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My name is Gwen Gibbs Chaar and I live in New Jersey. I am interested in Thomas GIBBS b. in St. John's 1864 m. Bridget Riley (many spelling) in 1890. Thomas's parents were John/Margaret MURRAY, his brother was a former mayor of St. John's, M.P. GIBBS. I have his birth record, marriage record (RC St. John's Basicaia) and a death date 1934 from a newspaper. Thomas was not on any census or anything else from 1890-1934 at least I've not found it. His wife Bridget left a will she died in 1895, there was no mention of Thomas just leaving property and goods on Cockpit Rd. to her family members. Thomas & Bridget had a son my grandfather John Arthur Gibbs born in 1893 St. John's. Does any of this information mean anything to someone? Thanks Gwen

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Michael Patrick Gibbs (1870 – 1943) was a Newfoundland lawyer and politician, who served as the second mayor of St. John's.
Born St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Gibbs was educated at the Christian Brother's School in St. John's, and articled in law with the Hon. M.H. Carty. Gibbs was called to the bar in 1896, and created King's Counsel in 1911. Gibbs established a Tenant's League in 1892 in an attempt to have land courts established, and became in 1893 editor of the Terra Nova Advocate. He was elected as a Conservative in St. George's district in 1897, in his second attempt at a seat in the House of Assembly. He was defeated in four subsequent general elections, however, contesting a variety of districts.
While a member for St. George's (1887–1900) Gibbs established a reputation as an advocate of trade unionism and as a skilled negotiator on behalf of labour. He was instrumental in launching the Longshoremen's Protective Union (LSPU) in 1903 and remained LSPU counsel until his death. Gibbs also helped St. John's bakers and carpenters to organize, and he became Mayor of St. John's in 1906 as a Labour candidate.
When Edward Patrick Morris resigned from the Bond Administration Gibbs was offered Morris's cabinet post as Minister of Justice and Attorney General, but declined and joined Morris in forming the Newfoundland People's Party. After defeats in the ensuing general elections of 1908 and 1909 Gibbs was appointed to the Legislative Council and made Minister without portfolio in the Morris Administration, refusing further cabinet posts after Morris's resignation in 1918. Gibbs was appointed President of the Legislative Council in 1930, maintaining that position until 1934 when the council was disbanded.