Polity Newfoundland (Dominion)

This article is about the specific polity Newfoundland (Dominion) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Newfoundland was a British dominion in eastern North America, today the modern Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Establishment

  • January 1908: Newfoundland remained a colony until acquiring Dominion status in 1907. A dominion constituted a self-governing state of the British Empire or British Commonwealth and the Dominion of Newfoundland was relatively autonomous from British rule.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • December 1931: The Statute of Westminster 1931 largely granted Newfoundland independence from the United Kingdom.

Disestablishment

  • December 1931: The Statute of Westminster 1931 largely granted Newfoundland independence from the United Kingdom.