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Sir Richard Anderson Squires KCMG (January 18, 1880 – March 26, 1940) was the Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1919 to 1923 and from 1928 to 1932. As prime minister, Squires attempted to reform Newfoundland's fishing industry, but failed at doing so.
The Women's Suffrage League fought long and hard during the 1920s to secure the right to vote for Newfoundland women. Their main stumbling block was Richard Squires. He kept promising to introduce the necessary legislation, but never did, offering one feeble excuse after another for his intransigence.
Mischief in High Places examines the spectacular career and personal life of the man who, in 1919, first became elected prime minister of Newfoundland. The political successes of Sir Richard Squires' career are overshadowed by a legacy of scandal and deceit that paved the way for Newfoundland’s loss of democracy in 1933.
Apr 4, 2022 · Making things worse, by 1932 Newfoundland’s Prime Minister Richard Squires and his Liberal government had lost the support of much of the nation. They were facing the persistent public accusations that they were corrupt.
That was years after Bond had left politics but was keeping a close eye on the goings-on. “That creature” was how he referred to Squires and despaired of his scandal-ridden, debt-laden administration. “My poor country! The last phase!” he wrote in 1923, and was not that far off the mark.
Mar 15, 2023 · Blending animation with live action, Richard Squires’ short The Perpetrators, which screens as part of 2023’s BFI Flare line-up, takes a deep dive into the history of attempts to classify and monster gay and bisexual men, examining the different ways in which they were imagined as a threat to children.
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This collection contains the papers of Sir Richard Squires and includes political papers and papers from his law office. The law office papers include correspondence as well as extensive legal records.
