| 词条 | Frederick C. Alderdice |
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| name = Frederick C. Alderdice | nationality = Newfoundlander | order = 10th | office = Prime Minister of Newfoundland | term_start1 = August 15, 1928 | term_end1 = November 17, 1928 | predecessor1 = Walter Stanley Monroe | successor1 = Richard Squires | monarch1 = George V | governor1 = William Allardyce John Middleton | term_start2 = June 11, 1932 | term_end2 = February 16, 1934 | predecessor2 = Richard Squires | successor2 = Position Abolished | monarch2 = George V | governor2 = John Middleton David Murray Anderson | deputy = | image = Frederick Charles Alderdice.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|11|10}} | birth_place = Belfast, Ireland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1936|02|26|1872|11|10}} | death_place = St. John's, Newfoundland | constituency = | party = United Newfoundland Party | spouse = | profession = | religion = | signature = | footnotes = }} Frederick Charles Alderdice (November 10, 1871 – February 26, 1936) was a Newfoundland businessman, politician and the last Prime Minister of Newfoundland. Alderdice was born in Belfast, Ireland and was educated at Methodist College Belfast.[1] He moved to Newfoundland in 1886.[2] A prominent St. John's businessman, Alderdice was appointed to the Legislative Council of Newfoundland (the Upper House of the legislature) in 1924 and became leader of the Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party and the dominion's Prime Minister when his cousin Walter Stanley Monroe retired from the post on August 15, 1928.[3] Alderdice's first term as Prime Minister was short-lived, however, as his government lost that year's general election to the Liberals led by Sir Richard Squires. Alderdice joined with Liberals dissatisfied with Squires to form the United Newfoundland Party with himself as leader. The Great Depression embroiled the dominion in a severe economic crisis which was compounded by corruption in the Squires government taking the dominion to the brink of bankruptcy. Widespread unemployment added to the crisis and resulted in an anti-government riot in St. John's on April 5, 1932. The Squires government collapsed and Alderdice swept to power in the ensuing June election on the promise that if elected, his government would examine the possibility of suspending the constitution and having a commission administer the country until conditions improved. His United Newfoundland Party won 24 seats to only two for the Liberals. The Alderdice government was unable to deal with the economic crisis and proposed a partial default on the dominion's debts. Britain and Canada (whose currency was shared by Newfoundland) agreed to give the dominion financial aid in exchange for the creation of an Imperial Royal Commission to investigate the dominion's future. The Commission recommended the suspension of responsible government and the institution of an appointed Commission of Government to rule the dominion. Alderdice was pressured by the British to accept the recommendations without calling a new election or submitting the proposals to a referendum. Alderdice agreed and, at the end of 1933, the legislature voted to accept the recommendations and voted itself out of existence. Alderdice was appointed to the Commission of Government when it was established in February 1934 and served as Commissioner for Home Affairs and Education in the new Commission of Government as well as Vice-Chairman until his death in 1936. {{S-start}}{{S-off}}{{S-bef|before=Walter Stanley Monroe}}{{S-ttl|title=Prime Minister of Newfoundland|years=1928}}{{S-aft|after=Sir Richard Squires}}{{S-bef|before=Sir Richard Squires}}{{S-ttl|title=Prime Minister of Newfoundland|years=1932–1934}}{{S-aft|after=Commission of Government}}{{S-end}}References1. ^{{cite web|title=Biography – ALDERDICE, FREDERICK CHARLES MUNRO – Volume XVI (1931-1940) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography|url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/alderdice_frederick_charles_munro_16E.html|website=Dictionary of Canadian Biography|publisher=University of Toronto|accessdate=July 28, 2016}} {{NLPremiers}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Alderdice, Frederick C.}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/alderdice_frederick_charles_munro_16E.html|website=Dictionary of Canadian Biography|publisher=University of Toronto|accessdate=28 July 2016}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=Hon. F.C. Alderdice dead in St. John's|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d74tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xpgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6784,3146492&dq=alderdice&hl=en|accessdate=May 11, 2013|newspaper=The Gazette|date=February 27, 1936}} 11 : 1872 births|1936 deaths|Prime Ministers of the Dominion of Newfoundland|Politicians from Belfast|Politicians from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|People educated at Methodist College Belfast|United Newfoundland Party MHAs|Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Newfoundland|Members of the Commission of Government|Businesspeople from Belfast|Businesspeople from Newfoundland and Labrador |
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