Eli Dawe

{{short description|Newfoundland politician (1843–1930)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = | image = 300x300px | alt = | caption = Dawe in 1894 | honorific_prefix = The Honourable Captain | honorific_suffix = MHA MLC | office = Minister of Agriculture and Mines | term_start = 1900 | term_end = 1904 | premier = Robert Bond | predecessor = Thomas C. Duder | successor = James A. Clift | office1 = Member of the Legislative Council of Newfoundland | term_start1 = 1922 | term_end1 = {{end date|1930|06|25}} | appointer1 = Richard Squires | constituency_AM2 = Harbour Grace | assembly2 = Newfoundland House of | alongside2 = Robert S. Munn (1889–1894) William H. Whiteley (1889–1893) Henry Dawe (1893–1897) William Whiteway (1894–1897) William Horwood (1897–1900) William Oke (1897–1908) Augustus W. Harvey (1900–1903) Arthur Barnes (1904–1908) Edward Parsons (1908–1909) Archibald Piccott (1908–1909) | term_start2 = {{start date|1889|11|06}} | term_end2 = {{end date|1909|05|08}} | predecessor2 = Charles Dawe Joseph Godden James S. Winter | successor2 = Alfred H. Seymour | birth_date = {{birthdate|1843|11|15}} | birth_place = Port de Grave, Newfoundland Colony | death_date = {{Death date and age|1930|06|25|1843|11|15}} | death_place = Coley's Point, Newfoundland | party = Liberal | spouse = {{marriage|Susannah Bradbury|1873}} | children = | relatives = | education = | occupation = Fisherman }}

'''Eli Dawe''' (November 15, 1843 – June 25, 1930) was a merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Harbour Grace in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1889 to 1909 as a Liberal.<ref name="enl">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Parsons|first=Linda A.|date=1981|title=Dawe, Captain Eli|url=https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_enl/id/1935|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, volume 1 |location=St. John's |publisher=Newfoundland Book Publishers Ltd. |access-date=30 March 2026}}</ref>

== Early life ==

Dawe was born in Port de Grave<ref name="enl"/> as the son of Eli Dawe and Emma (née Batten).<ref name="belanger">{{cite book |url=http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/nfldhistory/Newfoundland%20biographies%20A-D.htm |title=Newfoundland Biographies A-D |publisher=Marianopolis College |accessdate=2009-11-10}}</ref> He was educated at the local Anglican schools in Bay Roberts and Coley's Point. Dawe worked as a fisherman, later becoming director of a coal company at Coley's Point.<ref name="mott">{{cite book |url=http://collections.mun.ca/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/cns&CISOPTR=26313&CISOSHOW=26211 |title=Newfoundland men: a collection of biographical sketches, with portraits ... |year=1894 |last=Mott |first=Henry Youmans |authorlink=Henry Y. Mott |page=81 |accessdate=2009-11-10}}</ref> He married Susannah Bradbury in 1873.<ref name="belanger" />

== Politics ==

In 1893, Dawe was elected to the Newfoundland House of Assembly in the district of Harbour Grace as a supporter of Premier William Whiteway. He served in the Executive Council as financial secretary, chairman of the Board of Works and Minister of Agriculture and Mines. Dawe was named to the Legislative Council of Newfoundland in 1922.<ref name="enl" /> He died in Coley's Point on June 25, 1930.

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