About Henry J. Brownrigg
Lived 1874 – 1945 (aged 70–71). Henry J. Brownrigg was a Canadian politician.
Henry Joseph Brownrigg (1874 – August 13, 1945) was a merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's West in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1919 to 1923 as a Liberal-Reform member. Brownrigg was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1919 and served in the Newfoundland cabinet as Minister of Finance and Customs. He did not run for reelection in 1923. From 1925 to 1931, he served as Commissioner of Public Charities. In 1932, he opened an insurance agency in partnership with his son.
In 1963, Brownrigg Place in St. John's was named in his honour.
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Who was Henry J. Brownrigg?
Newfoundland politician
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Henry J. Brownrigg was born in 1874.
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Henry J. Brownrigg died on 13 August 1945.
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Henry J. Brownrigg was a politician.
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Henry J. Brownrigg was Canadian.
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