Background
The son of Richard O'Dwyer and Wilhelmina Horton, he was born in St. John's and moved to England with his family after his father retired.
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Richard O'Dwyer
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He represented Placentia and St. Mary's in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1889 to 1893 as a Liberal. He served in the Newfoundland cabinet as Receiver General from 1890 to 1893. O'Dwyer was unsuccessful when he ran for reelection in 1893.
He was subsequently named commissioner of public charities, continuing to hold that post until he died in 1922. O'Dwyer built the O'Dwyer Block on Water Street in St. John's between 1846 and 1849. Unlike other commercial buildings of the time, it was not built of wood and survived the Great Fire of 1892.
It has been designated as a heritage structure by the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador.
