Question: When did Newfoundland become part of the country Direction of Love's performer is from?

<P0-S0> "Direction of Love" is a song recorded by Canadian country music artist Patricia Conroy. <P0-S1> It was released in 1998 as the second single from her fourth studio album, "Wild As the Wind". <P0-S2> It peaked at number 8 on the "RPM" Country Tracks chart in February 1999. <SEP> <P1-S0> by 1620, the fishermen of england's west country controlled most of newfoundland's east coast. <P1-S1> in 1627, william payne, called st. john's "the principal prime and chief lot in all the whole country". <P1-S2> the population grew slowly in the 17th century and st. john's was the largest settlement in newfoundland when english naval officers began to take censuses around 1675. the population would grow in the summers with the arrival of migratory fishermen. <P1-S3> in 1680, fishing ships (mostly from south devon) set up fishing rooms at st. john's, bringing hundreds of irish men into the port to operate inshore fishing boats. <SEP> <P2-S0> In the Balfour Declaration at the 1926 Imperial Conference, Britain and its dominions agreed they were "equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by common allegiance to the Crown, and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations". <P2-S1> The term "Commonwealth" was officially adopted to describe the community.These aspects to the relationship were formalised by the Statute of Westminster in 1931, which applied to Canada without the need for ratification, but Australia, New Zealand, and Newfoundland had to ratify the statute for it to take effect. <P2-S2> Newfoundland never did, as on 16 February 1934, with the consent of its parliament, the government of Newfoundland voluntarily ended and governance reverted to direct control from London. <P2-S3> Newfoundland later joined Canada as its 10th province in 1949. <P2-S4> Australia and New Zealand ratified the Statute in 1942 and 1947 respectively.Although the Union of South Africa was not among the Dominions that needed to adopt the Statute of Westminster for it to take effect, two laws—the Status of the Union Act, 1934, and the Royal Executive Functions and Seals Act of 1934—were passed to confirm South Africa's status as a sovereign state. <SEP> <P3-S0> Patricia Conroy was born on January 30, 1964 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. <P3-S1> Conroy was born to musical family which was influenced by her mother's Maritime country background and her father's Irish roots. <P3-S2> As a young girl her musical interests led to piano and vocal lessons and performances in a local church and with her family band, the Shamrock Ceili Band. <P3-S3> In the late 1980s, Conroy hooked up with local musicians in Vancouver, British Columbia and eventually entered a Battle of the Bands contest. <P3-S4> Conroy ultimately won and received $10,000, which gave her the opportunity to record demos of some of her original material. <P3-S5> By 1990, Conroy was approached by executives at Warner Music Canada, who signed her a record contract. <SEP> <P4-S0> ``part of your world ''is a song written by lyricist howard ashman and composer alan menken for walt disney pictures' 28th animated feature film the little mermaid (1989). <P4-S1> performed by american actress and singer jodi benson in the titular role as ariel, a mermaid princess,`` part of your world'' is a power ballad in which the main character expresses her strong desire to become human; its lyrics use placeholder names in lieu of several human - related terms that would be unfamiliar to a mermaid. <P4-S2> the film's theme song, ``part of your world ''is reprised by ariel after she rescues eric, a human prince with whom she has fallen in love, from drowning.