Henry LeMessurier

Henry William LeMessurier (August 19, 1848 – May 27, 1931) was a civil servant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Burin in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1885 to 1889 as a member of the Reform Party. He first worked as a clerk for the British garrison commissariat. In 1870, he went into business for himself. LeMessurier was named a justice of the peace in 1879. He was unsuccessful when he ran for reelection to the Newfoundland assembly in 1889. He worked as an editor for the Evening Herald and then was appointed to the customs department, becoming deputy minister and serving in that position until he retired in 1928.

He is credited with composing the popular Newfoundland folk song "The Ryans and the Pittmans",