Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Kudin da Amurka da Kanada ke kashewa a Newfoundland a lokacin 1940s ya haifar da bunkasa tattalin arziki kuma ya ba da damar Hukumar Gwamnati ta yi la'akari da yadda za a sake dawo da tsarin mulkin demokra] iyya. Duk da haka, gwamnatin Biritaniya ta yi imani cewa wadatawar lokacin yaƙi ba za ta daɗe ba. Saboda haka ya kafa Newfoundland National Convention a shekara ta 1946 don tattaunawa game da zaɓuɓɓukan tsarin mulki, wanda aka gabatar wa mutane a cikin kuri'un raba gardama guda biyu
a shekarar 1948. Ta hanyar karamin rinjaye, Newfoundlanders sun zaɓi zama lardin Kanada, maimakon komawa matsayin mulkin mallaka. Hukumar Gwamnati ta ci gaba da mulkin Newfoundland har zuwa Maris 31, 1949, lokacin da mulkin ya shiga Kanada.