Richard Hibbs (1876 – September 9, 1940) was a farmer, journalist and political figure in the

Colony of Newfoundland Newfoundland was an English overseas possessions, English, and later British, colony established in 1610 on the Newfoundland (island), island of Newfoundland. That followed decades of sporadic English settlement on the island, which was at first ...

. He represented Fogo from 1919 to 1923 and from 1924 to 1932 and Trinity Bay in 1923 as a member of the

Fishermen's Protective Union The Fishermen's Protective Union (sometimes called the Fisherman's Protective Union, the FPU, The Union or the Union Party) was a workers' organisation and political party in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The development of the FPU mirrored tha ...

. He was born in Riverdale, Kelligrews and was educated there. He organized a Farmer's Protective Association in 1912, later becoming active in the Fishermen's Protective Union. Hibbs was a reporter for the ''Evening Advocate'', editor for the ''Morning Advocate'' and was business manager for the Union Publishing Company from 1916 to 1924. During his time in the assembly, he served as editor of Hansard. He was a member of the Executive Council, serving as Minister of Public Works in 1923. Hibbs also held the Public Works portfolio, no longer a cabinet post, from 1928 to 1932. In 1924, he became publisher of the ''Daily Globe''. Hibbs was editor of ''Who's Who in and from Newfoundland'' in 1927, 1930 and 1937. After he retired from politics, he was superintendent for the penitentiary at St. John's and a commissioner in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland. He died in Kelligrews in 1940.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hibbs, Richard Fishermen's Protective Union MHAs 1876 births 1940 deaths People from Conception Bay South Dominion of Newfoundland politicians 20th-century members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly Farmers from Newfoundland and Labrador