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John Anderson (Newfoundland politician)

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in 1875 and joined the firm of James Baird in St. John's. He served on St. John's City Council from 1900 to 1904 and was elected to the
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who had been promoting it in England. His advocacy for the bill to enact DST earned the
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Newfoundland became the first jurisdiction in North America to adopt DST.
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around the same time. Anderson became fascinated with the idea of
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Anderson was the father of theater producer and screenwriter
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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador city councillors
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Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Newfoundland
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