Henry Joseph Brownrigg (1874 – August 13, 1945) was a merchant and politician 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

St. John's West St. John's West was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 2004. This riding was created in 1949 when Newfoundland joined the Canadian Confederation ...

in the

Newfoundland House of Assembly The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is the unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It meets in the Confederation Building in St. Jo ...

from 1919 to 1923 as a Liberal-Reform member. He was born in St. John's and was educated at Saint Bonaventure's College. He operated a liquor store in St. John's beginning in the late 1890s. He was a member of St. John's municipal council from 1916 to 1919. Brownrigg was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1919 and served in the Newfoundland cabinet as Minister of Finance and Customs. He did not run for reelection in 1923. From 1925 to 1931, he served as Commissioner of Public Charities. In 1932, he opened an insurance agency in partnership with his son. In 1963, Brownrigg Place in St. John's was named in his honour.

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1874 births 1945 deaths Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador city councillors Businesspeople from Newfoundland and Labrador Dominion of Newfoundland people Dominion of Newfoundland politicians {{Newfoundland-politician-stub