Newfoundland Heritage Web Site

Table of Contents

Click on TABLE OF CONTENTS above to access a list of all Government and Politics articles.
The 1969 Contract: Churchill Falls

A contract created in 1969 between the Smallwood government and Hydro-Quebec that sold the water rights of Churchill falls for a term of 40 years.
Disasters 1892-1929

Some of Newfoundland and Labrador's best-known and most destructive disasters occurred during the era of Responsible Government.
Home Defence

Building Newfoundland and Labrador's defences during the Second World War.
The "New Industries"

German firms established thirteen of the sixteen manufacturing plants created in Newfoundland during the 1950s due to Alfred Valdmanis' business contacts.