George James Hogsett (1820 – June 15, 1869) was a lawyer and political figure in

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

. He represented Placentia and St. Mary's from 1852 to 1861 and

Harbour Main Harbour Main, formerly Harbour Main-Whitbourne and Harbour Main-Bell Island, is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to 1975, the district elected two MHAs. Between 1972 and the ...

from 1865 to 1869 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a Liberal. He was the son of Aaron Hogsett. Hogsett studied law with William Bickford Row and was called to the Newfoundland bar in 1846. He served in the Executive Council as chairman of the Board of Works, solicitor general and attorney general. During the 1861 election in Harbour Main, supporters of Hogsett were fired upon at the polls and the results of the election were called into question. Hogsett attempted to take a seat in the house and was forcibly ejected. A riot followed and two rioters were killed. The assembly declared that Hogsett had not been elected. He ran unsuccessfully in a by-election held in St. John's later that year. In 1861, he became editor of the ''St. John's Record''. Hogsett became leader of the Liberals in 1865 after John Kent and Ambrose Shea joined the Conservative coalition government. He was opposed to union with Canada, although in 1868, he admitted that he would examine any proposal that might improve the economic health of the colony. He died in St. John's in 1869.

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* Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly 1820 births 1869 deaths Newfoundland Colony people Attorneys-General of Newfoundland Colony {{Newfoundland-politician-stub