House of Commons, 95 , 175 , 235 , 257 , 233
Housing Corporation, 117 , 305
Howe, Joseph, 259
Hull, Davis, 101 , 109
Hydro Quebec, 198 , 326
IBM, 19 , 24
Iceland, 184
Independent, 205
Indian Burying Place, 102
Indian Harbour, 66 , 75 , 178
Institut Canadien des Affaires Publiques, 324
Integrated School, 104
International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (ICNAF), 185
International Woodworkers of America (IWA), 107 , 108
Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC), 326 , 327
IWA strike, 108
Jackson, Lin, 159 , 238
Jamieson, Don, 33 , 139 , 317 -321
Jarvis Collegiate, 20
Jennifer Dawn, 84 , 85 , 88
Joe Glodes Pond, 145
John Penny, 172
Joron, Guy, 199
Journal, The, 223
Joyce, Randy, 251 , 256
Kendell, Tom, 202
King’s Point, 103 , 112
Kirby, Michael, 323 , 324
Knight, Barbara, 151
Knight, C. S., 39
Kruger Inc., 171 , 172
La Poile, 207 , 209 , 210 , 238
La Scie, 40 -43, 45 , 178
Labouchere, Henry, 181
Labrador, xi, 35 , 56 , 66 , 87 , 120 , 124 , 125 , 140 , 156 , 161 , 162 , 178 , 179 , 183 , 194 , 195 , 197 , 200 , 205 , 206 , 304 , 305
Labrador City, 122 , 326 , 327
Labrador Coast, 10 , 54 , 55 , 62 , 66 , 72 , 76 , 237
Labrador nickel mine, 162
Labrador Resource and Transportation plan, 162
LaJeune, Henriette, 5
Lake Champlain, 325
Lake Group, 172
Lalonde, Marc, 215 , 218 , 219 , 226 , 228 , 229
Lashinger, John, 137
Law of the Sea talks, 188 , 192
Leaside Gardens, 20
Leeson, Howard, 254 , 256 , 261 , 263 , 273 -275
Leonard Morse Hospital Training School for Nurses, 13
Lévesque, René, 200 , 205 , 255 , 256 , 260 , 306 , 322 , 324 -326
Lewisporte, xi, 7 , 14 -16, 26 -28, 45 , 127 , 309
Lewisporte Central School, 35
Liberal District Association, 97
Liberal leadership campaign, 107
Liberal Party of Canada, 123 , 158 , 222 , 223 , 233 -235, 312 , 320 , 328
Liberal Party of Newfoundland, xii , 92 , 97 -107, 123 , 136 , 139 , 142 , 158 , 192 , 195 , 208 , 214 , 231 , 295 , 296 , 299 , 300 , 309 , 310 , 312 , 315 , 319
Lion’s Den, 4
Lipsett, Barry, 151
Little Bay, 104 , 106
Little Bay Islands, 106
Little Heart’s Ease, 1
Lloyd’s River, 210
Locke’s Cove, 4
London, 173 , 175 , 181 , 196
Long Island, 106
Lost Country, The, 3
Lougheed, Peter, 147 , 176 , 255 -257, 259 , 262 , 271 , 274 , 280 , 326
Louisbourg, 5 , 6
Lower Churchill, 122 , 125 , 155 , 159 , 199 , 200 , 203 -205, 301 , 306 , 325
Lushes Bight, 106
Lyon, Sterling R., 260 , 270
MacLean, Angus J., 271
Maclean’s, 215
Manitoba, 175 , 176 , 260 , 263 , 270 , 272 , 281
Manuel, Roy, 98
Margaree Valley, Cape Breton, 5 , 17
Marine Institute, 161 , 292 , 293
Marshall, Bill, 136 , 137 , 150 -152, 169 , 215 , 218 , 222 , 226 , 228 , 230 , 235 , 245 , 298 , 307 , 329
Marston, Dr. Geoffrey, 202
Martin, Cabot, 122 , 126 , 138 , 151 , 202 , 211 , 253 , 259 , 261 , 281 , 294
Martin, Leonard, 202
Mary’s Harbour, 54 , 55 , 62 , 63 , 66 , 68 , 69 , 71 , 75
Marystown, 7 -9, 11 , 12 , 14 , 81 , 172 , 178 , 291 , 300
Masefield, John, 210
Masse, Marcel, 240
Matthews, Queen, 101
Mays, Willie, 12
McDonald, Barron, 98
McEvoy, John B., 184
McKay, Elmer, 233
McKay, Peter, 233
McMurtry, Roy, 252 , 259 , 263 , 272 , 274 , 275 , 280
Meech Lake Accord, 328
Meekison, Peter, 255 , 256 , 261 , 263 , 273 -275
Melrose, 140 , 141
Memorial University of Newfoundland, 15 , 30 , 91 , 243 , 244 , 309 , 317 , 320
Mercer, Keith, 202
Mercier, Gerald, 260
Miles Cove, 104 , 105
Millan, Steve M., 122 , 126 , 211
Milltown, 123
Mobil, 240
Moncton, 189
Montreal, 228 , 229 , 254 , 302 , 306 , 319 , 326 , 328
Moores, Frank, 98 , 100 , 128 , 142 , 185 , 200 , 201 , 210 , 249 , 296 , 301 -309, 317
Morris, Edmund, 259 , 263
Morris, Patrick, 183
Morrisville, 123
Morton, Ted, 254 , 271 , 272 , 276 , 278 , 280
Mount Pearl, 117
Mu Upsilon Nu, 34
Mulroney, Brian, 149 , 151 , 199 , 213 , 232 , 233 , 235 , 237 , 240 , 326 -329
Murden, Gerry, 97
Murphy, John, 231
Murphy Oil, 240
Murphy, Rex, 34 , 35
Muskrat Falls, 159 , 197
National Post, 254 , 271 , 272 , 276 , 278 , 280
National Sea, 172
Near, Harry, 151
New Brunswick, 175 , 189 , 252 , 260 , 263 , 264 , 270 , 273 , 281
New Democratic Party, 329
New Gower Street, 96 , 97 , 296
New World Island, 296
New Zealand, 182
Newfoundland and Labrador Development Corporation (NLDC), 163 -166
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, 122 , 123 , 160 , 198 , 204 , 215
Newfoundland and Labrador Industrial Development Corporation (NIDC), 162
Newfoundland Association of Public Employees (NAPE), 160
Newfoundland Court of Appeal, 175 , 202 , 203 , 220 , 233 , 246
Newfoundland Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), 243 , 367
Newfoundland Savings Bond program, 162
Newman, Peter, 215
Nickerson Group, 172
Nippers Harbour, 99 , 102 , 103 , 209
Nolasco, Sister, 34
Nordco, 183 , 185 -187
Norris, David, 151 , 294
North Atlantic Fishery Organization (NAFO), 323
Norway, 184
Nova Scotia, 5 , 20 , 22 , 175 , 177 , 220 , 224 -227, 231 -233, 238 , 252 , 259 , 262 , 263 , 270 , 281
NTV, 317
O’Flaherty, Patrick, 3
Oake, David, 294
Oderin Island, 10 , 11
Ontario, 139 , 157 , 175 , 205 , 213 , 241 , 242 , 252 , 259 , 263 , 270 , 273 , 281
Opposition, 33 , 136 , 142 , 158 , 181 , 206 , 214 , 226 , 297 , 309 , 312 , 319 , 320
Osborne, David, 202
Ottawa, 88 , 98 , 117 -119, 157 , 184 , 190 -192, 199 , 228 , 229 , 232 , 246 , 252 , 256 , 265 , 272 , 273 , 275 , 286 , 297 , 300 -302, 308 , 312 , 314 , 318 , 319 , 321 , 323
Ottenheimer, Gerald, 136 , 215 , 220 , 252 , 259 , 261 , 263 , 281 , 298
Paddon, Anthony, 320
Parade Street, 30
Paris, 126 , 190 , 313 , 316
Parliament Street, 24 , 26
Parsons, Harold, 98
Parti Québécois, 206
Patriation Agreement, 177 , 251 -253, 281
Peckford, Carol, 144
Peckford, Joseph, 1 -4
Peddle, Ambrose, 17
Peddle, W. J., 1
Penney, Ronald G., 151 , 277
Peters, Madeline, 101
Petro-Canada, 167 , 211
Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, 126
Petten, Frank, 298
Pilley’s Island, 106 , 194 , 196
Pittman, Wesley, 194 , 196
Placentia Bay, 8 , 10 , 12 , 42 , 140 , 312 , 313
Pleasantville, 5 , 17
Ploughman, Burford, 203 , 204
Point La Haye, 2 , 3
Pointe Riche, 180
Port Anson, 104
Port au Port District Association, 133 -135
Port aux Basques, 1 , 161 , 209 , 210
Port aux Basques Progressive Conservative Association, 209
Port Hope Simpson, 56
Port Saunders, 136
Port Union, 140
Power Authority of the State of New York (PASNY), 204
Pratt, Christopher, 199 , 311
Prince Edward Island (PEI), 156 , 175 , 177 , 252 , 259 , 260 , 262 , 271 , 273 , 281
Privy Council, 206
Probyn, Stephen, 151
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, 17 , 147 , 190 , 232 -234, 297 , 298 , 327 , 328
Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland, 9 , 48 , 96 , 98 -104, 106 , 107 , 110 , 112 , 123 , 131 , 133 , 134 , 136 , 140 , 145 , 158 , 159 , 197 , 209 , 298 , 300 , 302 , 307 , 312
Prole, George, 102
Protestant faith, 8 , 9 , 14 , 104
Prowse, D. W., 178
Public Tender Act, 307 , 308
Pye, Ken, 66
Pyramid Head, 80
Qualicum Beach, BC, 285
Quebec, 35 , 125 , 159 , 174 -177, 197 -200, 202 , 204 -206, 241 , 252 , 260 , 263 , 281 , 306 , 322 , 324 , 325
Quebec City, 199 , 206
Queen Elizabeth II, 312
Quidi Vidi Village, 5
Ramea, 172
Random Island, 1 , 18
Rattling Brook, 103 , 112 , 113
Representative Government, 180 , 213
Republican Party (USA), 14
Responsible Government, 180 , 181 , 213
Revenue Canada, 110 , 111
Rice, Lewis, 1
Rideau Canal, 184
Riverdale Zoo, 20
Robert’s Arm, 106 , 107
Roberts, Edward, 33
Robertson, Gordon, 323
Roche, Sandy, 249
Roddickton, 87 , 136 , 161
Rolfe, Ford, 98 , 99
Romanow, Roy, 252 , 259 , 263 , 272 -275, 279 , 280
Ross, David, 5
Ross, James, 5 , 6
Ross, Thomas E., 6
Ross, Victoria, 5
Rough Harbour, 80
Round Harbour, 43 , 102
Rousseau, Joseph, 115 , 116
Rowe, Frederick, 116
Rowe, Harold, 116
Royal Commission on Employment and Unemployment, 164
Royal Navy, 195 , 196
Rural Development Council, 126
Ryan, Frank, 130 , 133 , 137 , 139 , 249 , 297
St. Alban’s, 123
St. Anthony, 136
St. John’s, x, 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 , 7 -9, 11 , 13 , 14 , 17 -19, 43 -45, 57 , 65 , 76 , 87 , 94 , 96 -98, 101 , 108 , 111 , 114 , 117 , 118 , 129 , 136 , 137 , 139 , 140 , 161 , 179 , 182 , 184 , 200 , 216 , 228 , 231 , 239 , 243 , 249 , 251 , 273 , 275 , 298 , 300 , 310 , 318 -320, 345 , 347
St. Lawrence, 122 , 318
St. Lewis Bay, 54 , 66 , 69 , 70 , 73
St. Mary’s Bay, 2 , 3
St. Michaels Bay, 63
St. Patrick’s, 104
Sandy Hook, 57 , 58 , 178
Saskatchewan, 156 , 175 , 177 , 252 -254, 256 , 259 , 261 -263, 271 -273, 281 , 322
School of Social Work, 19
Shaheen, John, 311 -313, 315 -317
Sheppard, Doug, 98
Sheppard, Robert, 253 , 288
Shoe Cove, 102
Signal Hill, 237
Simmons, Roger, 91
Sir Richard Squires Building, 170 , 172 , 309
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, 161
Sisters of Mercy, 8
Smallwood, Joseph R., xii , 16 , 30 , 31 , 42 , 68 , 92 -98, 100 , 102 -105, 107 , 116 , 121 , 136 , 167 , 183 , 184 , 193 , 195 , 197 , 208 , 209 , 213 , 295 -297, 300 , 305 , 307 , 309 -317
Smith, Mel, 256 , 261 , 263 , 273 -275
Snook’s Arm, 43 , 99 , 102
Snug Harbour, 178
South Brook, 97 , 102 , 104
Southern Shore, 1 , 179
Spracklin, Lorne, 211 , 294
Springdale, 48 , 91 , 92 , 98 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 107 , 109 , 237 , 303
Square Islands, 56 , 57 , 178
Squires, Richard, 170 , 172 , 184 , 309 , 315 , 316
Stagg, Fred, 135 , 249
Starkes, Harold, 99
Status of Women Advisory Council, 161
Stephenville, 134 , 135 , 171
Stephenville linerboard mill, 305
Strait of Belle Isle, 205
Sullivan, Des, 249
Sunday Cove Island, 104 , 105
Supreme Court of Canada, 175 , 176 , 191 , 202 , 203 , 220 , 221 , 233 , 237 , 253 , 254 , 281 , 286 , 287
Supreme Court of Newfoundland, 129 , 220 -224
Swift Current, 318
Tellier, Paul, 151 , 229
Temperance Street, 4
Terms of Union, 121 , 155 , 175 , 179 , 234
Teron, Bill, 118 -120
Terry Fox Memorial, 4 , 237
Thistle, Jim, 151 , 294
Thistle, Sandy, 1 , 2
Tilt Cove, 43 , 102
Tobin, Brian, 188
Toronto Stock Exchange, 191
Treasury Board, 116 , 127
Treaty of Utrecht, 180
Treaty of Versailles, 180 , 182
Trepassey, 1
Trinity, 140 , 301
Trinity Bay, 140
Triton, 106 -108, 127
Trudeau, Pierre, 118 , 188 , 216 , 253 , 279 , 282 , 320 -324
Tub Harbour, 61 , 178
Twillingate, 42 , 296
Ukraine, 20
United Church of Canada, 254 , 272 , 276 -278
University of Calgary, 254 , 272 , 276 -278
University of Edinburgh, 202
University of Toronto, 19
Upper Churchill, 121 , 154 , 155 , 159 , 183 , 197 , 199 , 200 , 202 , 205 , 244 , 306 , 309 , 325
Upper Salmon Hydro Project, 122
US Auto Pact, 213
Valpy, Michael, 253 , 288
Vancouver Sun, 118
Vardy, David, 151 , 249
Venture Capital Program, 165
Verwoerd, Hendrik, 21
Voisey’s Bay, 162
Wabush, 122
Walsh, Albert, 184
Warr, Margaret, 109
Water Reversion Act, 203
Water Street, 5 , 89
Welfare Act, 38
Wells, Clyde, 92 , 97 , 312
Wells, Janice, 200 , 201
West Africa, 182
Whalesback Mine, 122
Wheeler, Marg, 101 , 109
Whelan, Tom, 168 , 169
Whitbourne, 7 , 13
White Bay, 10
Whiteway, William, 309
Wilson, Michael, 240 , 299
Windy Point, 76 -78, 85
Winter, Gordon A., 146 , 184
Withers, Peter, 116 , 249
Woods Gordon, 171
Wordsworth, William, 57
World War I, 135
World War II, 16 , 135
Wright, Ron, 151
Young, Hiram, 5
Young, Sandy, 104
Young, Victor, 200
Youth Entrepreneur Program, 165
BRIAN PECKFORD WAS BORN in Whitbourne, Newfoundland, on August 27, 1942, and grew up in Whitbourne, Marystown, and Lewisporte. Peckford is a former premier of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and holds a Bachelor of Education degree, having also completed postgraduate work in English Literature, Education, Psychology, and French Literature. Prior to entering politics, he was a high school teacher in rural Newfoundland.
He was first elected to the House of Assembly in 1972 at the age of twenty-nine. He was appointed parliamentary assistant to the premier, Honourable Frank Moores, in 1973. The
following year he was appointed minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and in 1976 held the portfolios of minister of: Mines and Energy; and Rural and Northern Development. At the age of thirty-six, he was elected leader of the provincial Progressive Conservative Party and premier of the province, becoming the youngest first minister in over 100 years.
It was Peckford’s administration that fought for and achieved a new, groundbreaking arrangement with the federal government called the Atlantic Accord, which has become the template for all exploration and development of offshore oil and gas resources in Canada. It is under this arrangement that the oil fields of Hibernia, Terra Nova, and White Rose have been developed and are producing today. It is as a result of the revenues from these developments that the province of Newfoundland and Labrador has achieved “have” status, the first time since becoming a part of Canada in 1949. Peckford retired from public life in 1989 and established his own consulting business serving government and business clients in North America and Europe.
In 1982, Peckford received the Vanier Award as an outstanding young Canadian. That same year he was sworn to the Privy Council of Canada by her majesty the Queen, and he published a book in 1983 entitled The Past in the Present expressing his views on Newfoundland and Labrador’s economic history and prospects. In 1986, he received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Memorial University and served on the board of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and as chair of its Human Resources Committee from 1993 to 1998. He was appointed, in 1998, as a one-person inquiry by the Government of British Columbia to investigate the state of Fraser River salmon stocks and management issues related to the fishery. Two reports were issued in ninety days, on budget. In 2001, he received an Outstanding Contribution Award from the Newfoundland Ocean Industries Association for his work on offshore oil and gas issues. In 2007, he was appointed Chancellor of Sprott Shaw Degree College.
In 2008, Mr. Peckford was chair of a federal government–appointed expert panel to review federal chronic disease policy, especially diabetes, and to present a report to the federal Health minister. The report was completed on time and on budget. Peckford is currently a director of Strongbow Exploration Inc., a public junior mining company with exploration interests in British Columbia, North West Territories, Nunavut, and the United States. He and his wife, Carol, reside in Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island.
Although Peckford is well-known for his persistent efforts to improve the financial and economic condition of his native province, there are other firsts for which he and his administrations are responsible, including the first aquaculture legislation, first Department of Environment, first pay equity policy, first Arts Council, first Status of Women Council, first community college system, and the first and only Fine Arts degree program and building at the Grenfell Campus of Memorial University in Corner Brook.
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