Sir Joseph Ignatius Little (1835July 14, 1902) was a lawyer, politician, and judge in the Colony of Newfoundland.

Born in Charlottetown

Charlottetown

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, Prince Edward Island

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, the son of Cornelius Little and Brigid Costin, he was a lawyer by profession. Little was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

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 for Harbour Main in an 1867 by-election

By-election

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. He was attorney general

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 in the cabinet of Charles Fox Bennett

Charles Fox Bennett

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 and was a minister without portfolio in the cabinet of William Whiteway

William Whiteway

Sir William Vallance Whiteway, QC KCMG was a politician and three time Premier of Newfoundland. Born in England, Whiteway emigrated to the island in 1843 and entered the law in 1852. In 1859 he was elected to the House of Assembly as a member of the Conservative Party of Newfoundland and became a...

. In 1883, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and became Chief Justice in 1898. He died in office in 1902 in St John's, Newfoundland.
In 1901, he was made a Knight Bachelor

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