Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mukupera kwema1940, mukati memazuva ekupedzisira eDominion yeNewfoundland (panguva iyoyo yaitongwa neCommonwealth uye yakazvimiririra neCanada), pakanga paine rutsigiro rukuru, kunyangwe isiri ruzhinji, kuti Newfoundland iumbe mubatanidzwa wezvehupfumi neUnited States, nekuda kwekuedza kweEconomic Union Party uye kudyara kwakakosha kweUS muNewfoundland kunobva kuUS-British mubatanidzwa muHondo Yenyika II. Sangano racho rakazopedzisira rakundikana apo, murondedzero ya1948
, vavhoti vakasarudza zvishoma kubatana neCanada (Economic Union Party yakatsigira hurumende yakazvimirira "ine mutoro" iyo yaizobva yasundira kune zvinangwa zvavo).