Herman William Quinton
Herman William Quinton (28 October 1896, in Red Cliff, Newfoundland – 2 April 1952) was a Canadian politician.[1]
The son of Jacob Quinton and Sarah Benger,
Quinton served with the
Newfoundland Regiment during World War I[2] and saw action in France and Belgium, he achieved the rank of lieutenant in 1918. He became secretary-treasurer of the Great War Veterans' Association of Newfoundland in 1924.[2]
Following the war, he went back to the Trading Company[2] before joining A.E. Hickman & Co.[citation needed] as a travelling salesman. From 1928 to 1932, Quinton was manager for an export division of the Monroe Export Co.[3]
He married Ella Blackmore.[2]
Quinton was elected to the
Burgeo-LaPoile for the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and served in the new provincial government as Minister of Finance in Premier Joey Smallwood's first Cabinet.[2]
He retired from provincial politics in 1950Louis St-Laurent. He represented the senatorial division of Burgeo-Lapoile, Newfoundland as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada until his death[1] in St. John's at the age of 55.[4]
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h "Quinton, Herman William". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. pp. 500–01.
- ^ a b Johnson, JK (1968). Canadian Dictionary of Parliament 1867-1967. p. 481.
- ^ "Members of the Legislature, 1932-1933" (PDF). Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2015.