James Lewis Little (1871 – February 25, 1967) was a
schooner captain and politician in
Newfoundland. He represented Bonavista in the
Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1924 to 1928.
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He was born and was educated in Bonavista. Little married Mary Butler. He worked in the Labrador fishery. He was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1924 as a ]Liberal-Conservative
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. With two other members of Walter S. Monroe's caucus, Little joined the opposition in 1926 to protest the government's policies. He did not run for reelection in 1928.[ Little served on the 1936 Seafisheries Commission which published its report in 1937.
Little was honoured by the King of ]Norway
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, the Royal Humane Society
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and the Carnegie Commission for rescuing Norwegian mariners from the wreck of the ''Snorre'' in 1907.[ The ''Snorre'' had been anchored in Bonavista harbour but was set adrift after its anchor chains snapped in a storm and crashed into the rocks at Canaille Point. Little swam into the raging sea to save a sailor who had lost his grip on a rescue line.][
Little died in Bonavista in 1967.]
References
1871 births
1967 deaths
Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Sea captains
Dominion of Newfoundland politicians
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