Richard Barnes (Newfoundland politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Richard Barnes (Newfoundland politician)
- Richard Barnes (March 15, 1805 – September 3, 1846) was a native born businessman from St.
- John's, Newfoundland.
- He represented Trinity Bay in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1842 to 1846. The son of William Barnes and Hannah Butler, Barnes was largely self-educated and involved in the family business which was shipping and carpentry.
- In 1840 he was a prominent founder of the Newfoundland Natives' Society.
- He entered politics during the time of the very dysfunctional Representative Government.
- The founding of the Natives' Society can be considered one of the earliest manifestations of Newfoundland nationalism.
- The Natives' Society lobbied for Responsible Government. Barnes married Eunice Alice Morris in 1840.
- He died in office in St.
- John's at the age of 41.
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