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The Fisherman's Protective Union (sometimes called the Fishermen's Protective Union, The Union or the Unionist Party) was a political party in Newfoundland and Labrador before it joined Canada. Motto: Quaerite Primum Regnum Dei (Seek ye first the kingdom of God) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital St. ...
The union was founded in 1908 by William Coaker as a cooperative movement for fishermen on the northeast coast of Newfoundland. At its peak, it had 20,000 members and chapters across the island. The FPU set up the Fishermen's Union Trading Co. (UTC) to import goods to sell to fishermen directly, thus circumventing the St. John's fish merchants. In many ways, the development of the FPU matched that of the United Farmers movement in parts of Canada. 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
A cooperative (also co-operative or co-op) is an association of persons who join together to carry on an economic activity of mutual benefit, in an egalitarian fashion. ...
Newfoundland (French: Terre-Neuve; Irish: Talamh an Éisc; Latin: Terra Nova) is a large island off the north-east coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ...
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The United Farmers movement in Canada rose to prominence after World War I with the failure of the wartime Union government to alter a tariff structure that hurt farmers, various farmers movements across Canada became more radical and entered the political arena. ...
The FPU entered electoral politics in 1913 as a leftwing party with a platform calling for government regulation of the fisheries, administrative and constitutional reform, and the extension of education and social welfare. Eight members of the FPU were elected to the House of Assembly in 1913. House of Assembly is a name given to the legislature or lower house of a bicameral legislature, in some countries, often at subnational level. ...
The party was overwhelmingly, almost exclusively Protestant, and was accused of having links with the Orange Order. As a consequence, it was distrusted by Catholic voters, and vigorously opposed by the Catholic Church, who opposed the union not only for its alleged Orange links, but also for its trade unionism. Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ...
The Orange Order is a Protestant fraternal organisation largely based in the United Kingdom but which also has a worldwide membership. ...
The Roman Catholic Church believes its founding was based on Jesus appointment of Saint Peter as the primary church leader, later Bishop of Rome. ...
A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest, such as all the assembly workers for one employer, or all the workers...
The FPU believed that the interests of fishermen were being ignored by the mainstream parties, and that candidates elected on a class basis would be able to hold the balance of power and influence government in the interests of fishermen. A social class is a group that shares the same or similar social status. ...
FPU members of the House of Assembly joined the wartime National Government of 1917. An FPU member served as minister of fisheries. House of Assembly is a name given to the legislature or lower house of a bicameral legislature, in some countries, often at subnational level. ...
National Governments or National Unity Governments are broad coalition governments consisting of all parties (or all major parties) in the legislature and are often formed during times of war or national emergency. ...
In 1919, the FPU joined with the Liberal Party of Newfoundland led by Richard Squires to form the Liberal Reform Party. Several earlier groupings functioned under the name Liberal Party of Newfoundland from the granting of responsible government to the island in the 1850s until its suspension in 1934 when the Commission of Government was instituted. ...
Sir Richard Anderson Squires (January 18, 1880-March 26, 1940) was the Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1919-1923 and from 1928-1932. ...
The FPU's political role ended with the suspension of responsible government in 1934 (which Coaker supported). The union became a service organization for its members, running businesses and its activities on behalf of fishermen and loggers. The FPU survived into the post-confederation period when democratic politics resumed in 1949 though it ran no candidates and had faded away by 1960. Responsible government is a system of government that embodies the principle of parliamentary accountability which is the foundation of the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy. ...
See also: List of political parties in Canada This article lists political parties in Canada. ...
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