Walter Jennings (politician)

Walter Baine Jennings (March 16, 1864[1] – November 1, 1942) was a fisherman and politician in Newfoundland.

Jennings was the first member of the Salvation Army to sit in the Newfoundland assembly.

[2] The son of Samuel Jennings and Joanna Cull, he was born in Western Head, Notre Dame Bay.

[3] He joined the Fishermen's Protective Union in 1909 and became chairman of the district council.

In 1912, Jennings became manager of the Fisherman's Union Trading Company store.