Phillip F. Moore
Philip F. Moore (1865 – 1936) was a plumber and politician in Dominion of Newfoundland, Newfoundland. He represented Ferryland in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1909 to 1928. He operated a plumbing and heating business in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's which mainly dealt with ship's plumbing. Moore ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Newfoundland assembly in 1908 before being elected in 1909. He was named government plumbing inspector in 1928. Moore was also a well-known amateur actor and singer in St. John's. References

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Dominion Of Newfoundland
Newfoundland was a British dominion in eastern North America, today the modern Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was established on 26 September 1907, and confirmed by the Balfour Declaration of 1926 and the Statute of Westminster of 1931. It included the island of Newfoundland, and Labrador on the continental mainland. Newfoundland was one of the original dominions within the meaning of the Balfour Declaration and accordingly enjoyed a constitutional status equivalent to the other dominions of the time. In 1934, Newfoundland became the only dominion to give up its self-governing status, which ended 79 years of self-government. The abolition of self-government came about because of a crisis in Newfoundland's public finances in 1932. Newfoundland had accumulated a significant amount of debt by building a railway across the island, which was completed in the 1890s, and by raising its own regiment during World War I. In November 1932, the government warned th ...
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