Newfoundland Royal Commission - Events of The Commission

Events of The Commission

• March 12, the three commissioners met in St. John's and were received by Governor David Murray Anderson.
• March 16, the Prime Minister formally welcomed the Commission on behalf of the government and the Newfoundland people.
• March 20, the commission commenced regular sitting for the purpose of hearing evidence. This continued five days a week until April 14.
• April 17, the commission left the capital of St. John's to tour some of the coastal towns and villages. Over the next two weeks the commission visited the communities of Harbour Grace, Carbonear, Heart's Content, Winterton, Bonavista, Catalina, Trinity, Lewisporte, Stephenville, and St. George's.
• April 28, the commission departed Newfoundland for Ottawa, Canada, where it stayed until May 22 gathering information from witnesses who could not meet the commission in St. John's.
• The commission next proceeded to Montreal, to interview the general managers of the Bank of Montreal on the subject of Newfoundland's debt.
• May 24, the commission left Montreal for Halifax where it interviewed the general managers of the Bank of Nova Scotia, and heard more evidence, mostly relating to the Newfoundland fishery
• May 27, the commission left Halifax and arrived in St. John's on May 29
• May 30, the commission resumed sittings in St. John's and continued until the end of June.
• In total, the commission held approximately 100 formal sittings and listened to 260 witnesses.