Walter Stanley Monroe Suite
Meeting room features an operational fireplace. All furniture has been specially chosen to match the beautiful, original carved mantle. Other highlights include antique brass kick plate and specially made genuine leather couch.
Bedroom features stately, ornate bed, in the style of George the 5th, separate office area, and whirlpool tub.
About Walter Stanley Monroe: Walter Stanley Monroe inherited a government rife with scandal when he became Newfoundland's fourth Prime Minister in June 1924.
Despite his seemingly good intentions, his administration is said to have been concerned more with the welfare of the Water Street fish merchants than the people in general.
Despite this obvious feather nesting, Monroe's government did a lot to modernize the country. Under his administration women got the right to vote (women over 25 years of age in any case), prohibition was repealed (although Monroe's colonial secretary was a brewer), and the Labrador boundary question between Canada and Newfoundland was settled.
In addition, roads construction began to catch up with the advent of the car as a popular mode of transportation. Mining and forestry industries also increased under Monroe's administration.
In 1928 Monroe returned to what he was good at - business. He died at 81 years of age, in St. John's in 1952.
