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The United Newfoundland Party was the name of two conservative parties in Newfoundland. Pre-Confederation. The first UNP was a conservative party in the Dominion of Newfoundland led by Frederick C. Alderdice from 1928 to 1934.
Premierminister während der Kolonialzeit (1855–1907) Konservative Parteien: Conservative Party of Newfoundland, Reform Party, Tory Party, Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party, United Newfoundland Party, Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Historical parties in the province of Newfoundland (since 1949) Labrador Party (1969–1975, 2003–2007) Newfoundland and Labrador Alliance (2019–2023) Newfoundland and Labrador First Party (1999–2011) Newfoundland Reform Liberal Party (1975) United Newfoundland Party (1932, 1959) Newfoundland Democratic Party (1959)
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Colonization
Newfoundland was first inhabited by the Beothuk and the Maritime Archaic, while Labrador was first inhabited by the Dorset, Thule, and later Inuit and Innu. It has the first known European settlement in the Americas at L'Anse aux Meadows, built by the Vikings circa 1020 A.D. The island of Newfoundland and the coast of Labrador has been colonized or settled by a number of European nations including England and France. The emergence of a common law system and political institutions was slow. La...
Dominion status
The Dominion of Newfoundland was a highly polarized society, marked by distinct cleavages between Roman Catholics and Protestants, Liberals and Conservatives, descendants of Irish and West Country English, rich merchants and poor fishermen and tradesmen, and rural Newfoundland versus St. John's (or alternatively the Avalon Peninsula against the rest of the Dominion's districts). This often manifested itself in hotly contested and even violent elections. Various reforms in the 1860s and 1870s...
Commission of Government
As a result of the Great Depression, Newfoundland's economy deteriorated. This resulted in a famous episode in 1932 when a large riot erupted at the Colonial Building and then Prime Minister Richard Squires narrowly escaped. The Dominion assembly approved the recommendations of the Amulree Commission the following year and voted itself out of existence in order to be replaced by an appointed Commission of Government. This commission was effectively an appointed council with a British Governor...
The Legislature
The House of Assembly is the unicameral provincial legislature. It is situated in the Confederation Buildingwhich is located in the capital city of St. John's. The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is unique because the government sits to the left of the speaker in parliament rather than the right, which is the norm in the Westminster system. The legislature has 40 seats, each seat representing one geographical district in the province.
Elections
Newfoundland and Labrador's 40 electoral districts are competed for in first-past-the-postelections. Elections must be held every four years in October under a fixed-date elections law brought in by the current Progressive Conservative government. The seats were reduced from 48 in the 2015 boundary review. The chart on the right provides a summary of results for the province's general elections, with the most recent elections on the right. It shows that politics in Newfoundland and Labrador h...
Parties and the party system
Elections Newfoundland and Labrador officially recognizes three political parties; the Progressive Conservatives, the Liberals, and the New Democrats. Newfoundland and Labrador traditionally had what can be described as a "two-and-a-half" party system, with two parties capable of forming government (Liberals and Progressive Conservatives) and one small party that does not (the New Democratic Party). In 2011, the NDP had a breakthrough in the provincial election and placed second in the popula...
"History of Government and Politics in Newfoundland and Labrador". Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Website Project. Retrieved 2007-08-20."Resettlement: "No Great Future "". Maritime History Archive of the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Retrieved 2007-08-20."Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Archived from the original on 2007-09-03. Retrieved 2007-08-20.Since 1855, Newfoundland and Labrador has been led by ten Colonial premiers, nine Dominion prime ministers, three chairmen of Commission of Government, and fourteen provincial premiers. Of the provincial premiers, seven are from the Liberal Party, and seven are from the Progressive Conservative Party .
The United Newfoundland Party was the name of two conservative parties in Newfoundland. Contents. Pre-Confederation. Post-Confederation. References. See also. Pre-Confederation. The first UNP was a conservative party in the Dominion of Newfoundland led by Frederick C. Alderdice from 1928 to 1934.
Neuer Ministerpräsident wurde Richard Squires von der Liberal Party. Alderdice formte aus den Liberal-Konservativen und Überläufern der Liberalen die neue United Newfoundland Party und wurde Oppositionsführer im neufundländischen Unterhaus, dem House of Assembly.
