Background
He was born Henry Anderson Winter in Saint John"s, the son of James Spearman Winter and Emily Julia Coen.
He was born Henry Anderson Winter in Saint John"s, the son of James Spearman Winter and Emily Julia Coen.
He was educated at Bishop Feild College and at Oxford University.
He represented Portuguese de Grave from 1923 to 1924 and Harbour Grace from 1932 to 1934 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. Winter was called to the bar in 1911. In 1916, he became editor of the Evening Telegram.
Winter was speaker for the Newfoundland assembly from 1923 to 1924.
He left politics in 1924 and then ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Newfoundland assembly in 1928. Also in 1928, he was named King"s Counsel.
He served in the Executive Council as a minister without portfolio from 1932 to 1934. Winter served in the Commission of Government as Commissioner for Home Affairs and Education from 1941 to 1944 and Commissioner for Justice and Defence from 1944 to 1947.
He was a justice in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador from 1947 to 1964.
In 1916, Winter married Francis Goodridge. He died in Saint John"s at the age of 72.