The saltfish industry in Newfoundland, as a cyclical extractive industry dependent on an open-access resource, went through multiple periods of boom and bust.
Today, Canadian citizens aged 18 and older have the right to vote in federal, provincial, and municipal elections. This is known as universal suffrage.
An account of the speech by Premier H.W. Hoyles (Conservative, District of Burin) Assembly Debate, February 14, 1865. <em>The Newfoundlander</em>, March 16, 1865.