Provincial Constitutional Documents
The following documents are related to the evolution of a province, legally, politically and historically:
Newfoundland and Labrador
These include:
- The Constitutions of Newfoundland and Labrador: The base documents of each of the various stages in the the constitutional evolution of Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Responsible Government: The evolution of Newfoundland from a British fishing station to a largely independent self-governing Dominion.
- Commission of Government: Staggering under the weight of its accumulated debt, Newfoundland gave up self-government in 1934, and until Confederation in 1949 was ruled by an appointed Commission of Government.
- Confederation with Canada: The long constitutional courtship which resulted in Newfoundland and Labrador becoming Canada’s tenth province in 1949.
- Labrador and the Labrador Boundary Dispute: The evolution of the Labrador boundary, and Labrador’s place within the province.
- Term 17: The history of Term 17 of the 1949 Terms of Union, concerning education rights.
- The French and American Shores: The origin, development, and abolition of French and American fishing rights on the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Of the House of Assembly: The Acts which govern the constitution and powers of the House of Assembly.
- The Human Rights Code: Excerpted sections from the Newfoundland and Labrador Human Rights Code, outlining prohibited discriminatory conduct.
- Emblems of Provincehood: The Acts which establish the official provincial emblems of Newfoundland and Labrador.
New Brunswick Documents
Order in Council Establishing New Brunswick, June 18, 1784
Commission Appointing Thomas Carleton Governor, August 16, 1784
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