Background
The son of mayor Andrew Carnell and Mabel E. Payne, he was born in Saint John"s and was educated at Bishop Feild College.
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Geoffrey Carnell
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He represented Saint John"s North from 1962 to 1966 in the Newfoundland House of Assembly. He entered the family undertaking and carriage manufacturing business as a wheelwright in 1932. He succeeded his father as company president in 1937.
Carnell was also president of Georgetown Realty Company Limited. and a director of Ready Cr Acceptance Corporation and the Insurance Corporation of Newfoundland.
He served overseas with the 166th Newfoundland Field Regiment during World World War World War II Carnell was elected to Saint John"s Municipal Council in 1957 and was reelected in 1961, 1965 and 1969 but was defeated in 1973. He was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1962.
In 1977, he was named a judge in the Canadian Citizenship Court of Newfoundland. He also served as president for the Newfoundland branch of the Canadian Automobile Association.
