Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Nwa William J. Higgins, Higgins gụrụ akwụkwọ na St. Bonaventure College ma kpọọ ya Bar na January, 1931. N'afọ 1946, mpaghara St. John's East họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ otu n'ime mmadụ atọ ga-anọchite anya mpaghara ahụ na Mgbakọ Mba nke Newfoundland. Onye na-emegide Confederate, e zigara ya Ottawa na June 1947 dịka akụkụ nke otu iji chọpụta nhọrọ iji sonyere Canada. N'enweghị nkwenye ọ kwadoro maka Gọọmentị Na-ahụ Maka Ọchịchị n'oge
referendum nke 1948.