History 2201E Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Joey Smallwood
19 Jul 2012
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Lecture 17 part 1 newfoundland and canada. Commission government: 6 commissioners: 3 from britain and 3 from newfoundland, all appointed by the crown. Economy good during the war because of war time production. When the war was over and newfoundland was back to being a colony, Newfoundlanders wondered how much longer they were going to be a colony. National convention set up to talk about what is going to happen with. Join canada: people divided in views, industrials didn"t want to join, canada would swallow them up, others wanted to join because of social programs, etc, joseph smallwood. Referendum 1948: confederation 52. 34%, dominion status 47. 66, exceptional voter turnout, 85%
