Walter B. Grieve

Walter Baine Grieve (April 19, 1850 – February 3, 1921) was a merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Bonavista Bay from 1882 to 1883 and Trinity Bay from 1885 to 1889 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.

Honourable Walter Baine Grieve
Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly for Trinity Bay
In office October 31, 1885 (1885-10-31) – November 6, 1889 (1889-11-06) Serving with Robert Thorburn and Ellis C. Watson
Preceded by	William Whiteway Joseph Boyd Robert Bond
Succeeded by	William Whiteway Robert Bond David Webber
Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly for Bonavista Bay
In office November 2, 1882 (1882-11-02) – February 26, 1883 (1883-02-26) Serving with George Skelton and Francis Winton
Preceded by	James Saint
Succeeded by	James L. Noonan
Personal details
Born	(1850-04-19)April 19, 1850 St. John's, Newfoundland Colony
Died	February 3, 1921(1921-02-03) (aged 70) St. John's, Newfoundland
Political party	New (1882-1883) Reform (1885-1889)
Spouse	Ellen Marion Stone ​ ​ (m. 1880⁠–⁠1886)​
Occupation	Merchant

He was born in St. John's, the son of James Johnston Grieve.^[1] In 1872, he became manager of Baine Johnstons, a fishery supply firm also involved in the seal fishery. On April 6, 1880 in Gateshead, England he married Ellen Marion Stone.^[2] His election to the assembly in 1882 was declared void in the following year. Grieve served as a member of the Legislative Council in 1894 and from 1919 to 1921. He became a director of the Union Bank in 1894. In 1918, he was named to the Order of the British Empire. Grieve died in St. John's at the age of 70.