Joseph Ignatius Little

Sir Joseph Ignatius Little (1835 – 14 July 1902) was a lawyer, politician, and judge in the Newfoundland Colony.

Sir Joseph Ignatius Little
Born1835
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Died14 July 1902
St. John's, Newfoundland
OccupationLawyer, politician, and judge

Biography

Little was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the son of Cornelius Little and Brigid (née Costin). He was a lawyer by profession, and was called to the Newfoundland Bar in 1859.[1] Elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Harbour Main in an 1867 by-election, he was attorney general 1870–75 in the cabinet of Charles Fox Bennett, and was a minister without portfolio in the cabinet of William Whiteway.

In 1883 he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, and became Chief Justice in 1898. He was knighted in the 1901 Birthday Honours list, effective from 19 December 1901.[2]

Little died in office on 14 July 1902 in St John's, Newfoundland.[3][1]

gollark: I am not to undergo school for some time.
gollark: Except that one time I wrote incredibly accursed python.
gollark: I mean, *my* code is utterly memory-safe and yet.
gollark: > >>So they wrote a program that was a) shitty and b) memory-safe? Those are two orthogonal dimensions.Wow, this is extremely.
gollark: It generalizes fine to other tasks, as long as you precompute them utterly and can save them.

References
  1. "Obituary". The Times (36820). London. 15 July 1902. p. 10.
  2. "No. 27389". The London Gazette. 20 December 1901. p. 8979.
  3. James K. Hiller. "Sir Joseph Ignatius Little". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
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Preceded by
Sir Frederick Carter		 Chief Justice of Newfoundland
1898–1902		 Succeeded by
Sir William Henry Horwood


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