Leonard Stick

Leonard Stick was born 7 February 1892 in St. John's, Newfoundland. His parents were James Robbins Stick (1856-1921) and Emma Colton Knight Stick (d.1916). Leonard was the fifth of eight children; he had three sisters: Matilda (May) Knight (b.1881), Emma (b.1884) and Beatrice Robbins (b.1894); and four brothers: Joseph Paul (b.1879), James Robbins (Rob) (b.1888), Edward Moyle Tregaskus (b.1895) and Ralph Tynes (b.1899).

On 5 September 1914, a day after the 23rd General Assembly of Newfoundland passed an Act authorizing the formation of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, Leonard Stick was given Regimental No. 1 as the first person to enlist. He was made Sergeant on 21 September 1914 and was part of the British Mediterranean Force in 1915. With the Regiment at Beaumont Hamel, he was wounded and promoted to Second Lieutenant on the same fateful day of 1 July 1916. On 1 October 1917, he was transferred to the Indian Army[1] and served in the Third Afghan War. He later served as the first Chief Ranger of the Newfoundland Ranger Force, serving with them from 1935 to 1936.

He was first elected at the Trinity—Conception riding in the 1949 general election then re-elected in 1953 and 1957 election. After completing his final federal term, the 23rd Canadian Parliament, Stick left the House of Commons and did not seek further re-election.

• Morrow, Hilda & Bartlett, Steve. First in Line: The Incredible Life of Leonard Stick. St. John's: Creative Publishers, 2015. ISBN 978-1-77103-030-4

• Leonard Stick – Parliament of Canada biography