Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Jam'iyyar ta samo asali ne a 1948 a matsayin Newfoundland Confederate Association. A wannan lokacin, Newfoundland ana gudanar da shi ne ta hanyar Hukumar Gwamnati da Gwamnatin Ingila ta nada. NCA ƙungiya ce da ke yaƙin neman zaɓe don Newfoundland don shiga cikin tarayyar Kanada. Joey Smallwood shi ne babban mai shirya NCA da mai magana da yawun, kuma ya jagoranci bangaren da ya yi nasara a zaben raba gardama na Newfoundland na 1948
a kan Tarayya.