Reginald Ford Sparkes (June 27, 1906 – January 1990) was an educator, writer and political figure in Newfoundland.
He represented St. Barbe in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1949 to 1956.
Sparkes was the first speaker for the House of Assembly after Newfoundland became part of Canada.
He was born in Jackson's Arm, Newfoundland the son of Isaac Sparkes and Roseanna Ford,[1] and was educated there, at Bishop Feild College and Columbia University.
In 1936, he became a supervisor inspector for west coast schools in Newfoundland.