# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joey-smallwood
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:07:29.732Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joey-smallwood"
name: "Joey Smallwood"
slug: "joey-smallwood"
description: "Joseph Roberts Smallwood was a Newfoundlander and Canadian politician. He was the main force who brought the Dominion of Newfoundland into Canadian Confederation in 1949, becoming the first premier of Newfoundland, serving until 1972. As premier, he vigorously promoted economic development, championed the welfare state, and emphasized modernization of education and transportation. The results of his efforts to promote industrialization were mixed, with the most favourable results in hydroelectricity, iron mining and paper mills."
tagline: "Canadian politician (1900-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Smallwood_signing_Newfoundland_into_Confederation.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1900-12-24"
deathDate: "1991-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.44
  momentum:             0.7635829662261381
  historical:           7.279164
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%94%E4%BC%8A%C2%B7%E6%96%AF%E6%91%A9%E4%BC%8D%E5%BE%B7"
    title: "乔伊·斯摩伍德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "چوى سمالود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Smallwood"
    title: "Joey Smallwood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Smallwood"
    title: "Joey Smallwood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Smallwood"
    title: "Joey Smallwood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Smallwood"
    title: "Joey Smallwood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Smallwood"
    title: "Joey Smallwood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Smallwood"
    title: "Joey Smallwood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q365496"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump