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By Kathleen Moore Video Captured By: NAUresistance God bless Newfoundland. On March 31, 1949, Newfoundland officially became part of Canada, and on the following day, Smallwood was sworn in as the first Premier. Therefore, when Newfoundland went to war in 1914, it was not yet a part of Canada. It had, however, achieved Dominion status, along with New Zealand, on September 26th, 1907. Like Canada, then, Newfoundland still anticipated eventual independence. This came for both Dominions of Canada and Newfoundland in 1931 with the Statute of Westminster: "And whereas the Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State and Newfoundland have severally requested and consented to the submission of a measure to the Parliament of the United Kingdom..." Newfoundland became an emancipated Dominion under the Statute of Westminster in 1931; but suspended responsible government and reverted to the status of a Crown colony on February 16th, 1934, a kind of economic receivership under a "Commission of Government" appointed by Great Britain. This transpired due to financial difficulties Newfoundland encountered during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Commission of Government was in still in effect when Newfoundland voted to join Canada. It took two referendums before Newfoundland chose Confederation, the second of which on July 22nd, 1948 producing a vote of 52% to 48% in favour. Read a short excerpt on Newfoundland and the war: http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.bel... Source: GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, Newfoundland . An Introduction to Canada's New Province, Published by authority of the Right Honourable C. D. HOWE, Minister of Trade and Commerce, prepared by the Department of External Affairs, in collaboration with the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Ottawa, 1950, 142p., pp. 15-41.