Harold Earle

{{Short description|Newfoundland merchant and politician (1884–1954)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = | image = | alt = | caption = | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = MHA | constituency_AM1 = Fogo | assembly1 = Newfoundland House of | term_start1 = {{start date|1932|06|11}} | term_end1 = {{end date|1934|02|16}} | predecessor1 = Richard Hibbs | successor1 = Gordon Janes (post-Confederation) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1884|03|04}} | birth_place = Fogo, Newfoundland Colony | death_date = {{Death date and age|1954|03|10|1884|03|04}} | death_place = Fogo, Newfoundland, Canada | resting_place = | occupation = Merchant | spouse = | children = | relatives = | awards = | education = Bishop Feild College | party = United Newfoundland }} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} '''Harold J. Earle''' (March 4, 1884 – March 10, 1954) was a merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Fogo in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1932 to 1934 as a United Newfoundland Party member.<ref name=mha/>

The son of Henry J. Earle, he was born in Fogo and was educated at Bishop Feild College and in England.<ref name=mha/> In 1917, he took over the management of the family company Earle Sons and Co. The company was involved in the export of seafood and retail sales of groceries and fishing equipment; it operated in Fogo, Twillingate, Herring Neck and Change Islands.<ref name=earle/> Earle was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1932.<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>

He died in Fogo at the age of 70.<ref name=mha/> The Earle business continued to operate until 1974 when it closed due to declining fish stocks.<ref name=earle>{{cite web |url=https://www.mun.ca/mha/viewresults/Accession_No/mha00000114 |title=Earle Sons and Company fonds |work=Maritime History Archive |publisher=Memorial University}}</ref>

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