Herbert Pottle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian judge (1907-2002)
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Place of Birth: Flatrock, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
About Herbert Pottle
- Herbert Lench Pottle (February 16, 1907 – September 21, 2002) was a Canadian politician, civil servant, magistrate and writer.
- He represented the electoral district of Carbonear-Bay de Verde in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1949 to 1956.
- He was a member of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador.The son of William Pottle and Patience Evely, he was born in 1907 in Flatrock, Newfoundland and received his early education there.
- A clinical psychologist, he was an alumnus of Mount Allison University (B.A.
- 1932) and the University of Toronto (M.A.
- 1934, PhD 1937).
- Pottle married Muriel Ethel Moran in 1937; the couple had two daughters.
- He was employed by the Newfoundland Department of Education from 1939 to 1943.
- From 1943 to 1947, Pottle was a Child Welfare director and a judge in St.
- John's juvenile court.From 1947 to 1949, he served in Newfoundland's Commission of Government as Commissioner for Home Affairs and Education.
- He was elected to the provincial assembly in 1949 and served in the Newfoundland cabinet as Minister of Public Welfare.
- Pottle resigned from cabinet in 1955.
- He was subsequently named secretary for the United Church of Canada's board of information and stewardship, serving until 1963.
- From 1963 to 1972, he served in the Canadian Department of Health and Welfare.He died in Ottawa in 2002 at the age of 95.
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