35-401: Lumsden may refer to: Places [ edit ] Lumsden, Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada, a town Rural Municipality of Lumsden No. 189 , Saskatchewan, Canada Lumsden, Saskatchewan , Canada, a town Lumsden (provincial electoral district) , Saskatchewan, Canada Lumsden, New Zealand , a town Lumsden, Aberdeenshire , Scotland,
70-536: A cooperative movement for fishermen on the northeast coast of Newfoundland . It was the first serious attempt to organise fishermen as a mass political movement along class lines. With a rallying cry of "to each his own" the FPU sought to achieve reforms in Newfoundland society to attain an equitable distribution of wealth in the fishing industry . At its peak, it had more than 21,000 members in 206 councils across
105-499: A United Trading Company store existed in the capital city, no local council did. The FPU did not seek to extend its influence or mandate to cover other members of the broader working class, though occasionally fishers or sealers held rallies in the city and sometimes received the support of locals. Moreover, the FPU's decision to limit the union's political influence to a balance of power strategy limited any impulse there might have been to extend its influence further. As Coaker said of
140-457: A population of 535 living in 226 of its 305 total private dwellings, a change of 6.8% from its 2016 population of 501 . With a land area of 19.2 km (7.4 sq mi), it had a population density of 27.9/km (72.2/sq mi) in 2021. 49°16′59″N 53°37′01″W / 49.283°N 53.617°W / 49.283; -53.617 Fisherman%27s Protective Union The Fishermen's Protective Union (sometimes called
175-618: A village People [ edit ] Lumsden (surname) Lumsden Barkway (1878–1968), Anglican bishop Lumsden Hare (1874–1964), Irish actor Clan Lumsden , a Lowland Scottish clan Other uses [ edit ] Lumsden baronets , a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom See also [ edit ] Lumsden Heritage Trust , formed in 2013 in New Zealand Topics referred to by
210-409: A weekly from 1914 to 1980. The FPU believed that the interests of fishermen were being ignored by the mainstream parties, and that candidates elected on a class basis would be able to hold the balance of power and influence government in the interests of fishermen. As early as 1910, the FPU began to lay the groundwork for a formal entry into parliamentary politics. In the next few years, Coaker toured
245-651: A year of their inaugural election, the Union Party's agenda was waylaid by the onset of the First World War. FPU members of the House of Assembly joined Edward Patrick Morris ' wartime National Government of 1917 with Coaker as minister of fisheries. The FPU's reputation was hurt, however, by its support of the government's conscription policy which was unpopular in Newfoundland's outport fishing villages, particularly as by taking their sons overseas it hurt
280-542: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lumsden, Newfoundland and Labrador Lumsden , formerly known as Cat Harbour , is a community located on the Straight Shore of Newfoundland in Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada , near communities such as Musgrave Harbour and Newtown . Lumsden formerly consisted of two settlements, Lumsden North on
315-515: The Liberal Reform Party . The Liberal-Union coalition won 24 of 36 seats in the 1919 general election with half of the coalition's seats being won by Union candidates. Coaker was appointed Fisheries Minister and attempted to introduce regulations to control the prices of fish exported abroad but the rules were too weak and failed in its goal of preventing Newfoundland's exporters from undercutting each other. The fishery declined in
350-729: The "feudal an paternal system" that had structured outport life. The church's hostility initially discouraged the continuation of FPU locals in Catholic areas of the southern Avalon Peninsula, such as those in Argentia , Salmonier, Riverhead and Trepassey . Yet other Catholic officials, including the Bishop of St. George’s, Neil McNeil, permitted Catholic membership in the union. Several parish priests, such as those in Tilting, were either permissive or supportive of Catholic membership in
385-566: The 1850s and by the 20th century Methodism was dominant in Lumsden. The first Methodist church was built by 1898 but it burned down in 1915. The first Jehovah's Witnesses in Newfoundland were in Lumsden North in 1917, started by a local merchant Wesley Howell. A school room was opened in 1859 with a Mr. Moses Davis as the teacher, a new school came in 1910. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Lumsden had
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#1732775755911420-471: The 1920s, causing high unemployment, falling fish prices and emigration from the island. The influence of the FPU subsequently declined and it withdrew from electoral politics in 1924 though it attempted a return in the 1928 election winning 9 seats and becoming a junior partner in the government of Frederick C. Alderdice with much less influence then it enjoyed a decade earlier. Coaker became minister without portfolio and again attempted to pass reforms to
455-480: The FPU came in the form of attempts to associate it with the Bolshevik Revolution and Marxism. However, the acrimony between the FPU and Newfoundland's elites went both ways. One notable event in FPU history was its protests and petitions to arrest Abram Keanfor his role in the sealing disasters of 1914. The FPU was also mostly a non-factor in some areas of the country, including St. John's. While
490-487: The FPU was popular among many fishermen, it was deeply unpopular among merchants, the political elite, and some religious elites. Coaker initially had had a warm relationship with the progressive Plaindealer newspaper and Edward Morris 's People's Party , and had eschewed the Liberals , who, under Prime Minister Robert Bond had favoured limited government and retrenchment . But by the spring of 1909, he had incurred
525-754: The Fisherman's Protective Union, the FPU, The Union or the Union Party ) was a workers' organisation and political party in the Dominion of Newfoundland . The development of the FPU mirrored that of the United Farmers movement in parts of Canada. The FPU was founded on 3 November 1908 by William Coaker and nineteen men following a speech by him at the Orange Hall in Herring Neck as
560-649: The Fishermen's Union Trading Company. The FPU's political role ended entirely with the suspension of responsible government in 1934 (which Coaker supported). The union became a service organisation for its members, running businesses and its activities on behalf of fishermen and loggers. The FPU survived into the post-confederation period when democratic politics resumed in 1949 though it ran no candidates and had faded away by 1960. The Fishermen's Union Trading Co. survived until 1977 when it fell into receivership resulting in its ten remaining stores being sold. In 1999,
595-542: The House of Assembly, Coaker spoke of the significance of outport fishermen gaining a measure of political power. "It is not an accident we have come here," he said, "[a] revolution ... has been fought in Newfoundland. The fisherman, the toiler of Newfoundland has made up his mind that he is going to be represented on the floors of this House." From the early days of the FPU's founding, the union attracted sympathy and support in some quarters and fierce opposition in others. While
630-775: The North settlement was vacated, and the town of Lumsden was incorporated in 1968. The first people in Lumsden were Church of England and Roman Catholic . The nearest missionary was Rev. Coster in Greenspond . He first visited Lumsden in June 1832 and he baptized eleven children. The Rev. Gilchrist visited Lumsden twice a year during his mission in Greenspond, and the Rev. Julian Moreton also visited and recorded it in his journal and reports. The Methodist population began to increase in
665-471: The Union Party, "No effort will be made to control public affairs... The Union [members] don’t want to rule..." This meant that even some fishing areas of the country, such as the southwest coast, were deprioritized and tended not to have many councils or UTC stores. This was partly because such fishers were involved in the inshore fishery, which was less conducive to or receptive of the union idea. The union had Protestant and Catholic supporters, but retained
700-480: The Union Party, campaigning on the Bonavista Platform and in particular calling for government regulation of the fisheries, administrative and constitutional reform, and the extension of education and social welfare . Eight members of the FPU were elected to the House of Assembly in 1913 including Coaker himself, having won one of the three seats for the district of Bonavista . In his maiden speech to
735-488: The ability of fishing families to earn enough to support themselves. Coaker had promised that there would be no conscription without a referendum but he and the FPU ended up supporting the government's decision to implement the measure without a vote resulting in some FPU council's passing resolutions to censure Coaker. In 1919, the FPU joined with the Liberal Party of Newfoundland led by Richard Squires to form
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#1732775755911770-659: The bulk of its support from Newfoundland's Protestant fishers in the northeast of the island. It was distrusted and opposed by some elements within the Roman Catholic Church , including Archbishop M.F. Howley of St. John's and his successor, Archbishop E.P. Roche, who varyingly took issue with the union's links with the Orange Order , the initial requirement that members swear an oath of secrecy , its unionism , its alleged socialism and atheism , its decision to enter politics, and its perceived threat to
805-410: The country, enlisting members, helping start new councils, and rallying support for the FPU's eventual entry into politics. In 1912, the FPU adopted the Bonavista Platform, a political manifesto calling for radical change in fishery policy, social policy and governance. Consisting of 31 planks, it advocated co-operative marketing and government regulation of fish grading. In social policy, it proposed
840-558: The enmity of the Plaindealer' s editors and financiers, and over time the FPU shifted its support toward the Liberals. The FPU was the target of heated rhetoric throughout much of its history, particularly in its early years. Journalists, parliamentarians and others attacked the union for attempting to undermine duly constituted order, for seeking to alter the inexorable law of supply and demand, or being "godless." Later, attacks on
875-501: The fishermen's cured fish at the end of the season at rates determined by the merchant. This Truck system kept most fishermen in perpetual debt to the merchant. The FPU's newspaper, "The Fishermen's Advocate", was founded in 1910 and ceased publication in 1980. From 1914 to 1924, the Advocate was published in both daily and weekly editions, and for a short time in 1917, had three editions, evening, morning, and weekly. It published as
910-526: The fishing industry but was not successful. The downward economic spiral caused by the decline of the fishing industry was aggravated further by the Great Depression resulting in the collapse of responsible government in 1934 and the implementation of direct rule from Britain via the Commission of Government . Coaker resigned as FPU president in 1923 but retained his position as leader of
945-605: The island; more than half of Newfoundland's roughly 40,000 fishermen. The FPU set up the Fishermen's Union Trading Co. (UTC or FUTC), which established stores throughout the province that would purchase fish from fishermen for cash. It would also import goods to sell to fishermen directly at a non-inflated price. This circumvented the St. John's fish merchants. Previously, merchants did not pay cash for fish but advanced fishermen staple goods at an inflated price on credit and then took
980-528: The reduction of tariffs on staple foods, improvements to old age pensions , free and compulsory education and a minimum wage . The Platform also called for democratic reforms such as the right to recall Members of the Newfoundland House of Assembly and having a salary for elected representatives to make it feasible for those who are not independently wealthy to be involved in politics. The FPU entered electoral politics in 1913 by establishing
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1050-403: The tip of a sandy peninsula and Lumsden South on the main road. Although the harbour in Lumsden is not ideal because it is not sheltered, Lumsden has excellent fishing grounds. Lumsden, then called Cat Harbour, was visited as early as the 18th century by French fishermen because of its good inshore fishing grounds. On an early French map, Lumsden was named Hav. Dechire , or Wrecking Harbour. It
1085-474: The town founded by the FPU, Port Union , was designated a National Historic Site of Canada as the only town in Canada to have been established by a union. The original anthem of the FPU was titled "We are Coming Mr. Coaker" which was sung or chanted at FPU meetings to show support for Coaker and his movement to unite the fishermen. The author of the work is unknown. The source of the tune has been identified as
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1120-401: The union had 1,200 Catholic supporters in northern districts. The vice-president of the union, Andrew Broaders, was a Catholic from Bay de Verde , and during the acrimonious election of 1913 , pressed the case that Catholics could belong in the union. The election held on October 30, 1913, launched a new chapter in the history of the FPU as it started to make political gains. However, within
1155-757: The union, and Catholic schools and community halls were often opened up to receive Coaker and FPU candidates during tours and election campaigns. By late 1909, the Church quietly dropped its ban on Catholic membership in the union, partly due to these fissures within the church, pressure from lay Catholic fishers, and the FPU’s elimination of the oath of secrecy. Catholic councils that had previously folded in Salmonier and Riverhead were reconstituted, and new FPU locals formed in heavily Catholic towns such as Branch, North Harbour, Witless Bay, and Petty Harbour. Coaker estimated that
1190-565: Was a part of the French Shore until 1783. In an 1836 census, the population was recorded as 97 for Lumsden and Cape Freels combined. The population of Lumsden increased as the migratory fishery declined because people began to settle permanently. The name was changed from Cat Harbour to Lumsden in 1917 after the Rev. James Lumsden. The economy in Lumsden was based on the Labrador fishery, inshore fishery, seal fishery, and woods work. There
1225-477: Was also a small boat fishery which trucked the fish to the community of Valleyfield. The people of Lumsden were avid supporters of the Fisherman's Protective Union , a local council was formed in 1901 and a union store was built in 1912 and was open until 1932. The first highroad in Lumsden was built in 1952, and a regional high school was built ten years later in 1962. Eventually Lumsden North and South merged when
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