Not Fit For It
Recreating the period March 1932 - March 1934 in Newfoundland
By the 1930's Newfoundland had been a self-governing independent country for over a century, with an elected government modelled on the British parliamentary system. But when the Newfoundland parliament prerogued its last session in December 1933, the country became the only nation in history to voluntarily abandon elective democracy.
"The average person here is such that we ought never to have had self-government; we are not fit for it."
(St. John's businessman Eric Bowring,1933)
Hear 1930's St John's come alive with the sounds, voices, and dramatic recreations of the time:
First heard as a 5-part series on CBC Radio NL On The Go, 2004
