{{short description|Newfoundland politician (1888–1979)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = | image = 300x300px | alt = | caption = Godden in 1927 | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = MHA | constituency_AM1 = Trinity South<br><small>Trinity Bay (1924–1928)</small> | assembly1 = Newfoundland House of | alongside1 = William Halfyard and Isaac Randell (1924–1928) | term_start1 = {{start date|1924|06|02}} | term_end1 = {{end date|1932|06|11}} | predecessor1 = Richard Hibbs | successor1 = Harold Mitchell | birth_name = Edwin John Godden | birth_date = {{birth date|1889|06|27}} | birth_place = Coggeshall, Essex, England, U.K. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|12|18|1888|06|27}} | death_place = St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada | resting_place = | occupation = Businessman | spouse = {{marriage|Gertrude Dawe|1921}} | children = 4 | relatives = Henry Dawe (father-in-law) | awards = | education = | party = Liberal }}

'''Edwin John Godden''' (June 27, 1888<ref name=mha/> &ndash; December 18, 1979) was an English-born businessman and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Trinity Bay and then Trinity South in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1924 to 1932 as a Liberal.<ref name=bio/>

The son of George Godden,<ref name=who/> he was born in Coggeshall, Essex and educated in Colchester. Godden worked in England for three years, coming to Newfoundland in 1909. He first worked as an apprentice with George Knowling Limited, opening his own company in 1918. He lived in St. John's.<ref name=bio/> Godden was a director for East End Stores Ltd., Goodyear House Ltd. and the Cape St. George Mining Company. He represented the government on the board of directors of the International Power and Paper Company in Corner Brook.<ref name=who/> Godden retired from politics in 1932.<ref name=bio>{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador |last=Smallwood |first=Joseph R |authorlink=Joey Smallwood |url=http://collections.mun.ca/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/cns_enl&CISOPTR=737&CISOSHOW=508 |pages=544–45 |year=1984 |volume=v. 2 |ISBN=0-920508-16-2}}</ref>

In 1921, he married Gertrude Dawe, daughter of former MHA Henry Dawe.<ref name=who>{{cite book |url=http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns_tools/id/32347 |title=Who's Who in and from Newfoundland 1930 |page=242}}</ref> He died in St. John's at the age of 91.<ref name=mha>{{cite web |url=http://www.assembly.nl.ca/business/hansard/HistoricHansards/1932/08_AppendixE.pdf |title=Members of the Legislature, 1932-1933 |publisher=Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly}}</ref>

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