Harvey, Sir John National Historic Person
St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador
Portrait
(© Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador | Archives provinciales de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador / VA 27-39A)
Address :
Corner of Bonaventure Avenue and Harvey Road, St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1974-05-18
Life Date:
1778 to 1852
Other Name(s):
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Harvey, Sir John
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island (1836-37), New Brunswick (1837-41), Governor of Newfoundland (1841-46)
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: Corner of Bonaventure Avenue and Harvey Road, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Having participated in the War of 1812 as Deputy Adjutant General to the forces in Canada, Harvey served as Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island (1836-37) and of New Brunswick (1837-41). His talent for conciliation and for mediation between fractious assemblies and appointed councils brought him as Governor to Newfoundland (1841-46) where old style Representative Government had failed and an amalgamated legislature had been introduced. He went on to supervise the introduction, in 1848, of Responsible Government in Nova Scotia, where he continued as Lieutenant-Governor until his death at Halifax.