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	NEWS FOR MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND
		Joseph R. Smallwood Joseph R. Smallwood, the first of 13 children, was born in Gambo, Bonavista Bay, on Dec. 24, 1900.
		Smallwood sought and received the approval of the province's voters five more times - 1951, 1956, 1959, 1962 and 1966 and was one of Newfoundland's longest serving premiers.
		Joseph R. Smallwood died on Dec. 18, 1991.
	www.mun.ca /univrel/news/31082001/university_centre_named_21122000.html (669 words)

	Smallwood, Joseph Roberts
		Smallwood, Joseph Roberts, journalist, politician, premier of Newfoundland 1949-72 (b at Gambo, Nfld 24 Dec 1900; d at St John's, Nfld 17 Dec 1991).
		Smallwood, who favoured CONFEDERATION with Canada, was elected to the Convention in 1946.
		Smallwood, who had opposed the strike and decertified the union a few days before, made him into a martyr.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0007464 (562 words)

	Joseph R. Smallwood
		Smallwood grew up in St. John's as part of a middle-class family.
		Smallwood was intensely nationalistic, and he devoted most of his writing to giving Newfoundlanders the self-confidence he felt they would need if they were to overcome the obstacles in their lives.
		After confederation, Smallwood served as premier of the new province from 1949 to 1972.
	www.heritage.nf.ca /confederation/bio6.html (291 words)

	Newfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joseph R. Smallwood, the leader of the confederates, moved that a third option of confederation with Canada should be included.
		Politics of the province were dominated by the Liberal Party, led by Joseph R. Smallwood, from confederation until 1972.
		In 1972, the Smallwood government was finally replaced by the Progressive Conservative administration of Frank Moores.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador (2685 words)

	Biography of Joseph R. Smallwood
		A couple of years later Smallwood was still at the press game, writing a column for the Daily News in St. John's.
		Smallwood's confederates won the 1948 referendum by a slim majority.
		The Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador is a detailed account of a land where Joey Smallwood left his own deep impressions on the people and their history.
	www.wordplay.com /gullages/bio-joey.html (425 words)

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		Smallwood was born on 24 December 1900, at Gambo where his father, Charles, was working temporarily as a woods surveyor at Mint Brook.
		Smallwood regarded his time in the United States as only temporary and part of his plan to become better educated in labour politics in preparation for the formation of a Newfoundland Labour Party modeled on the British Labour Party that he hoped to help establish in Newfoundland.
		Smallwood's next effort was to organize the 600 section-men who worked for the publicly-owned Newfoundland Railway and who had been threatened with a wage cut.
	www.ucs.mun.ca /~melbaker/smallwood1920s.htm (3908 words)

	Newfoundland Salt Fisheries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Smallwood we want to get a little more information from you.
		When you were here the last time, you told us that the merchant was inclined to pay a man who had inferior fish more than the fish was worth, at the expense of the man who had good fish.
		Smallwood, let me point out to you when you were here before you told us you only took the very best of the [eop 3/381] fish from the fishermen.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /fisheries/smallwood_1.asp?frame=off (1084 words)

	Churchill Falls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In August, 1949, Joseph R. Smallwood, Premier of Newfoundland, had the opportunity to see Grand Falls (Churchill Falls) for the first time and it became his obsession to turn the roaring falls into a hydroelectric plant.
		Water would be contained in the reservoir not by a large dam, but by a series of 88 dikes that total 64 km (40 miles) in length.
		Once all the dikes were in place it provided a vast storage area which later became known as Smallwood Reservoir.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Churchill_Falls (1224 words)

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		Dr. Axel Meisen, Memorial president, chats with members of the Smallwood family after a ceremony that named the new university centre in honour of former premier Joseph R. Smallwood.
		Joseph R. Smallwood was one of Newfoundland and Labrador’s most colourful and influential public figures.
		He was subsequently a great supporter and promoter of the university, and much of the university’s early growth – including the construction of the Elizabeth Avenue campus in St. John’s, the opening of the Ocean Sciences Centre, and the creation of the medical school – had his direct support during his lengthy tenure as premier.
	www.mun.ca /univrel/gazette/2000-2001/jan11/newspage2.html (417 words)

	The World at War - Newfoundland & Labrador Timeline from 1919 to 1949
		Joseph R. Smallwood moves that the National Convention delegation be sent to Ottawa to ascertain the Canadian Government’s terms for union with that country.
		The National Convention defeats a motion by Smallwood to include confederation with Canada along with return to Responsible Government as it existed prior to 1934 or continuation of the Commission of Government as a choice to be present on the ballot for the national referendum.
		Liberal Party led by Joseph Smallwood captures 22 of the 28 seats in the first election of a provincial legislature.
	worldatwar.net /timeline/newfoundland/19-49.html (2683 words)

	Union between Newfoundland and Canada, 1949
		However, there was a small but very well-organized group within the Convention, led by Joseph R. Smallwood (later the province's first premier in 1949) and F. Gordon Bradley.
		Smallwood and his supporters pointed to the social and economic benefits that Canada had to offer.
		Smallwood and his supporters travelled extensively throughout the island while those who favoured a return to responsible government limited their campaign largely to the area around St. John's.
	www.mta.ca /faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/study_guide/debates/newfoundland_union.html (682 words)

	Smallwood, Joseph R., 1900-1991 - Papers
		Joseph R. Smallwood granted to Memorial University of Newfoundland all of his personal papers and related government documents gathered while he was Premier of Newfoundland from 1949 to 1972.
		The papers were created or collected and used by Smallwood and cover mainly the period during which he was Premier of Newfoundland (1949-1972) and the three years immediately preceding that period when he was leading the fight to have Newfoundland join the Canadian confederation.
		Joseph Roberts Smallwood was born on December 24, 1900 in Gambo, Newfoundland, the oldest of 13 children born to Mary Ellen Devanna and Charles Smallwood.
	www.library.mun.ca /qeii/cns/archives/smallwood.php (4188 words)

	Irish president urges students to connect online
		Murphy, a commentator and reporter for "The National" and the host of CBC Radio's "Cross-Country Checkup", was a keynote speaker at the Newfoundland and Labrador Student Leadership Conference, held at Booth Memorial High School, St. John's from October 22-24.
		He commenced his speech by talking about a major leader here in Newfoundland, Joseph R. Smallwood, the father of Confederation.
		Smallwood did not become a political force until he decided to start a campaign to make Newfoundland the tenth province of Canada and save its people from the extreme hardship they'd endured in the past.
	www.snn-rdr.ca /snn/old/oct98/oct98/rex.html (557 words)

	jrsmallwood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Edited with an introduction J.R. Smallwood's "The Parliament of the North: The Fishermen's Protection Union in convention, 1921 and 1923," Newfoundland Quarterly (Christmas 2001): 2-9.
		Smallwood's remarks in the National Convention in 1947 on the elevation of Memorial University College to university status
		Joseph Roberts Smallwood Papers at the Centre for Newfoundland Studies Archives, Memorial University
	www.ucs.mun.ca /~melbaker/jrsmallwood.html (226 words)

	A Short History of My Family
		They had seven children the second oldest was Joseph William Spencer who was born in 1879 in Harbour Breton.At this point in the narrative I think something should be said about the fishing industry and the type of fishing boats used in Newfoundland in the 19th century, and how this affected the Spencer Family.
		She was the previously mentioned Emily Foote, a girl in her late teens, who according to family legend had followed one of Joseph's brothers to Montreal with the view to marrying him.
		Emily would name her first child after her sister, Ida Elsie and two sons would be named after brothers of Joseph Spencer, they were James Francis and Elias Edwin.Shortly after the marriage of Joseph William Spencer and Emily Foote their first child was born on the 1st May 1906.
	www.webpost.net /di/dianeswebsite/Diane.html (3704 words)

	The Joseph and Clara Smallwood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Joseph and Clara Smallwood was christened in honour of Joseph.R. Smallwood.
		The Joseph and Clara Smallwood weights 16 750 tonnes.
		DECK 7: Deck 7 ofers comfortable passanger seating in the Carter lounge(a designated smoking area) and the Baccalieu lounge, Dayniter lounges are in quiet locations on deck 3 and 4.
	www.sje.k12.nf.ca /html_files/joseph.html (333 words)

	Joseph R. Smallwood's case for Newfoundland joining Canada - Newfoundland History
		Joseph R. Smallwood's case for Newfoundland joining Canada - Newfoundland History
		In 1946, at the time when the National Convention to consider the future of Newfoundland was about to be elected, Joseph R. Smallwood sent a series of fourteen letters to St. John's Daily News to make the case for Newfoundland to join Canada.
		In these letters, he outlined, in his usual casual, yet effective, style the arguments for Confederation.
	www2.marianopolis.edu /nfldhistory/SmallwoodCaseforConfederation.htm (88 words)

	Rockwell Kent Exhibition
		Senator Joseph McCarthy and his troubadours of trepidation had hurled enough mud at Kent that those less firm in their stance than the artist himself, readjusted their aesthetic appreciation for fear of guilt by association.
		During the winter Kent had received an invitation from Joseph R. Smallwood, Premier of the Provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, to return to Newfoundland after an absence of more than 50 years.
		Scott R. Ferris, a freelance consultant on Rockwell Kent, is former director of The Rockwell Kent Legacies.
	northeastjournal.com /PastStories/rockwellkent0699.htm (3000 words)

	The World at War
		Confederation found its champion in Joseph R. Smallwood, a former journalist, labor organizer, broadcaster and pig farmer best known to his fellow Newfoundlanders by his radio persona "the Barrelman".
		Smallwood aimed to "drag Newfoundland kicking and screaming into the twentieth century" and extend the benefits of Canada’s social welfare programs to the island’s unfortunates.
		Smallwood delivered a stinging rebuke of the island’s past and expressed the fears many held regarding a "return to Responsible Government as it existed in 1934".
	worldatwar.net /article/newfoundland (9392 words)

	CBC Newfoundland and Labrador - Former MHA Drover dead at 93 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Drover felt "Smallwood never ran a caucus meeting that was remotely interested in the policy ideas of his MHAs," Cadigan said.
		Cadigan said Drover was still bitter, after half a century, that Smallwood had denied him access to a government pension.
		His break with Smallwood was a defining moment, and Drover never accepted Smallwood's vows that Drover would be banished for breaking ranks.
	www.cbc.ca /nl/story/nf-drover-obit-050622.html (564 words)

	Tales of Fogo Island - Page 189 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Joseph R. Smallwood was Premier of Newfoundland when the province joined Canada in 1949.
		When the resettlement plan was in action, Premier Smallwood and his officials visited the island and gave the people three choices.
		They could stay on the island and wait for it to slowly die, they could move away while the resettlement program was offered, or they could stay and build their own economy.
	www.nald.ca /CLR/fogo/page189.htm (151 words)

	Resource Room: Joining the Canadian Family
		Joseph R. Smallwood delivered many campaign speeches where he argued that Confederation would bring the "baby bonus" (i.e., a monthly payment to a family for each child), old-age pension, better hospitals, roads, and a better standard of living.
		The key to the outcome was Britain and where it stood on the issue.
		On April 1,1949 Joseph R. Smallwood formed a government to rule the new province until the first election could be held.
	www.cdli.ca /ourfuture/resource/g9_casestudy5.html (602 words)

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		The foundation of the modern Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador was laid in the formation in 1948 of the Newfoundland Confederate Association.
		More than 100 Newfoundlanders from all parts of Newfoundland and Labrador were invited by Smallwood to become vice-presidents; Gregory J. Power was named assistant campaign manager and Charles F. Garland financial secretary treasurer and chairman of a war veterans' advisory committee.
		On January 5, 1949 the association held a celebration dinner at the Newfoundland Hotel when Bradley and Smallwood were presented with engraved silver cups to commemorate the referendum victory.
	www.liberal.nf.net /History/History.htm (669 words)

	ACOA Website - News - News Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Smallwood Era Development Corporation is working to enhance Gambo's role as an integral part of the 50th Anniversary of Confederation Celebrations.
		Various activities will be undertaken including: audio/visual and theatre systems added to the Smallwood Interpretation and Regional Information Centre; festival/event planning and marketing to coincide with Soiree `99 celebrations; and physical upgrades to the Centre such as landscaping and improvements to the site signage.
		Through its activities, the Smallwood Era Development Corporation is expected to generate 8000 additional tourist visits to the Kittiwake Coast.
	www.acoa-apeca.gc.ca /e/media/press/press.shtml?1031 (499 words)

	F.G.Bradley
		At that time, Smallwood had been skeptical, but now he was a committed Confederate.
		It was Smallwood who led the fight for Confederation in the National Convention, but Bradley commanded much respect, converted many people to the cause, and had the confidence of the Canadians and the British who were involved in the process.
		When Confederation was rejected by the majority of members of the convention as a referendum option, Bradley went on radio to denounce the “29 dictators” who had voted against giving Newfoundlanders that choice and urged his listeners to send telegrams demanding that it be placed on the ballot.
	www.infonet.st-johns.nf.ca /providers/green/bradleyriggs.html (869 words)

	Newfoundland Outport: Newfoundland History
		The province's largest lake is the huge Smallwood Reservoir formed on the Churchill River.
		In 1972 the Liberal party lost control, and a new government under Premier Frank Duff Moores was formed by the Progressive Conservative party, the first such administration in the history of the province.
		The Smallwood regime had embarked on numerous projects intended to spur the growth of modern industry in Newfoundland.
	www.durham.net /~kburt/NewfoundlandHistory.html (3787 words)

	Newfoundland Newspapers G-L
		It was strongly supportive of the Liberal Pary and featured highly complimentary accounts of the activities and appearances of Sir Richard Squires.
		Smallwood's name was gone from the banner in only 1930 issue available.
		The stated purpose of the Labrador Free Press was "to educate, stimulate, inspire, inform and serve Labradorians in their search to find relationships between contemporary life and their cultural heritage." (Apr. 16, 1980).
	staff.library.mun.ca /staff/newspapers/gl.htm (2228 words)

	The Town Of Bay Roberts - Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Lions Club started the first Walk-A-Thon in Newfoundland with the late Joseph R. Smallwood.
		Smallwood walked with the club members to raise money for the pool and many more activities.
		Today there are approximately 20-25 members in the club, with only two chartered members: Calvin Keefe, and Walter Baggs, who played a very important role in starting the Lions Club in Bay Roberts.
	www.nfcap.nf.ca /east/BayRoberts/services/lions.html (222 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wells was appointed to cabinet by Premier Joseph R.
		Smallwood in 1966 and was subsequently elected from cabinet in 1968, citing objections to financial guarantees provided by the provincial government to the Come By Chance oil refinery.
		For a time Wells sat as an independent Liberal, as did he join other Independent Liberals in moving to the progressive Conserves and did not run for re-election in 1971.
	www.k12.nf.ca /sptech/projects/802/clyedwells.html (270 words)

	Book - William Callahan - Smallwood - Journalist - Premier - Nfld. Pat by DOWNHOMER
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		It is not a biography, or intended to be: nor is its purpose to offer a comprehensive record of the Smallwood era.
		It might, however, be described as episodic history, examining key aspects of the political/economic development of Newfoundland and Labrador in its first decades as a Province of Canada with Joseph R. Smallwood the undoubted central figures.
	www.shopdownhomer.com /pgi-productspec?25475 (295 words)

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