Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Maps

Introduction

  1      Religious Competition, 1745--1825
  2      The Anglican Response, 1820--34
  3      Bishop Fleming and Newfoundland Catholicism, 1829-37
  4      Religion and Politics, 1832--36
  5      The Catholic Crusade, 1836--38
  6      Checkmating Reform, 1837--41
  7      Constitutional Change, 1837--47
  8      The Rise of Philip Little, 1848--52
  9      Religion and Electoral Representation, 1852-54
10    The Election of 1855

Conclusion

Appendix
    1     Exhibiting the extent of the « exclusive system' » in Newfoundland
    2     Distribution of members, by districts, according to the Representation Bill produced by Philip Little in the
           House of Assembly, St. John's, February 20, 1852
    3     The electoral division of Conception Bay according to W.B. Row, Legislative Council, March 19, 1852
    4     Probable returns under the bill passed by the House of Assembly and sent to the Council for their concurrence
           on the 28th March, 1853 according to the census of 1845
    5     Legislative Council amendments to the Representation Bill passed by the House of Assembly, March 28, 1853
    6     Representation bill passed by the Assembly, April 11, 1854
    7     Legislative Council amendments to the Representation Bill passed by the Assembly, April 11, 1854
    8     The Representation Bill passed by the Assembly and finally accepted by the Legislative Council, Nov. 9, 1854

A Note on Sources

Notes

Index

20 août 2002