ST. JOHN, JOHN BRENTON, farm produce dealer and exporter, and director offish factory; b. 11 January 1910 in Souris, son of Patrick St. John and Anastasia MacAulay; m. 25 August 1941 Edna Campbell, and they had one child, George Kevin; Roman Catholic; d. ca. 1959. St. John, a Liberal, was first elected in a by-election held 18 July 1949 for 1st Kings. He was reelected in the general elections of 1951 and 1955. In 1951 he was appointed as a Minister without Portfolio and served in that capacity until 1953. St. John was Deputy Speaker from 1954 until 1959. He was defeated in the general election of 1959. St.John attended the local schools in Souris, as well as St. Dunstan’s College. He was a director of Griffins’ Fisheries and worked as a dealer and exporter of farm produce. St. John served on the Souris Town Council for nine years. He was a member of the Souris Board of Trade and the Fisheries and Game Association. Edna St. John was the daughter of John D. Campbell and Bridget MacNeill of Poplar Point., CPG 1950, 1959.