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Joseph Smallwood

Joseph Smallwood
Joseph Smallwood led a wide-ranging life as a labor organizer, writer, and pig farmer before leading the drive for Newfoundland’s confederation with Canada in 1949. Chosen as the province's first premier that same year, Smallwood remained in office until 1972.
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