Earl Wilfred Winsor (1918 – April 10, 1989) was a master mariner and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Labrador North from 1956 to 1971 and Fogo from 1971 to 1979 in the Newfoundland House of Assembly. The son of Joshua and Blanche Winsor, he was born in

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and was educated there and at

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. He worked as a

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operator and served in the merchant navy during

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. After the war, he was captain of several ships in the

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area. He was also a director of the Winsor Trading Company. Winsor served in the Newfoundland cabinet as Minister of Labrador Affairs and then as Minister of Fisheries. He was a member of the

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, the Orange Association, the St. John's Board of Trade and the Royal Canadian Legion. A ferry operating in the Fogo area was renamed the ''MV Captain Earl W. Winsor'' in 1998.

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1918 births 1989 deaths Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs Canadian military personnel of World War II Members of the Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Memorial University of Newfoundland alumni {{Newfoundland-politician-stub