Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Rutivi rwaSmallwood rwakakunda mureferendamu uye runoff muna June-July 1948
, sezvo chisarudzo chokubatana neCanada chakakundwa kuva umambo hwakazvimirira, 78,323 (52.3%) kusvika ku71,334 (47.7%). Kuvhota kwakasimba mumaruwa kwakatsigira Canada kwakapfuura kuvhota kwokutsigira rusununguko muSt. John's. VaKaturike vokuIreland vaiva muguta racho vaida kuzvimiririra kuitira kuti vadzivirire zvikoro zvavo zvechechi, zvichiita kuti vaPurotesitendi vasafara mumaruwa. Chipikirwa chemari yemari yemhuri kubva kuCanada chakabvumikisa kuva chinokosha.