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Ads by Google      New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Newfoundland and Labrador NDP is affiliated to the Drover became leader of the new provincial party, which fielded ten candidates, mostly in rural districts, in the 1956 provincial election. The party failed to win any seats: Drover lost his own riding, winning 237 votes to the Liberal candidate's 1,437. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador_New_Democratic_Party      Encyclopedia4U - Newfoundland and Labrador - Encyclopedia Article "Newfoundland & Labrador" by Lawrence Jackson, Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd; ISBN 1550412612; (August 1999) Since 1964 the province has referred to itself at a provincial level as "Newfoundland and Labrador", but federally the name "Newfoundland" was used to assuage a dispute with Quebec over whether or not Labrador should be assigned to Newfoundland. Newfoundland rejected confederation in the 1869 general election. http://www.encyclopedia4u.com/n/newfoundland-and-labrador.html      The World at War - Newfoundland & Labrador Timeline from 1919 to 1949 The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council rules in favor of Newfoundland in the Labrador boundary dispute. Doctor Grenfell’s legacy to Newfoundland and Labrador included; five hospitals, seven nursing stations, two orphanages, fourteen industrial centers, four summer schools, three agricultural stations, twelve clothing distribution centers, four hospital ships, one supply schooner, a dozen community centers, co-operative stores, a lumber mill and a ship repair yard. The United Newfoundland Party led by Frederick Alderdice wins 24 of the 27 legislative seats in a general election. http://www.worldatwar.net/timeline/newfoundland/19-49.html      Newfoundland Votes canada.com First elected as a member of the NDP for St. John's East in a 1987 byelection, Harris has been leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party since November, 1992. Party leaders in Newfoundland and Labrador are spending a busy weekend campaigning in the run-up to Tuesday's leaders debate. Newfoundland Premier Roger Grimes, facing a grim set of opinion polls, headed for the safety of the province's Liberal-dominated rural districts Monday after he called an election for Oct. 21. http://www.canada.com/national/features/elections2003/newfoundland      Newfoundland Outport: Newfoundland History Newfoundland has owned part of Labrador since 1763, and its permanent possession of the disputed territory (about 285,000 sq km/about 110,000 sq mi) was confirmed. Newfoundland, one of the four Atlantic provinces of Canada, consisting of the island of Newfoundland and, on the mainland, a coastal portion of the Labrador region. The highest court of Newfoundland, the supreme court, consists of the court of appeal, with 8 judges (including the chief justice), and the trial division, with 13 judges. http://www.durham.net/~kburt/NewfoundlandHistory.html   (3787 words)      CNEWS Canada - Labrador party: Region tired of 'island masters' Hickey was asked to run for the Labrador party. The party's second and last member of the House of Assembly was elected in 1972. A poll by the e-magazine 53 North found that 75 per cent of respondents felt Labrador lacked a political voice although it is home to two provincial cabinet ministers. http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2003/04/07/59862-cp.html   (3787 words)      Newfoundland and Labrador Judicial Appointment Announced Alphonsus E. Faour of St. John's is appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, Trial Division. Justice Faour received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of British Columbia in 1977, and was called to the Bar of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1978. In the past, he was a Member of Parliament and also practiced law with the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Justice, as well as a partner with Vivian and Faour. http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/news/ja/2003/doc_31062.html   (3787 words)      Newfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Newfoundland's long-standing Labrador boundary dispute with Canada was resolved to the satisfaction of Newfoundland and Canada (but not Quebec, the province that bordered Labrador) with the ruling, on April 1, 1927 by the Imperial Privy Council. Newfoundland and Labrador (French, Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, Irish: Talamh an Éisc agus Labradóir, Latin: Terra Nova) is a province of Canada, the tenth to join Confederation. Newfoundland rejected confederation with Canada in the 1869 general election. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_and_labrador   (2877 words)      Glossary: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Newfoundland fishermen who prosecute the cod-fishery in schooners along the Labrador coast. Shoal or banks in the Atlantic Ocean east and south of the island of Newfoundland which extends about 500 miles from west to east, and about 200 miles wide, with an average depth of 50 fathoms (or 300 ft). After the Dominion of Newfoundland gave up responsible government in 1934, Newfoundland was governed by six commissioners appointed by Britain. http://www.heritage.nf.ca/glossary.html   (2877 words)      Newfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Newfoundland's long-standing Labrador boundary dispute with Canada was resolved to the satisfaction of Newfoundland and Canada (but not Quebec, the province that bordered Labrador) with the ruling, on April 1, 1927 by the Imperial Privy Council. Newfoundland and Labrador (French, Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, Irish: Talamh an Éisc agus Labradóir, Latin: Terra Nova) was the tenth province to join the Canadian confederation. Newfoundland rejected confederation with Canada in the 1869 general election. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_and_labrador   (2580 words)      Newfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Newfoundland's long-standing Labrador boundary dispute with Canada was resolved to the satisfaction of Newfoundland and Canada (but not Quebec, the province that bordered Labrador) with the ruling, on April 1, 1927 by the Imperial Privy Council. Newfoundland rejected confederation with Canada in the 1869 general election. Newfoundland received a colonial assembly in 1832, which was and still is referred to as the House of Assembly, after a fight led by reformers William Carson, Patrick Morris and John Kent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador   (2580 words)      List of Newfoundland and Labrador premiers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Premiers of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador 4 Premiers of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador This is a list of the premiers and Prime Ministers of Newfoundland and Labrador from the granting of responsible government in 1855 through dominion status, the colony joining Canadian confederation in 1949, and up to the modern day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador_premiers   (261 words)      The Constitution Since Patriation: Chronology The Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement to create a new Inuit territory, to be named Nunatsiavut ("our beautiful land" in the language of the Inuit) was signed in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, by representatives from the Labrador Inuit Association, the Government of Canada, and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Roger Grimes introduces a resolution in the House of Assembly calling for federal-provincial negotiations that would lead to establishing a joint management regime over fisheries adjacent to Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland is the eighth province to ratify the Meech Lake Constitutional Accord. http://parl.gc.ca/information/about/related/Federal/ConstPat.asp?Language=E   (7899 words)      Executive Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Executive Councils comprise a President and Executive Councillors ("ministers"). These Councils have almost the same functions as the Privy Council in the United Kingdom, and accordingly, decisions of the Cabinet gain legal effect by being formally adopted by the Executive Council. An Executive Council in Commonwealth constitutional practice based on the Westminster system exercizes executive power and is the top tier of a government led by a Governor-General, Governor, Lieutenant-Governor or Administrator (all "governors"). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Council   (329 words)      Bibliography of Newfoundland and Labrador History 'Newfoundland: personality, party, and politics.' In Gary Levy and Graham White, eds. Lind, Francis T. The Letters of Mayo Lind: Newfoundland's Unofficial War Correspondent 1914-1916. Gilmore, William C. 'Law, Constitutional Convention, and the Union of Newfoundland and Canada.' Acadiensis 18, no. 2 (1989): 111-26. http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~melbaker/20thbib.html   (329 words)      Newfoundland and Labrador - definition of Newfoundland and Labrador in Encyclopedia "Newfoundland and Labrador" by Lawrence Jackson, Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd; ISBN 1550412612; (August 1999) The province's population is 533 800 (Newfoundlanders and Labradorians). Geographically, the province consists of the island of Newfoundland and the mainland Labrador, on Canada's Atlantic coast. http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Newfoundland_and_Labrador   (1735 words)      Welcome to Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Newfoundland's long-standing Labrador boundary dispute with Canada was resolved to the satisfaction of Newfoundland and Canada (but not Quebec, the province that bordered Labrador) with the ruling, on April 1, 1927 by the Imperial Privy Council. Newfoundland and Labrador (French, Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, Irish: Talamh an Éisc agus Labradóir, Latin: Terra Nova) was the tenth province to join the Canadian confederation. People from Newfoundland are called "Newfoundlanders" (and at times "Newfies", though this can be derogatory) while people from Labrador are called "Labradorians". http://www.hometowncanada.com/nf/map.html   (2496 words)      Cabinet of Canada biography .ms Unlike the United States Cabinet, the size and structure of the Canadian cabinet is relatively malleable, with the number of ministers and their titles generally selected by the Prime Minister within a relatively broad legislative framework. A council of ministers chaired by the Prime Minister, the Cabinet is the senior echelon of the Ministry. The inaugural Cabinet of the 27th Ministry was sworn in December 12 2003. http://canadian-cabinet.biography.ms   (2496 words)      Newfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Newfoundland's long-standing Labrador boundary dispute with Canada was resolved to the satisfaction of Newfoundland and Canada (but not Quebec, the province that bordered Labrador) with the ruling, on April 1, 1927 by the Imperial Privy Council. Newfoundland rejected confederation with Canada in the 1869 general election. Newfoundland received a colonial assembly in 1832, which was and still is referred to as the House of Assembly, after a fight led by reformers William Carson, Patrick Morris and John Kent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador   (2685 words)      MSN Encarta - Search View - Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is represented in the Canadian Parliament by seven elected representatives in the House of Commons and six senators appointed by the federal government to the Senate. However, in 1983 and 1984 the supreme courts of Canada and of Newfoundland and Labrador declared that the federal government owned the offshore resources. Newfoundland and Labrador frequently has the highest unemployment rate in Canada, and financial assistance from the federal government is essential to the well-being of the population. http://encarta.msn.com/text_761554355__1/Newfoundland_and_Labrador.html   (9902 words)      Jane Pierce And Jane met a Bowdoin graduate, a young lawyer with political ambitions, Franklin Pierce. She was born the daughter of Congregational minister Jesse Appleton, president of Bowdoin College. Jane Means Appleton Pierce (March 12, 1806 – December 2, 1863), wife of Franklin Pierce, was First Lady of the United States from 1853 to 1857. http://www.kiwipedia.com/en/jane-means-appleton.html   (506 words)      Newfoundland Outport: Newfoundland History Newfoundland, one of the four Atlantic provinces of Canada, consisting of the island of Newfoundland and, on the mainland, a coastal portion of the Labrador region. The highest court of Newfoundland, the supreme court, consists of the court of appeal, with 8 judges (including the chief justice), and the trial division, with 13 judges. Newfoundland is represented in the Canadian Parliament by six senators appointed for life by the federal government, and seven elected members of the House of Commons. http://www.durham.net/~kburt/NewfoundlandHistory.html   (3787 words)      Welcome to Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Newfoundland's long-standing Labrador boundary dispute with Canada was resolved to the satisfaction of Newfoundland and Canada (but not Quebec, the province that bordered Labrador) with the ruling, on April 1, 1927 by the Imperial Privy Council. Newfoundland and Labrador (French, Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, Irish: Talamh an Éisc agus Labradóir, Latin: Terra Nova) was the tenth province to join the Canadian confederation. Newfoundland rejected confederation with Canada in the 1869 general election. http://www.hometowncanada.com/nf/map.html   (2488 words)      Newfoundland Outport: Newfoundland History Newfoundland, one of the four Atlantic provinces of Canada, consisting of the island of Newfoundland and, on the mainland, a coastal portion of the Labrador region. The highest court of Newfoundland, the supreme court, consists of the court of appeal, with 8 judges (including the chief justice), and the trial division, with 13 judges. Newfoundland is represented in the Canadian Parliament by six senators appointed for life by the federal government, and seven elected members of the House of Commons. http://www.durham.net/~kburt/NewfoundlandHistory.html   (2488 words)      MSN Encarta - Search View - Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is represented in the Canadian Parliament by seven elected representatives in the House of Commons and six senators appointed by the federal government to the Senate. However, in 1983 and 1984 the supreme courts of Canada and of Newfoundland and Labrador declared that the federal government owned the offshore resources. Newfoundland and Labrador frequently has the highest unemployment rate in Canada, and financial assistance from the federal government is essential to the well-being of the population. http://encarta.msn.com/text_761554355__1/Newfoundland_and_Labrador.html   (9889 words)      Newfoundland and Labrador Constitutional Documents A Resolution by the Newfoundland House of Assembly to amend the Terms of Union to officially change the name of the Province to "Newfoundland and Labrador", unanimously passed April 29, 1999. Newfoundland attended this Conference, and was represented by Frederick B.T. Carter and Ambrose Shea. Thomas Graves was appointed Governor of Newfoundland in 1761, and served until 1763. http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/3330/constitution/union.htm   (9889 words)      Canadian Genealogy and History Links - Newfoundland Newfoundland Great War Heritage Project This website is intended to assist family, schools, and other researchers conducting Newfoundland and Labrador genealogical, and cultural heritage research by providing a searchable database of the Newfoundland Regiment (1914-1918) nominal roll index. Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogical Society NLGS Parish Records and Cemetery Headstone Database. Newfoundland and Labrador Constitutional Documents This reference collection is being assembled to provide ready access to the important documents which illustrate the evolution of Newfoundland and Labrador as a British colony, self-governing dominion, and province of Canada. http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/newfoundland.html   (9889 words)      Newfoundland Act The salary of the Lieutenant Governor and the salaries, allowances, and pensions of the judgesi of such superior, district, and county courts as are now or may hereafter be constituted in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador shall be fixed and provided by the Parliament of Canada. (1) For the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador there shall be an officer styled the Lieutenant Governor, appointed by the Governor General in Council by instrument under the Great Seal of Canada. The Province of Newfoundland and Labrador shall be entitled to be represented in the Senate by six members, and in the House of Commons by seven members out of a total membership of two hundred and sixty-two. http://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/nfa.html   (3108 words)      NEWFOUNDLAND JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED Since 1996, he has served as Clerk of the Executive Council and Secretary to Cabinet for Newfoundland and Labrador. Malcolm H. Rowe, Q.C., of St-John's is appointed a judge of the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland in Corner Brook. Justice Rowe graduated in law from the Osgoode Hall Law School in 1978, and was admitted that same year to the Bar of Newfoundland. http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/news/ja/1999/NF0609.html   (3108 words)      anglican None of the documents illustrative of his short stay as a 24-year old in Newfoundland from 1627 to 1628 leaves the impression that the Protestant settlers in the plantation were dissenters with a religious mission. Newfoundland's first serious contact with dissenters took place in 1641, when a delegation of three Massachusetts Bay colonists were sent via Newfoundland to England to plead for relief. Newfoundland, for example, because of its proximity to America and its British fishing presence, was seen as a refuge by the Jamestown colonists when their second attempt at settlement failed in the face of troubled relations with natives. http://www.mun.ca/rels/ang/texts/ang1.html   (3108 words)

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