Background
Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the son of Cornelius Little and Brigid (née Costin), he was a lawyer by profession.
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Career
Little was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Harbour Main in an 1867 by-election. He was attorney general in the cabinet of Charles Fox Bennett and was a minister without portfolio in the cabinet of William Whiteway. In 1883, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and became Chief Justice in 1898.
He died in office in 1902 in Street John"s, Newfoundland.
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Canada