Leonard Tretheway Stick (7 February 1892 – 7 December 1979) was a

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member of the

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. He was born in

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and became an accountant, businessman, clerk and manager by career. Leonard Stick was the first Newfoundlander to enlist during World War I, following the creation of the Newfoundland Regiment in September 1914.

Life

Family

Leonard Stick was born 7 February 1892 in

. His parents were James Robbins Stick (1856-1921) and Emma Colton Knight Stick (d.1916). Leonard was the fifth of eight children; he had three sisters: Matilda (May) Knight (born 1881), Emma (born 1884) and Beatrice Robbins (born 1894); and four brothers: Joseph Paul (born 1879), James Robbins (Rob) (born 1888), Edward Moyle Tregaskus (born 1895) and Ralph Tynes (born 1899).

Military and police career

On 5 September 1914, a day after the 23rd General Assembly of Newfoundland passed an Act authorizing the formation of the

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, Leonard Stick was given Regimental No. 1 as the first person to enlist. He was made Sergeant on 21 September 1914 and was part of the British Mediterranean Force in 1915. With the Regiment at

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, he was wounded and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on the same fateful day of 1 July 1916. On 1 October 1917, he was transferred to the Indian ArmyRichard Cramm, ''The first Five Hundred'', NY: Williams, p. 293 and served in the

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. He later served as the first Chief Ranger of the

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, serving with them from 1935 to 1936.

Political career

He was first elected at the

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riding in the 1949 general election then re-elected in

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and 1957 election. After completing his final federal term, the

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, Stick left the House of Commons and did not seek further re-election.

Legacy

On 22 June 2012 the access road into

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from Veterans Memorial Highway ( Route 75) was named L.T. Stick Drive.

References

Bibliography

*Morrow, Hilda & Bartlett, Steve. ''First in Line: The Incredible Life of Leonard Stick''. St. John's: Creative Publishers, 2015.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stick, Leonard T. 1892 births 1979 deaths Politicians from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland military personnel of World War I Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal Party of Canada MPs Canadian accountants Royal Newfoundland Regiment officers