Philip Fudge

Philip Thomas Fudge (1884 – August 18, 1938) was an educator, businessman, civil servant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Hermitage in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1928 to 1932 as a Liberal.

He was born in Pass Island, Fortune Bay and was educated there and in St. John's. Fudge taught school for several years and then, in 1918, opened a general store and fishery business at Pass Island. In 1932, Fudge left the Liberal party and joined the opposition when the government proposed an increase in tariffs and a decrease in war pensions. He was named a customs inspector in 1932 and became chief inspector of fisheries in 1934.

References

• Smallwood, Joseph R (1984). Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. Vol. v. 2. pp. 932–33. ISBN 0-920508-16-2.