Garage sale finds (I)

"In Newfoundland, for the first time since confederation, politices have become competitive. Yet competitive politics are by no means new in Newfoundland's experience. Sharp electoral swings were common occurrences in the past, and most were hailed at the time, at least by the victors, as marking the dawn of a new era. Whether the ending of a unique period of personal rule will lead to the emergence of a new and more democratic political order or a return to the rancorous political instability of the past, must therefore remain an open question."

— closing paragraph of S.J.R. Noel, Politics in Newfoundland, University of Toronto Press, 1971, p. 265