the support of the Union Party. Frederick C. Alderdice re-organized the opposition as the United Newfoundland Party. The Great Depression hit Newfoundland hard. The island had not had a budget surplus since 1919 and had been borrowing to cover budget deficits. Cuts in public expenditure and rising unemployment produced political unrest. In 1932 a demonstration outside the Colonial Building (where the legislature sat) led to a riot. The demonstrators broke into the building. They were prevented from invading the floor of the Assembly, but Squires fled out of a side door and went into hiding for a few days. He lost the general election which followed. 29th general election: 11 June 1932 Party composition: United Newfoundland 24, Liberal 2, Other 1. Total Assembly membership 27 (reduced from 40 as an economy measure). New Prime Minister Frederick C. Alderdice was not able to rescue the public finances. By this time Newfoundlanders despaired of the ability of their politicians to solve the problems. The British government commissioned William Warrender Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree to conduct a study of the situation in Newfoundland. His Amulree Report was scathing about the political culture of Newfoundland. The price of British government financial aid was the abandonment of responsible and representative government. The legislature was dissolved. The Commission of Government came into operation on 16 February 1934 ending more than a century of legislative democracy in Newfoundland. See also Conservative parties in Newfoundland (pre-Confederation) Liberal parties in Newfoundland (pre-Confederation) Fishermen's Protective Union Newfoundland People's Party United Newfoundland Party :Category:Elections in Canada :Category:Politics of Newfoundland and Labrador :Category:Political parties in the Dominion of Newfoundland References www.library.mun.ca/qeii/cns/archives/trials.php ngb.chebucto.org/V1928/voters-list-inst.shtml www.heritage.nf.ca/cns_archives/25riggsfeb06_1997.html www.heritage.nf.ca/law/election.html www.biographi.ca/EN/index.html www2.marianopolis.edu/nfldhistory/Newfoundland%20biographies%20Q-Z.htm www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/3330/constitution/1842newf.htm www.newfie.com/pages/newfoundlandhistory.html Elections in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland (pre-Confederation) Elections, pre-Confederation Pre-Confederation Newfoundland