Frederick Gordon Bradley
Frederick Gordon Bradley was a Newfoundlander and Canadian politician.
Parentage
Born in St. John's, Newfoundland Colony, he was the son of Norman Bradley and Evangeline Trimm.Education and employment
Bradley became the principal of the Methodist School in Bonavista after finishing his education at Methodist College in 1906. Three years later, he studied law at Dalhousie University and was called to the bar in 1915. Later he started his own law practice.Politics
In 1924, he was elected to the House of Assembly representing the electoral district of Port de Grave. A Conservative, he was a Minister without Portfolio in the cabinet of Walter Stanley Monroe until he resigned from the caucus in 1926 to sit as an Independent. He was re-elected in 1928 representing the electoral district of Trinity Centre as a Liberal and served as Minister without Portfolio and Solicitor-General in the cabinet of Richard Squires. Re-elected in 1932, as only one of two Liberals, he was the leader of the opposition. An opponent of the creation of the Commission of Government, he returned to his law practice in 1933.Newfoundland National Convention
In 1947, Bradley was elected to sit in the Newfoundland National Convention. After the death of Cyril J. Fox he became the chairman.The London and Ottawa Delegations
The Newfoundland National Convention dispatched two delegations, one to the United Kingdom and one to Canada.London Delegation
The London Delegation was unsuccessful in its attempt to get the promise of continued financial aid if Newfoundland were to resume Responsible Government.Ottawa Delegation
The Ottawa Delegation negotiated terms of union for Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada in 1947. Its members were:- T. G. W. Ashbourne
- F. G. Bradley
- Charles Ballam
- Lester Burry
- P. W. Crummey
- Joey Smallwood