Dominion of Newfoundland

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British colony former British dominion former country

The Dominion of Newfoundland was a self-governing dominion of the British Empire in the early 20th century that later joined Canada as the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Dominion of Newfoundland canonical	6
Dominion of Newfoundland government	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony ⓘ former British dominion ⓘ former country ⓘ
anthem	The Ode to Newfoundland NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy	Dominion of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ French overseas territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	St. John’s NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArms	Coat of arms of Newfoundland and Labrador NERFINISHED ⓘ
commonLanguage	English ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	direct rule by British-appointed Commission of Government from 1934 to 1949 ⓘ self-governing dominion from 1907 to 1934 ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currency	Canadian dollar NERFINISHED ⓘ Newfoundland dollar NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateDissolved	1949-03-31 ⓘ
dateFormed	1907-09-26 ⓘ
demographics	population under 300,000 during dominion period ⓘ
dissolved	1949 ⓘ
established	1907 ⓘ
event	achieved dominion status in 1907 ⓘ confederation with Canada in 1949 ⓘ establishment of Commission of Government in 1934 ⓘ suspended responsible government in 1934 ⓘ
flag	Union Jack NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm	constitutional monarchy ⓘ parliamentary democracy ⓘ
headOfGovernment	prime minister of Newfoundland ⓘ
headOfState	Edward VIII NERFINISHED ⓘ George V NERFINISHED ⓘ George VI NERFINISHED ⓘ monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
includes	Labrador (mainland region) NERFINISHED ⓘ island of Newfoundland ⓘ
joined	Canada in 1949 ⓘ League of Nations in 1920 NERFINISHED ⓘ
left	League of Nations in 1934 NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeBody	Legislative Council of Newfoundland NERFINISHED ⓘ Newfoundland House of Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
majorIndustry	fish processing ⓘ fishing ⓘ forestry ⓘ mining ⓘ
memberOf	League of Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryUnit	Royal Newfoundland Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Beaumont-Hamel in 1916 NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableLeader	Edward Patrick Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick C. Alderdice NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Squires NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Bond NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
participatedIn	World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
partOf	British Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ British Empire ⓘ Canada after 1949 as Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
precededBy	Colony of Newfoundland NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Methodism NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedBy	Commission of Government of Newfoundland NERFINISHED ⓘ Newfoundland and Labrador NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colony of Newfoundland → replacedBy → Dominion of Newfoundland ⓘ

Colony of Newfoundland → successorState → Dominion of Newfoundland ⓘ

Newfoundlander → politicalHistory → Dominion of Newfoundland ⓘ

Atlantic Meeting → hasLocationJurisdiction → Dominion of Newfoundland ⓘ

Argentia → historicalJurisdiction → Dominion of Newfoundland ⓘ

Newfoundland Regiment → country → Dominion of Newfoundland ⓘ

Newfoundland Regiment → raisedBy → Dominion of Newfoundland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dominion of Newfoundland government