Sir Joseph Ignatius Little (1835 – 14 July 1902) was a lawyer, politician, and judge in the Newfoundland Colony.
Little was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the son of Cornelius Little and Brigid (née Costin).
[1] Elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Harbour Main in an 1867 by-election, he was attorney general 1870–75 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.
[2] Little died in office on 14 July 1902 in St John's, Newfoundland.