WI: The State of Newfoundland

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In 1948, during the last days of the Dominion of Newfoundland (at the time a dominion-dependency in the Commonwealth and independent of Canada), there was mainstream support, although not majority, for Newfoundland to join the United States, thanks to the efforts of the Economic Union Party and significant U.S. investment in Newfoundland stemming from the U.S.-British alliance in World War II. In the 1948 Newfoundland referendums, the economic unionists backed an independent Newfoundland that would later join with the United States, but could not gain a majority; the runoff vote produced a majority to confederate with Canada.

So, what if the Dominion of Newfoundland had become independent and later joined the United States? What differences would the State of Newfoundland have made to history, if any?
 
A quick map of the US with the 'State of Newfoundland', just to give you a basic idea of what the alternate US would look like.
(Note - Hawaii moved to the east on this map, rather than having a whole load of white on the left)

US with D-of-Newfoundland.png

US with D-of-Newfoundland.png
 
A quick map of the US with the 'State of Newfoundland', just to give you a basic idea of what the alternate US would look like.
(Note - Hawaii moved to the east on this map, rather than having a whole load of white on the left)

Would Britain (via Canada) allow Labrador to come, too?
 
The est. Population level by 1950 for Newfoundland is approx. 360,000 people.

There is the Cod Fishery industry that lasted until the 1990s when the Cod population crashed tho the Herring & Mackerel fishing was sustainable....

Forest milling will probably kept at a low production rate due to the limited territory available of Newfoundland...

There are some Iron, Nickel, Copper mines & Quarries but it would probably be the Oil Fields off the Grand Banks found probably in the late 1980s and 1990s that will improve the GDP of Newfoundland in the 2000s
 
A quick look at the modern politics of the Canadian Province suggests that the State of Newfoundland would lean towards the Republicans. Sound plausible to any Canadians here?
 
A quick look at the modern politics of the Canadian Province suggests that the State of Newfoundland would lean towards the Republicans. Sound plausible to any Canadians here?

I think they'd go more for democrat or some other local party frankly. They might be traditionalists in some ways but the seasonal work means they tend to look toward an interventionist government in terms of economy.
 
Marc Pasquin said:
I think they'd go more for democrat or some other local party frankly. They might be traditionalists in some ways but the seasonal work means they tend to look toward an interventionist government in terms of economy.
With a weak, seasonal economy, Newfoundland is liable to be a Democratic stronghold the likes of which Americans can hardly imagine.:eek:
 
I wonder what impact Senator Bubbles would have on American history (save for the fact that ANY abuse of kitties, would likley result in the death penalty!)
 
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