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Attlee, Clement Richard, 1st Earl Attlee (1883-1967), British statesman, who was the head of his country's first majority Labour government. He was born in London. From 1935 to 1940, as head of the Labour Party, Attlee was leader of the opposition in Parliament. I ....

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.... it? British officials, like their Canadian counterparts, thought Newfoundland should join Canada. But this could only be done by consent. So what did Newfoundlanders want? The Dominions Secretary, Clement Attlee, visited Newfoundland in 1942, and he was followed the next year by a "goodwill mission" of three British members of parliament. These soundings showed that while very few people seemed to support confederation, there was widespread unease about an immediate and unconditional return to responsible government status. That there had been no democratic government since 1934 was of particular concern to Attlee, who thought that a process of poli ....