Sam Drover

[1] Drover was educated in Hodge's Cove and at Memorial University.

He taught school from 1929 until 1938, when he joined the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary.

Drover tried to enlist in the Royal Air Force in 1942 but was not accepted.

[1] Drover became disenchanted with Premier Joey Smallwood's government because he believed that it ignored the problems of rural poverty.

[1] It would take three decades before the CCF's successor, the New Democratic Party, was able to win a seat in the legislature.