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Richard P. Rice
Richard Pigeon Rice (before 1846 – after 1897) was a merchant and politician in Colony of Newfoundland, Newfoundland. He represented Twillingate and Fogo in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1878 to 1885. He was a merchant at Twillingate, Newfoundland and Labrador, Twillingate. Rice was reelected in 1882 but fell out with William Whiteway over The Harbour Grace Affray of 1883, a confrontation between members of the Orange Order and Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholics. He supported the Reform party being formed by Robert Thorburn and did not run for reelection in 1885. Rice served as magistrate of Greenspond, Newfoundland and Labrador, Greenspond from 1886 to 1897. References Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly Year of death missing Year of birth uncertain Newfoundland Colony judges {{Newfoundland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colony Of Newfoundland
Newfoundland Colony was an English and, later, British colony established in 1610 on the island of Newfoundland off the Atlantic coast of Canada, in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. That followed decades of sporadic English settlement on the island, which was at first seasonal, rather than permanent. It was made a Crown colony in 1824 and a Dominion in 1907. Its economy collapsed during the Great Depression of the 1930s, and Newfoundland relinquished its dominion status, effectively becoming once again a colony governed by appointees from the Colonial Office in Whitehall in London. In 1949, the colony voted to join Canada as the Province of Newfoundland. History Indigenous people like the Beothuk (known as the ''Skræling'' in Greenlandic Norse), and Innu were the first inhabitants of Newfoundland and Labrador. During the late 15th century, European explorers like João Fernandes Lavrador, Gaspar Corte-Real, John Cabot, Jacques Cartier and others b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |