The Newfoundland People's Party was a political party in the

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before it joined

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. The party was created by

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Edward Patrick Morris in 1907, when he split from the ruling

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to found his own political vehicle. The party tied with the Liberals in the 1908 election but, when no party was able to form a government, new elections were held which the People's Party won with 26 seats to 10 for the Liberals. Morris and the People's Party were re-elected in the 1913 election, winning 16 seats compared to 7 for the Liberals and 8 for the Fishermen's Protective Union led by William Coaker. In 1917, a wartime crisis over

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resulted in Morris inviting the opposition parties to join in a National Government, which ruled for two years. Morris retired at the end of 1917, and was replaced as People's Party leader by Sir Michael Patrick Cashin. Cashin's government was defeated in the 1919 election by

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and his Liberal Reform Party (a merger between the Liberals and the FPU). In opposition, Cashin changed the name of the party to the Liberal-Labour-Progressive Party, which contested the 1923 election but disappeared afterwards. Some members of that party joined

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's new Liberal-Progressive Party, while others joined with Tories to form the

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. Although not a sectarian party, the People's Party and its immediate successor had their support concentrated among

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voters, particularly on the south coast of the island.

List of Leaders

Newfoundland People's Party * Edward Patrick Morris 1907-1917 * Michael Patrick Cashin 1917-1919 Liberal-Labour-Progressive Party of Newfoundland * Michael Patrick Cashin 1919-1923

References

{{Reflist Political parties in the Dominion of Newfoundland Political parties established in 1907 Political parties disestablished in 1923 1900s establishments in Newfoundland 1907 establishments in North America 1920s disestablishments in Newfoundland 1923 disestablishments in North America

List of Leaders

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