Eli Dawe

Eli Dawe (November 15, 1843[1] – June 1930) was a merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Harbour Grace in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1889 to 1909 as a Liberal.[2]

He was born in Port de Grave,[2] the son of the son of Elijah Dawe and Emma Batten,[3] and educated in Bay Roberts and Coley's Point. Dawe worked as a fisherman, later becoming director of a coal company at Coley's Point.[2] He married Susannah Bradbury in 1873.[3] He served in the Executive Council as financial secretary, chairman of the Board of Works and Minister of Agriculture and Mines. Dawe was named to the Legislative Council of Newfoundland in 1922.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Mott, Henry Youmans (1894). Newfoundland men: a collection of biographical sketches, with portraits ... p. 81. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Smallwood, Joseph R (1981). Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador v. 1. p. 598. ISBN 0-920508-14-6.
  3. 1 2 Newfoundland Biographies A-D. Marianopolis College. Retrieved 2009-11-10.


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