Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ba da daɗewa ba bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu cewa an ƙirƙiri Babban Taron Newfoundland don yin la'akari da makomar tsarin mulki na Newfoundland. Zaben raba gardama biyu
an fara ne a shekarar 1948. A cikin na farko, an nemi Newfoundlanders su jefa kuri'a kan ko za su shiga Kanada a matsayin lardi, komawa ga mulkin mallaka tare da gwamnati mai alhakin, ko kuma ci gaba da kwamiti da aka nada. A cikin kuri'ar raba gardama ta biyu, an tambayi Newfoundlanders su zabi tsakanin gwamnati mai alhakin da kuma tarayya tare da Kanada. Motsawa don gwamnati mai alhakin tana da rauni, ba ta da tsari sosai a yankunan karkara, kuma tana da wasu rarrabuwa da suka samo asali daga yawancin membobinta da ke goyon bayan ƙungiyar tattalin arziki ta musamman tare da Amurka. Masu jefa kuri'a na Newfoundland sun yi zaɓe kaɗan don goyon bayan tarayya kuma a cikin 1949 Newfoundland ya shiga Kanada a matsayin lardinsa na goma.