The Frederick C. Alderdice Suite
The Frederick C. Alderdice Suite boasts a nouveau-traditional corner tub, hand-carved washbasin, and luxurious chaise-lounge.
About Frederick C. Alderice: Frederick Alderdice, once a prominent St. John's businessman, was the last of Newfoundland's Prime Ministers, from 1932-1934.
With the depression in full swing and the economy in turmoil, Alderdice's United Newfoundland Party government campaigned on the promise of ridding the country of democracy, adopting as a party platform the promise they would ask the British government to appoint a commission to run the country until such unspecified time as "the situation improved."
Alderdice then found himself in the unique position of drafting and passing a bill - the Newfoundland Bill - that empowered his government, on February 16th, 1934, to vote itself, and the democratic process, out of existence in the country of Newfoundland.
It was never put to a popular vote.
Alderdice was appointed one of the new commissioners, but died three years later, on February 28th, 1936, at the age of 64.
Newfoundland would never again be a country. In 1949, fifteen years after Alderdice's motion the people of Newfoundland, by the narrowest margins, elected to join Canada.
