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Joseph Roberts "Joey" Smallwood ( December 24, 1900 - December 18, 1991) was the last Father of Confederation in Canada, bringing Newfoundland into Confederation in 1949.

Joey Smallwood was born in Gambo, Newfoundland and Labrador and grew up in St. John's. As a teenager he worked as an apprentice at a newspaper and moved to New York City in 1920. In New York he worked for a socialist newspaper and met his wife, Clara in 1925. Back in Newfoundland in 1926 he founded a newspaper of his own in Corner BrookCorner Brook is a city located in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on the Humber River. As of 2001, the population was 20,103. The area of the city is 148. 27 square kilometres. Related Link List of communities in Newfoundland a.

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In 1946 he became a delegate at the National Convention, which was organized to debate the merits of joining Canadian Confederation. Smallwood supported joining Canada, believing that Britain no longer had any use for Newfoundland as a self-governing dominion, and that Canada would bring economic prosperity. He was a member of the delegation that travelled to Ottawa to discuss union, and introduced to the Convention the prospect of holding a referendum to decide the question. He created yet another newspaper, The Confederate, to promote Confederation. The referendum was successful, and in 1949, as leader of the Liberal Party, Smallwood was elected Premier of the new province. He ran Newfoundland virtually unchallenged for 22 years and won 6 elections. The seventh resulted in a tie in 1971.

He remained premier until 1972, and remained a member of the House of Assembly until 1977. After resigning from politics he wrote the Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, publishing the first two volumes in 1981 and 1984. He died in 1991, before the entire Encyclopedia was published.

In 1986 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.