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8th General Assembly Of Newfoundland
The members of the 8th General Assembly of Newfoundland were elected in the 1861 Newfoundland general election, Newfoundland general election held in May 1861. The general assembly sat from 1861 to 1865. Hugh Hoyles, leader of the Conservative Party, had been appointed premier and invited to form a government in March after his predecessor was dismissed by the governor. Hoyle's government was defeated in a non-confidence vote prompting a general election in May which Hoyles and his party won, allowing Hoyles to continue as Newfoundland's premier until March 1865, when he accepted a post on the Newfoundland Supreme Court. Frederick Carter succeeded Hoyles as party leader and premier. Carter formed a coalition government with Liberals Ambrose Shea and John Kent (Newfoundland politician), John Kent. Frederick Carter was chosen as speaker, serving until April 1865, when William Whiteway became speaker. Sir Alexander Bannerman served as List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and ...
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Colonial Building
The Colonial Building is a historic government building located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The building was the home of the colonial and later provincial Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland government and the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, House of Assembly from January 28, 1850 to July 28, 1959. In 1974, it was declared a Provincial Historic Site. In 1832 when the Colony of Newfoundland governed itself by representative government there was not a formal building assigned to house the legislature. The first home of the Legislature was a tavern and Public house, lodging house on Duckworth Street owned and operated by a Mrs. Mary Widdicombe Travers, Mary Travers. The stay was brief as in the legislature's haste and inexperience it forgot to vote approval for the funds to pay rent. The first building was destroyed in city fire of 1846. For the next seventeen years they would meet in various temporary quarters including the St. John's Court Ho ...
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Stephen March
Stephen March (died June 2, 1880) was a merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He served in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1852 to 1869. The son of William March, he was born in Old Perlican and went into business there as a supplier to the local fishery. March was opposed to confederation with Canada and he was defeated as an anti-Confederate candidate in 1869. He retired to Torquay, England, where he died in 1880. The business that he established, S. March & Sons, continued under the ownership of his sons Stephen Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; ... and Nathaniel. In 1854, he published ''The present condition of Newfoundland : with suggestions for improving its industrial and commercial resources''. References Members of the Newfoundland and La ...
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Harbour Main
Harbour Main, formerly Harbour Main-Whitbourne and Harbour Main-Bell Island, is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to 1975, the district elected two MHAs. Between 1972 and the year 2000, it was a Tory stronghold, apart from a two-term Liberal breakthrough in the 1990s. It includes the southern portion of the town of Conception Bay South and the town of Holyrood, the farthest extern of the St. John's Metropolitan Area. As of 2011 the district has 9,005 eligible voters. Members of the House of Assembly The district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ... has elected the following Members of the House of Assembly: Dual-Member District Single-Member District Election results ...
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Thomas Byrne (Newfoundland Politician)
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Henry J
The Henry J is an American automobile built by the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation and named after its chairman, Henry J. Kaiser. Production of six-cylinder models began in their Willow Run factory in Michigan on July 1950, and four-cylinder production started shortly after Labor Day, 1950. The official public introduction was on September 28, 1950. The car was marketed through 1954. Development The Henry J was the idea of Henry J. Kaiser, who sought to increase sales of his Kaiser automotive line by adding a car that could be built inexpensively and thus affordable for the average American in the same vein that Henry Ford produced the Model T. The goal was to attract "less affluent buyers who could only afford a used car" and the attempt became a pioneering American compact car. To finance the project, the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation received a federal government loan in 1949. This financing specified various particulars of the vehicle. Kaiser-Frazer would commit to design a vehicl ...
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John Hayward (Newfoundland Politician)
John Hayward (c. 1819 – March 13, 1885) was a lawyer, judge and politician in Newfoundland. He served in the Newfoundland House of Assembly The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is the unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It meets in the Confederation Building in St. Jo ... from 1852 to 1866. He was born and educated in Harbour Grace. He studied law with George Henry Emerson and was called to the Newfoundland bar in 1841. He served as chief clerk and registrar for the northern circuit court and as sub-collector of customs at Harbour Grace. In 1849, John and his young family headed for Washington County in Wisconsin. They traveled during a week and a half. They took a boat from Newfoundland to New York, then up the canals to Albany, another boat to Buffalo. They traveled to Wisconsin by wagon and bought a farm and had land cleared. After a few months, in ...
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Robert Carter (magistrate)
Robert Carter (1791 – May 25, 1872) was a Newfoundland naval officer and political figure. He was born in Ferryland, the son of judge William Carter, and joined the Royal Navy as a young man, retiring as a lieutenant in 1815. Later that year, he was named surrogate magistrate after the death of his brother William, serving until 1826. In 1832, Carter was elected to represent Ferryland in the first general election held in Newfoundland. He was defeated in 1836, but went on to represent Bonavista Bay from 1842 to 1852 and from 1855 to 1859 and Fortune Bay from 1859 to 1865. Carter also served as a road commissioner for Ferryland and as supervisor of streets for St. John's from 1846 to 1848. In 1849, he was named colonial treasurer and governor of the Newfoundland Savings Bank; he held on to these posts until he was forced out of office by Governor Sir Charles Henry Darling Sir Charles Henry Darling (19 February 1809 – 25 January 1870) was a British colonial governo ...
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Edward Dalton Shea
Hon. Sir Edward Dalton Shea (June 29, 1820 – January 8, 1913) was a journalist and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Ferryland in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1855 to 1865 as a Liberal and then Conservative member. Career He was born in St. John's, the son of Henry Shea, an Irish-born merchant, and Eleanor Ryan. After completing his education, in 1836, he entered work in his father's business. In 1846, Shea became editor and publisher for ''The Newfoundlander'', which had been previously edited by his brothers William Richard and Ambrose. He married Gertrude Corbett in 1849. Shea and his brother Ambrose became Conservatives in 1865 and he was named financial secretary for Newfoundland. In 1866, he was named to the Legislative Council of Newfoundland. Shea ran unsuccessfully for reelection to the assembly in 1873. In 1874, he was named colonial secretary. In 1886, he was named president of the Legislative Council, serving until 1912 ...
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Thomas Glen
Thomas Glen (1796 – April 28, 1887) was a Scottish-born merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Ferryland in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1842 to 1848 and from 1855 to 1874. He was born in Greenock, the son of Alexander Glen, was educated in Scotland and came to Bay Bulls around 1811. After the business failed in 1826, Glen moved to St. John's where he continued in business with James Fergus. In 1829, he married Jane Reed. The business partnership ended in 1841 and Glen continued in business as a commission merchant and auctioneer. He served as governor and then auditor for the Savings Bank of Newfoundland. Glen supported responsible government Responsible government is a conception of a system of government that embodies the principle of parliamentary accountability, the foundation of the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy. Governments (the equivalent of the executive bran ... for Newfoundland. He was defeated when ...
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Edmund Hanrahan
Edmund Hanrahan (1802 – February 1875) was a political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Conception Bay from 1842 to 1854 and Carbonear from 1855 to 1862 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a Liberal. Hanrahan was born in Carbonear. He served in the Newfoundland cabinet as surveyor general from 1855 to 1861. Hanrahan resigned his seat in 1862 after he was named acting appraiser to the General Water Company. In 1863, he was named stipendiary magistrate at Ferryland Ferryland is a town in Newfoundland and Labrador on the Avalon Peninsula. According to the 2021 Statistics Canada census, its population is 371. Seventeenth century settlement Ferryland was originally established as a station for migratory fis .... He was named sheriff for the southern district in 1872. Hanrahan died in Ferryland in 1875. References * Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly 1802 births 1875 deaths People from Carbonear Newfoundland Colony p ...
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Edward Evans (Newfoundland Politician)
Edward Evans or Ted Evans may refer to: * Edward Evans (divine) (1573–?), English divine * Edward Evans (poet) (1716–1798), Welsh poet * Edward Evans (printseller) (1789–1835), printseller and compositor in London * Edward Payson Evans (1831–1917), American scholar and linguist * Edward B. Evans (1846–1922), British philatelist and army officer * Ted Evans (footballer) (1868–1942), English footballer * Edward J. Evans (1871–1928), American labor unionist * Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1880–1957), British naval officer and Antarctic explorer * Edward Evans (politician) (1883–1960), British Labour Party politician * Edward Lewis Evans (bishop) (1904–1996), Bishop of Barbados * Edward Gurney Evans (1907–1987), politician in Manitoba, Canada * Edward Evans (actor) (1914–2001), British actor * Ted Evans (politician) (1939–1981), Australian politician * Ted Evans (public servant) (1941–2020), Australian public servant and businessman * Edward P. Evans ...
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Burgeo-La Poile
Burgeo-La Poile is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there are 7,527 eligible voters living within the district. The district was first created when Newfoundland joined confederation in 1949 as Burgeo and La Poile, and existed until 1975. It was recreated in 1995 following a reduction in the number of seats in the House of Assembly from 52 to 48, forming from the amalgamation of the former districts of La Poile and Burgeo-Bay D'Espoir. The district takes in the southwestern corner of Newfoundland, stretching from the town of Burgeo in the east to Cape Ray in the west. Its largest community, Port aux Basques, is the island's link to continental North America through the Marine Atlantic ferry service. The population in the region dropped by about 15 per cent between 1996 and 2001. The size of the district grew significantly in the 2007 redistribution as the eastern border pushed out an extra 37 kilometers. T ...
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