, the Dominion of Newfoundland, from 1865 until 1949, when Newfoundland became a province of Canada...
7 KB (877 words) - 06:16, 27 January 2024
mainland industries. In 1907, Newfoundland acquired dominion status. In the middle of the Great Depression in Canada, Newfoundland underwent a prolonged economic...
70 KB (4,918 words) - 06:30, 3 September 2024
Several political groupings functioned in the Dominion of Newfoundland under the name Liberal Party of Newfoundland from the granting of responsible government...
5 KB (614 words) - 23:53, 25 October 2021
signage. Newfoundland: Dominion stores in Newfoundland were sold to local owners, who then resold them to Loblaw in 1995. The Newfoundland locations...
13 KB (1,437 words) - 03:57, 3 September 2024
for dominion affairs was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for British relations with the Empire’s dominions – Canada...
10 KB (165 words) - 23:28, 8 August 2023
Statute of Westminster 1931 (section Newfoundland)
exception of Newfoundland – were merged into a federal polity known as "Canada" in the late 1860s and early 1870s. Canada was termed a "dominion", a term...
40 KB (4,440 words) - 01:23, 28 May 2024
The Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial is a memorial site in France dedicated to the commemoration of Dominion of Newfoundland forces members who were...
36 KB (3,890 words) - 01:31, 2 September 2024
British North America (section Newfoundland, Rupert's Land, and other territories of British North America)
after the formation of the Dominion of Canada in 1867 and the achievement of dominion status by the colony of Newfoundland in 1907, Bermuda was thereafter...
49 KB (5,713 words) - 00:14, 31 August 2024
and Bermuda confederated as the Dominion of Canada. Newfoundland was a British colony until 1907 when it became a Dominion within the British Empire. Bermuda...
38 KB (5,145 words) - 06:05, 3 September 2024
The High Commissioner of Newfoundland to the United Kingdom was the Dominion of Newfoundland's foremost diplomatic representative in the United Kingdom...
3 KB (222 words) - 23:41, 28 August 2024
1907, and then a dominion prior to joining Canada, Newfoundland had its own currency, the Newfoundland dollar, until 1949. Newfoundland began to issue its...
6 KB (626 words) - 20:35, 21 July 2024
political entity: Newfoundland Colony, an English and later British colony from 1583 to 1907 Dominion of Newfoundland, a self-governing dominion of the British...
2 KB (310 words) - 00:22, 2 August 2024
The Conservative Party of Newfoundland was a political party in the Dominion of Newfoundland prior to confederation with Canada in 1949. The party was...
5 KB (532 words) - 21:32, 24 August 2024
Frederick C. Alderdice (category Prime ministers of the Dominion of Newfoundland)
with Squires to form the United Newfoundland Party with himself as leader. The Great Depression embroiled the dominion in a severe economic crisis which...
6 KB (454 words) - 20:37, 9 June 2024