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Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada,in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador,having a total size of 405,212 square kilometres. In 2021,the population of Newfoundland and Labrador was estimated to be 521,758. The island of Newfoundland is home to around 94 per cent of the province's population,with more than half residing in the Avalon Peninsula. Labrador borders the province of Quebec,and the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon lies about 20 km west of the Burin Peninsula.
Labrador is a geographic and cultural region within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the primarily continental portion of the province and constitutes 71% of the province's area but is home to only 6% of its population. It is separated from the island of Newfoundland by the Strait of Belle Isle. It is the largest and northernmost geographical region in the four Atlantic provinces.
The Labrador Retriever or simply Labrador is a British breed of retriever gun dog. It was developed in the United Kingdom from fishing dogs imported from the colony of Newfoundland,and was named after the Labrador region of that colony. It is among the most commonly kept dogs in several countries,particularly in the Western world.
The premier of Newfoundland and Labrador is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Since 1949,the premier's duties and office has been the successor to the ministerial position of the prime minister of the former Dominion of Newfoundland. Before 2001,the official title was Premier of Newfoundland.
The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is the unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada. It meets in the Confederation Building in St. John's. Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the King of Canada in Right of Newfoundland and Labrador,represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Edward Moxon Roberts was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He first served as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (MHA) from 1966 to 1985 representing White Bay North,and again from 1992 to 1996 representing Naskaupi. He went on to serve as the eleventh lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador from 2002 until 2008.
Newfoundland was a British dominion in eastern North America,today the modern Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was established on 26 September 1907,and confirmed by the Balfour Declaration of 1926 and the Statute of Westminster of 1931. It included the island of Newfoundland,and Labrador on the continental mainland. Newfoundland was one of the original dominions within the meaning of the Balfour Declaration and accordingly enjoyed a constitutional status equivalent to the other dominions of the time.
St. Anthony is a town on the northern reaches of the Great Northern Peninsula of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. St. Anthony serves as a main service centre for northern Newfoundland and southern Labrador. St. Anthony had a population of 2,180 in 2021,compared with 2,258 in 2016,2,418 in 2011,2,476 in 2006 and 2,730 in 2001.
The lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador is the viceregal representative in Newfoundland and Labrador of the Canadian monarch,King Charles III,who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada,as well as the other Commonwealth realms and any subdivisions thereof,and resides predominantly in his oldest realm,the United Kingdom. The lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador is appointed in the same manner as the other provincial viceroys in Canada and is similarly tasked with carrying out most of the monarch's constitutional and ceremonial duties. The current,and 14th lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador is Judy Foote,who has served in the role since 3 May 2018.
The province of Newfoundland and Labrador covers the period from habitation by Archaic peoples thousands of years ago to the present day.
Noggin Cove is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is west of Carmanville on the south side of Hamilton Sound. It is said to be named after Noggin Island,about 5 km off its eastern point.
The Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador is governed by a unicameral legislature,the House of Assembly,which operates under the Westminster model of government. The executive function of government is formed by the Lieutenant Governor,the premier and his or her cabinet. The politics of Newfoundland and Labrador is defined by a long history,liberal democratic political institutions and a unique political culture.
The General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador is the legislature of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada. Today,the legislature is made of two elements:the monarch of Canada,represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador,and the unicameral assembly called the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. The legislature was first established in 1832.
Newfoundland is a large island off the east coast of the North American mainland and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It has 29 percent of the province's land area. The island is separated from the Labrador Peninsula by the Strait of Belle Isle and from Cape Breton Island by the Cabot Strait. It blocks the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River,creating the Gulf of Saint Lawrence,the world's largest estuary. Newfoundland's nearest neighbour is the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
Newfoundland Colony was an English and,later,British colony established in 1610 on the island of Newfoundland off the Atlantic coast of Canada,in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. That followed decades of sporadic English settlement on the island,which was at first seasonal,rather than permanent. It was made a Crown colony in 1824 and a Dominion in 1907. Its economy collapsed during the Great Depression of the 1930s when the British Parliament passed the Newfoundland Act 1933,and on 16 February 1934,the British government appointed a six-member Commission of Government to govern the country. In 1949,the country voted to join Canada as the Province of Newfoundland.
Derek John Bennett is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2015 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Lewisporte-Twillingate as a member of the Liberal Party.
The 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on March 25,2021,to elect members of the 50th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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