John Bingley Garland

John Bingley Garland (b. Poole England, 1791; d. 1875), merchant, politician, became the first Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland in 1833.

Garland returned to England in 1821 and was elected Mayor of Poole in 1824 and in 1830, and picked High Sheriff of Dorset for 1827-28. When George Garland Sr. died, the entire enterprise was handed over to Garland and his brother. The business was a very important mercantile business in the fish trade for Newfoundland. In 1832, Garland with his wife (Deborah Vallis) and children returned to Newfoundland. He ran for the seat in Trinity in the first general election of Newfoundland in 1832. He left the assembly after he was invited by Governor Cochrane to join the Executive Council.

Garland left Newfoundland in 1834 to return to England following the death of his brother George Garland in 1833. He died at Wimborne, Dorset, at the age of 83.