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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
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| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name = Frederick Gordon Bradley
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|QC|size=100%}}
| image = BradleyKingSmallwood1948.jpg
| constituency_MP = [[Bonavista—Twillingate]]
| parliament = Canadian
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| predecessor = ''Riding established''
| successor = [[Jack Pickersgill]]
| term_start = 1949
| term_end = 1953
| birth_date = {{birth date|1886|03|21}}
| birth_place = [[St. John's, Newfoundland|St. John's]], [[Newfoundland Colony]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1966|03|30|1886|03|21}}
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| nationality = Canadian
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| party = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
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'''Frederick Gordon Bradley''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|QC}} (March 21, 1886 &ndash; March 30, 1966) was a Canadian and [[Dominion of Newfoundland]] politician.
==Parentage==
Born in [[St. John's, Newfoundland|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, Newfoundland|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.{{fact|date=December 2022}}
==Politics==
In [[General elections in pre-confederation Newfoundland|1924]], he was elected to the [[Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly|House of Assembly]] representing the electoral district of Port de Grave. A [[Conservative parties in Newfoundland (pre-Confederation)|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 parties in pre-confederation Newfoundland|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 [[Newfoundland Commission of Government|Commission of Government]], he returned to his law practice in 1933.{{fact|date=December 2022}}
==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.{{fact|date=December 2022}}
==The London and Ottawa Delegations==
The Newfoundland National Convention dispatched two delegations, one to the United Kingdom (the "London Delegation") and one to Canada (the "Ottawa Delegation").
==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==
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The Ottawa Delegation negotiated terms of union for Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada in 1947. Its members (with their districts) were:
* [[T. G. W. Ashbourne]] (Twillingate)
* F. G. Bradley (Bonavista South)
* [[Charles Ballam]] (Humber)
* [[Lester Burry]] (Labrador)
* [[P. W. Crummey]] (Bay de Verde)
* [[Joey Smallwood]] (Bonavista Centre)
The negotiations were largely a one way affair. Any union with Canada was dictated by the [[British North America Act, 1867|British North America Act]] (BNA), under which Canada had come into being in 1867.
==Post-Confederation==
After [[History of Canada (1945–1960)|Confederation with Canada]], he was appointed [[Secretary of State for Canada]] by [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent, making him the first Canadian federal cabinet minister from Newfoundland. He was elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] representing the riding of [[Bonavista—Twillingate]] in the [[1949 Canadian federal election|1949 federal election]]. In 1953, he was appointed to the [[Senate of Canada]] representing the senatorial division of Bonavista-Twillingate, Newfoundland and Labrador. He died in office in 1966.
==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060716173855/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/confederation/023001-2308-e.html Frederick Gordon Bradley]
== Further reading ==
* {{cite journal|title=The Bradley Report on Logging Operations in Newfoundland, 1934: A Suppressed Document|author1-first=Peter|author1-last=Neary|volume=16|journal=Labour in Alberta|date=Autumn 1985|pages=193&ndash;232|publisher=Canadian Committee on Labour History|doi=10.2307/25142515|jstor=25142515}}
==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=5569}}
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