The Newfoundland Republican Association (often abbreviated as the NRA) is an organization in Newfoundland which has, since its formation in 1946, advocated for Newfoundlander independence, a Newfoundland constitution, and after 1949 agitated actively against Communist rule. The NRA was founded initially as an umbrella organization for various anti-establishment and anti-Drummondville factions, which coalesced quickly over the summer and early fall to help back Peter J. Cashin's United Newfoundland Party in the 1946 general election. The NRA grew increasingly radical, calling for a full withdrawal from the Drummondville Agreement and the expulsion of the Confederationist government unless Newfoundland's position in the treaty was renegotiated. The NRA, with its demonstrations and political