# Patrick Nowlan

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**Patrick Nowlan** (ca 1827 – 1896) was a merchant and political figure in [Newfoundland](/source/Colony_of_Newfoundland). He represented [Harbour Main](/source/Harbour_Main) from 1859 to 1865 and from 1873 to 1882 in the [Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador_House_of_Assembly).

He was born in [Burgeo](/source/Burgeo,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador), where he became a trader and ship owner. Nowlan married Anne Mandeville. In the [1861 general election](/source/1861_Newfoundland_general_election), the results of the election were set aside following violence at the polls; Nowlan and [Thomas Byrne](/source/Thomas_Byrne_(Newfoundland_politician)) were later declared elected by a committee of the Newfoundland assembly.

## References

- Smallwood, Joseph R (1993). *Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador*. Vol. v. 4. ISBN 0-9693422-4-1.

## External links

- ["The Election Riots of 1861"](http://www.heritage.nf.ca/law/riots_1861.html). *Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage*. Memorial University. Retrieved 2009-10-20.

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