Edward Rothwell (ca 1844 – June 30, 1892) was an

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-born merchant and politician in

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. He represented Burin in the

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from 1889 to 1892. He was born in

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and came to Newfoundland in 1863 to work as a bookkeeper for a firm in St. John's. In 1887, he established a fishery supply firm in partnership with John Bowring Rothwell died at St. John's in 1892 while still in office.

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