Dominion of Newfoundland

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colony ⓘ
former British dominion ⓘ
former country ⓘ
anthem The Ode to Newfoundland ⓘ
borderedBy Dominion of Canada ⓘ
French overseas territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon ⓘ
capital St. John’s ⓘ
coatOfArms Coat of arms of Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Newfoundland dollar ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Union Flag
governmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
headOfGovernment prime minister of Newfoundland ⓘ
headOfState Edward VIII ⓘ
George V ⓘ
George VI ⓘ
monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
includes Labrador (mainland region) ⓘ
island of Newfoundland ⓘ
joined Canada in 1949 ⓘ
League of Nations in 1920 ⓘ
linked to: League of Nations
left League of Nations in 1934 ⓘ
linked to: League of Nations
legislativeBody Legislative Council of Newfoundland ⓘ
Newfoundland House of Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
majorIndustry fish processing ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
mining ⓘ
memberOf League of Nations ⓘ
militaryUnit Royal Newfoundland Regiment ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Beaumont-Hamel in 1916 ⓘ
notableLeader Edward Patrick Morris ⓘ
Frederick C. Alderdice ⓘ
Richard Squires ⓘ
Robert Bond ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
participatedIn World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
partOf British Commonwealth ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
Canada after 1949 as Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
precededBy Colony of Newfoundland ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Methodism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedBy Commission of Government of Newfoundland ⓘ
Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ

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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 government ⓘ
linked to: Dominion of Newfoundland
Burin—Burgeo → countrySubdivision → Dominion of Newfoundland ⓘ
Dominions Secretary → hasJurisdictionOver → Newfoundland (Dominion) ⓘ
linked to: Dominion of Newfoundland
Roman Catholic Diocese of Harbour Grace → historicalRegion → Dominion of Newfoundland ⓘ
Imperial Conference Secretariat → appliesToJurisdiction → Dominion of Newfoundland ⓘ
Richard Squires → headOfGovernmentOf → Dominion of Newfoundland ⓘ
Battles of the Scarpe (1917) → belligerent → Dominion of Newfoundland ⓘ