Politics in Newfoundland / S.J.R. Noel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noel, S.J.R., Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Newfoundland and Labrador.

Political parties.

Newfoundland and Labrador--Politics and government.

Newfoundland and Labrador.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 328 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Alone among the present provinces of Canada, Newfoundland remained politically separate until 1949, and until 1933 maintained its political independence as a self-governing dominion, constitutionally the equal of Canada itself. At that time, however, facing financial collapse, it became the first country to surrender dominion status. Its parliamentary government was replaced by a British-appointed commission which ruled the island without any vestige of representative democracy for fifteen years.This is the first comprehensive examination of the turbulent politics which characterized the rise and fall of the Dominion of Newfoundland, and in which the present-day politics of the province have their genesis. For, contrary to what is often assumed, politics in the island did not begin anew with confederation, but grew out of an existing political culture from roots which survived the long hiatus of commission rule.Professor Noel examines politics in Newfoundland in the twentieth century, paying particular attention to the role of political parties (including the emergence of the radical Fishermen’s Protective Union movement) and to the effects of international economic forces and diplomatic entanglements upon domestic affairs. He also studies the administration of the Commission of Government, and processes of social and political change in the post-confederation period. Contemporary politics on the island of Newfoundland cannot be fully understood without an appreciation of the evolution of its political institutions.

Contents:

Preface

The land, the people, and the constitution

The political system

The railway and politics

The Liberal party and relations with the United States and Canada

The fall of the Liberal party

The People's party and the constitutional crisis of 1908-9

The rise of the union movement

The union in politics

Politicians and the war, 1914-19

The post-war coalition

The crisis of the twenties

The collapse of responsible government

Unconditional surrender

The Dominion of Newfoundland: a retrospect

Government by commission: the apotheosis of the bureaucrat

The return to open politics

Post-confederation society and politics.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

1-4875-7796-6

OCLC:

1153521444