Lewis Little

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.[1]

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. 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.[1] Little served on the 1936 Seafisheries Commission which published its report in 1937.[2]

Little was honoured by the King of Norway, the Royal Humane Society and the Carnegie Commission for rescuing Norwegian mariners from the wreck of the Snorre in 1907.[1] 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.[3] He had also come to the rescue of other ships in distress.[1]

Little died in Bonavista in 1967.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Little, James Lewis". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. p. 344.
  2. ↑ "The Newfoundland Commission of Enquiry Investigating the Seafisheries of Newfoundland and Labrador other than the Sealfishery". Newfoundland Salt Fisheries. The Rooms.
  3. ↑ Molloy, David John (1994). The First Landfall: Historic Lighthouses of Newfoundland and Labrador. pp. 72–73. ISBN 1550810960.


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