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Confederation at 75

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Edward Hollett
Apr 01, 2024
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Archive photo showing Canadian Prime Minister Louis St-Laurent, Canada's new Secretary of State, F. Gordon Bradley of Newfoundland, and former Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King in front of the Canadian Parliament.
The formal ceremony in 1949 marking Newfoundland’s entry into Confederation. Radio Canada could not identify the saluting figure, referring to Governor General Viscount Alexander of Tunis [formerly Field Marshall Harold Alexander] merely as “an officer.” The tall man to the right of the microphone is F. Gordon Bradley, the first federal cabinet minist…

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