John Anderson (Newfoundland politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About John Anderson (Newfoundland politician)
- John Anderson (January 27, 1855 – November 8, 1930) was a businessman, politician, and a city councillor of St.
- John's City Council and member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly.
- He was instrumental in the passing of the Daylight Saving Act of 1917. Anderson was born in Saltcoats, Scotland and educated at Saltcoats Academy.
- He came to Newfoundland 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 House of Assembly around the same time.
- Anderson became fascinated with the idea of daylight saving time (DST) after meeting William Willett who had been promoting it in England.
- His advocacy for the bill to enact DST earned the sobriquet Anderson's Time.
- Newfoundland became the first jurisdiction in North America to adopt DST. Anderson was the father of Captain Hugh Abercrombie Anderson, a Newfoundland playwright and member of Order of the British Empire who wrote the musical Auld Lang Syne.
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