James A. Winter

{{Short description|Newfoundland politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = James A. Winter | image = James Alexander Winter.png | alt = | caption = | birth_name = James Alexander Winter | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|QC|size=100%}} | birth_date = {{Birth date|1886|12|20}} | birth_place = St. John's, Newfoundland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|06|29|1886|12|20}} | death_place = St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | resting_place = | office1 = Commissioner for Home Affairs and Education | term_start1 = 1936 | term_end1 = 1941 | predecessor1 = Frederick C. Alderdice | successor1 = Harry A. Winter | office2 = Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland | term_start2 = 1933 | term_end2 = 1934 | predecessor2 = Albert Walsh | successor2 = ''None, responsible government suspended from 1934-1949. Reginald F. Sparkes in 1949 following confederation with Canada'' | office3 = Member of the House of Assembly for Burgeo | term_start3 = 1932 | term_end3 = 1934 | office4 = Member of the House of Assembly for Burin East | term_start4 = 1928 | term_end4 = 1932 | occupation = Lawyer, politician | spouse = {{Marriage|Mary Evangeline Arnaud|1915}} | children = 4 | relatives = Harry A. Winter (brother) | awards = | education = {{Plainlist| * Bishop Feild College * Rossall School }} | party = United Newfoundland }}

'''James Alexander Winter''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|QC}} (December 20, 1886<ref name=mha/> – June 29, 1971) was a lawyer and political figure in Newfoundland and Labrador. He represented Burin East from 1928 to 1932 and Burgeo from 1932 to 1934 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a member of the United Newfoundland Party.<ref name=bio/> He was the final Speaker of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador before the suspension of responsible government and confederation with Canada.

== Biography == The son of James Spearman Winter, he was born in St. John's and was educated at Bishop Feild College and Rossall School in England.<ref name=who>{{cite book |url=http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns_tools/id/32227 |title=Who's Who in and from Newfoundland 1930 |page=122}}</ref> Winter was called to the bar in 1910 and practised in St. John's. In 1933, he was named King's Counsel. Winter was speaker for the Newfoundland assembly from 1932 to 1934. He served in the Commission of Government as Commissioner of Home Affairs and Education from 1936 to 1941. In 1941, he was named registrar and chief clerk for the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador.<ref name=bio/>

In 1915, he married Mary Evangeline Arnaud; the couple had four children.<ref name="who"/> Winter died in St. John's in 1971.<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 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629223628/http://www.assembly.nl.ca/business/hansard/HistoricHansards/1932/08_AppendixE.pdf |archivedate=2015-06-29 }}</ref>

His brother Harry also served as speaker for the assembly.<ref name=bio>{{cite book |title=Dictionary of Newfoundland and Labrador Biography |last=Cuff |first=Robert H |ISBN=0-921191-51-0 |year=1990}}</ref>

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