Herbert Lench Pottle (February 16, 1907 – September 21, 2002) was a Canadian politician, civil servant, magistrate and writer. He represented the
electoral district
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of
Carbonear-Bay de Verde in the
Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
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from 1949 to 1956. He was a member of the
Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
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.
The son of William Pottle and Patience Evely, he was born in 1907
[ in Flatrock, ]Newfoundland
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and received his early education there.[ A clinical psychologist, he was an alumnus of ]Mount Allison University
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Like other liberal arts colleges in North America, Mount Allison does not parti ...
(B.A. 1932) and the University of Toronto
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(M.A. 1934, PhD 1937). Pottle married Muriel Ethel Moran in 1937; the couple had two daughters. He was employed by the Newfoundland Department of Education from 1939 to 1943. From 1943 to 1947, Pottle was a Child Welfare director and a judge in St. John's juvenile court.Commission of Government
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as Commissioner for Home Affairs and Education. He was elected to the provincial assembly in 1949 and served in the Newfoundland cabinet as Minister of Public Welfare.[ Pottle resigned from cabinet in 1955. He was subsequently named secretary for the ]United Church of Canada
The United Church of Canada (french: link=no, Église unie du Canada) is a mainline Protestant denomination that is the largest Protestant Christian denomination in Canada and the second largest Canadian Christian denomination after the Catholi ...
's board of information and stewardship, serving until 1963. From 1963 to 1972, he served in the Canadian Department of Health and Welfare.[
He died in ]Ottawa
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in 2002 at the age of 95.
Works[ ]
* ''Dawn without Light'', political memoir (1979)
* ''From the Nart Shore'', autobiography (1983)
* ''Humour on the Rock'' (1983)
References
External links
Herbert Lench Pottle archival papers
held at th
University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pottle, Herbert
1907 births
2002 deaths
Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs
Writers from Newfoundland and Labrador
Members of the Newfoundland Commission of Government
Dominion of Newfoundland judges