George Penny
George Joseph Penny (October 24, 1897 – December 4, 1949) was one of Newfoundland's first three members of the
Canadian confederation
.
He was the operator of a frozen fish plant business in the southwest of
Newfoundland Confederate Association which had campaigned for the former colony to join Canada. Penny sat in the upper house as a Liberal. He died at the age of 52 after a bout of bronchial pneumonia.[1]
References
- ^ "Chamber Mourns Newfoundland Appointee In His 52nd Year", Globe and Mail, December 5, 1949
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