Background
Garland, the son of George Garland Senior and Amy Lester, was sent to Trinity, Newfoundland, to manage the firm of Garland and Sons.
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John Garland
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Both Garlands were responsible for the construction of Saint Paul"s church in Trinity, which opened in 1821. Garland returned to England in 1821 and was elected Mayor of Poole in 1824 and in 1830. The business was a very important mercantile business in the fish trade for Newfoundland.
He ran for the seat in Trinity in the first general election of Newfoundland in 1832.
He left the assembly after he was invited by Governor Cochrane to join the Executive Council. He died at Wimborne, Dorset at the age of 83.
